OOR/ConferenceCall 2011 11 01

= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Tue 2011_11_01 =

This is a regular OOR Team meeting. ... please refer to proceedings from the last team meeting at OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_10_04

* * * Please pay special attention to the time of this event, as the US is still on Daylight Saving Time (summer time), while Europe is back to Standard Time (winter time) * * *

'''* * * Please also note that we are calling into a new conference bridge starting from this session, note the new dial-in information! * * *'''

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Tuesday, 1-Nov-2011
 * Start Time: 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 4:30pm CET / 15:30 UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1.0~1.5 hours


 * Dial-in:
 * Phone (US): +1 (206) 402-0100 (long distance cost will apply)
 * Skype: joinconference
 * when prompted enter PIN: 141184#


 * In-session chat-room url: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/oor_20111101


 * RSVP  to [mailto:peter.yim@cim3.com peter.yim@cim3.com] appreciated, ... or simply just by adding yourself to the "Expected Attendee" list below (if you are a member of the team.)


 * This session, like all other Ontolog events, is open to the public. Information relating to this session is shared on this wiki page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_11_01


 * Please note that this session may be recorded, and if so, the audio archive is expected to be made available as open content, along with the proceedings of the call to our community membership and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR policy.

Attendees

 * Attended:
 * KenBaclawski (chair)
 * PeterYim
 * MichaelGruninger
 * ToddSchneider
 * MikeBennett


 * Expecting:
 * ... if you are coming to the meeting, please add your name above (plus your affiliation, if you aren't already a member of the community) above, or e-mail  so that we can reserve enough resources to support everyone's participation. ...
 * ... if you are coming to the meeting, please add your name above (plus your affiliation, if you aren't already a member of the community) above, or e-mail  so that we can reserve enough resources to support everyone's participation. ...


 * Regrets:
 * MikeDean
 * TimDarr
 * LeoObrst

Agenda Ideas:
please insert any additional items below (along with your name for follow-up purposes)


 * OOR-sandbox and OOR-devbox status update
 * Member activities updates
 * planning and coordination on upcoming OOR events
 * OOR Architecture-API sessions, OOR Metadata sessions, Standards sessions, next regular team meeting, ... more
 * action planning for facilitating code contribution (organizing ourselves so various teams can actually get to work on coding)
 * Getting us to a stage when we can run a OOR-production box
 * action planning for "soliciting" content (getting people to upload ontologies)
 * PeterYim: after we are done with the regular OOR team agenda, we need help from everyone who can stay to test an alternate conference bridge as well
 * PeterYim: after we are done with the regular OOR team agenda, we need help from everyone who can stay to test an alternate conference bridge as well



Agenda & Proceedings
Archives:


 * audio recording of the session
 * chat-transcript of this session (lightly edited)

1. Meeting called to order:


 * KenBaclawski takes the chair and welcome everyone
 * review and adopt agenda
 * PeterYim volunteered to take notes


 * the first conference bridge we were planning to test (FZM) did not work out (we hit full capacity after a few connections), therefore, moved directly to testing the alternate conference bridge (ITS2).

2. Roll Call:


 * see above


 * welcome and intro of new member(s) (as needed)

3. Status Review and Discussion:


 * Review and update our "Most Critical Task(s) At Hand" list ...(we will skip this stock agenda item at today's call.)
 * ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository#nid17YH

4. Key items for review and discussion today:

 * OOR-sandbox and OOR-devbox status update - see below


 * planning and coordination on upcoming OOR events - see below
 * OOR Architecture-API sessions, OOR Metadata sessions, Standards sessions, next regular team meeting, ... more


 * Member activities updates - see below ... (discussion postponed)


 * action planning for facilitating code contribution (organizing ourselves so various teams can actually get to work on coding) ... (discussion postponed)


 * Getting us to a stage when we can run a OOR-production box ... (discussion postponed)


 * action planning for "soliciting" content (getting people to upload ontologies) ... (discussion postponed)


 * we need help from everyone who can stay to test an alternate conference bridge "ITS2" as a candidate for future calls


 * OOR-sandbox and OOR-devbox status update
 * new OOR logo now on the OOR-Sandbox - see: http://sandbox.oor.net
 * NCBO BioPortal v3.3 released on 2011.10.19 - ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/2011-10/msg00027.html
 * Xen vm image of the latest NCBO Appliance almost ready (as of our 2011.10.31 communication with the NCBO team)
 *  mail forwarder created:
 * people can just mail this address or enter into "Send Feedback" form on the OOR Sandbox
 * which currently gets forwarded to: TejasParikh, KenBaclawski, MikeDean, PeterYim and  (--PeterYim/2011.10.14)
 * remember to tweak this too, after the new vm image is in place - ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR_SandBox_Customization#nid2X3C


