Meeting 2022 03 09

Title: Virtual Meeting Open Athletics

When / Where

• Wed 9th Mar 2022, at 09:00 UTC (10:00 CET, see Other cities)
• https://meet.jit.si/openathletics

Agenda

1. Refinement of the Competition Model
2. AOB

Minutes

Attendees:

• Andras S.
• Andy R.
• Johannes R.
• Nicolas L.
• Martin A.
• Theodore M.

Refinement of the Model

• Discussion about the Competition Model and the questions raised during the last meeting.

• WA is setting up a testing environment that could be used to check the model and provide feedback to the publishers.

• About if WA can provide an API for the member federations to submit their athletes beforehand (a batch of IDs once the season starts), Andras mentioned that this could be challenging in terms of performance. It's a good idea that can be considered in the future, but it's not a priority.

• Nicholas mentioned the possibility of the service provider sending the Athletes' IDs beforehand of the meeting. After the meeting, you will have all the results and the athlete's IDs matched.

• The search feature for athletes is really interesting. The ambiguity caused by the natural language could be solved with the date of birth. Andy showed the example using the WA's website. It was recommended to search for a WA's ID during the registration process.

• Regarding the inclusion of Gender and Environment (indoor/outdoor), WA considers this at the event level. No changes on the model.

• Event discipline (type of event) is included at the event level as well (eventType). No changes on the model.

AOB

• Next meeting is in four weeks: 6th April, same time.