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Xpublish topic pages

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+number: 6
+title: XPublish Enhancements
+pis:
+  - Jonathan Joyce (@jonmjoyce)
+  - Matt Iannucci (@mpiannucci)
+contributors:
+  - TBD
+github: ioos/ioos-code-sprint/issues/42
+slack:
+  - python
+breakout:
+  - General Python
+year: 
+  - 2024
+---
+
+This topic will focus on improving several aspects of the [XPublish](https://github.com/xpublish-community/xpublish) project. Pull requests will be submitted to the XPublish project and/or one of its relevant plugin repos. 
+
+Initially we will discuss the long-term vision for the project to help determine the milestones and architecture. From there we can split into subgroups to tackle specific problems. The group is not necessarily limited to addressing these goals, and other XPublish-related work is welcome.
+
+**Goal 1: Platform Standardization Improvements**
+
+Create a standardized method for deploying and hosting XPublish, including documentation.
+
+- Produce a basic Dockerfile for running XPublish
+- Write supporting documentation for running on different platforms
+- Investigate and address additional considerations for running XPublish (logging, scaling, loading data, etc.)
+- Improve configuration management
+
+**Goal 2: Benchmark and Enhance XPublish Performance**
+
+Address underlying XPublish architecture for large datasets, ensuring that data delivery can scale and maintain high performance.
+
+- Create and document methods for measuring XPublish performance
+- Identify bottlenecks and prototype potential solutions
+
+**Expected Outcomes:**
+
+The goal of this working group is to introduce new users to the XPublish ecosystem, improve the baseline deployment and documentation, and support new innovations to help with additional features and workloads.
+
+**Skills required:**
+
+- Python
+- Basic understanding of Pangeo stack (xarray, dask, zarr)
+- Familiarity with web service API concepts
+
+**Difficulty:**
+
+All experience levels will be able to contribute. We will have novice and advanced topics to work on.
+
+**Relevant links:**
+
+XPublish GitHub: https://github.com/xpublish-community/xpublish
+XPublish Experiments: https://github.com/xpublish-experiments/
+Existing XREDS Xpublish host: https://github.com/asascience-open/xreds
+Live XPublish Prototype: https://nextgen-dev.ioos.us/xreds/
+
+**Functioning Prototype**
+
+**Workflow**