 * planning and coordination on upcoming OOR events - workshop plans
 * Michael: ISO 19763 - Thu Nov-3 (12:30 EDT)
 * Peter will get a reminder out (after this meeting) based on prelim material received from ElisaKendall (at least as a placeholder)
 * Session on "Getting OOR Development going on Eclipse" - aim for Tue 2011.11.08 (if not then Tue 2011.11.22)
 * candidate panel: MikeDean, CameronRoss, EricChan, PaulAlexander
 * Ken / Todd - OOR-Architecture-API IX - "NCBO-OOR architectural considerations and synergies" + "creating BioPortal Tabs" - Tue 2011.11.29 (RayFergerson is ok with this date; he is not available on 2011.11.22)
 * Michael: OOR-Metadata V - ??? ... MikeBennett will send something he will contribute to Michael;
 * OntologiesAndStandards III - on "Common Logic" - tentative Thu 2011.12.15 ... - candidate panel: FabianNeuhaus, LeoObrst, ... - Chair: MichaelGruninger & JohnBateman
 * ... then, OntologiesAndStandards IV a session on IDIOM
 * FactGuru incorporation & integration?
 * more on SIO ...?
 * other sessions of interest ???
 * next regular OOR team meeting Tue 2011.12.06 (11:30 EDT)

... Notes below are from previous meeting(s), and will be updated as this meeting progresses.


 * assessing a strengthened OOR-NCBO collaborative relationship
 * OOR-sandbox and OOR-devbox status update
 * http://oor-01.cim3.net/ - now: http://sandbox.oor.net/ --> to become our OOR-devbox (OOR development server)
 * http://oor-02.cim3.net/ - to be designated: http://sandbox.oor.net/


 * Discussion: the newly adopted dual-track OOR approach
 * action planning
 * we run (for now) 2 instances - a sandbox instance[1] on the OOR-01 vm, and an experimental instance[2] on the OOR-02 vm
 * [1] this will be a straight forward, and updated BioPortal code install, with customization only for: the logo, the IP / License statement, categories.
 * [2] this will be the instance we use to continue the current work of further development in Architecture, API, metadata, CL support, etc.
 * consensus: both instances would use the same database (so ontologies uploaded are accessible by both instances, and are obviously "in sync" ... saving us the need to "import" as we ad discussed at the last meeting)
 * Peter: the next things to push is to have "gatekeeping" in place so we can stand up a "production" OOR


 * updating "categories"
 * Peter: the ICOM people suggests adding the categories of "standards" and "collaboration" (the latter probably belongs under "Cultural"
 * Mike: something like Dublin Core should go under "metadata" - we are adding this category, "process" too
 * discussed - see updated "category" list at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_08_05#nid2W6B
 * one can select multiple categories by doing a "ctrl-click" (or "cmd" for Mac users)
 * Ken: the software stores "categories" in an OMV ontology, and support a hierarchy of nested categories
 * Mike: there is a GUI interface for adding categories
 * All: we probably want to leave it simple (one level) and support "addition of categories" on demand
 * Todd: For some categories, e.g., science, subcategories will be needed. Since the provided listing is linear, subcategories could be listed as pairs or triples: Science, Science - Biology, Science-Physics, Science-Physics-Gravitation, etc.
 * Leo: we might consider adopting some standard categorization, like what the Library of Congress has put out (maybe not the entire hierarchy, but only the very upper level(s)
 * Category list (based on MikeDean's list): (updated 2011.08.05)
 * Upper Ontologies
 * Standards (for example, Measurement)
 * Science (for example, Biomedical)
 * Financial
 * Government
 * Cultural (for example, Social Networking, People)
 * Geospatial
 * Commercial
 * Literature
 * Technology
 * Provenance
 * Defense
 * Metadata (for example, OMV, Dublin Core)
 * Process (for example, PSL)
 * Other


 * Status and action review: OOR-dev box - http://oor-03.cim3.net


 * Status and action review: SOCoP presentation box - http://socop.oor.net (at BBN?)


 * Getting us to a stage when members can contribute code ... how, ETA?
 * (discussion 2011.05.06):
 * an adopted Architecture & API is definitely crucial, but that's not all
 * All team members are encouraged to mull over how we can get to that state effectively
 * in particular ... how do we make this a "successful" community-driven, open source project!?
 * (discussion 2011.06.03)'' ...


 * Code repository - considering "git" or github?


 * getting the OOR code repository at semwebcentral started (for real!) - http://oor.semwebcentral.org/
 * OOR_SandBox - http://sandbox.oor.net/ontologies (previously http://oor-01.cim3.net/ontologies)
 * OOR code-repository and re-assessing the 'branch instead of fork' (what does that mean?) [MikeDean, KenBaclawski, et al.]
 * categories - ref. MikeDean's msg - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-dev/2011-02/msg00012.html
 * 2011.02.18: *Important Note* - we will start afresh on the OOR sandbox content (i.e. uploaded ontologies) after the update install - everyone who has uploaded ontologies so far should note
 * those who are "using" the OOR sandbox content now, should note down the ontologies they need, and may need to contact the authors to upload them again if they don't show up. (presumably, those content relating to biomedicine, previously federated from BioPortal, will not be there any more, at least not automatically.) Also, links to ontologies or elements within ontologies established previously will no longer be valid after the content gets re-populated - Ken will make a post about this on [oor-forum]
 * workplan:
 * update codebase to appropriate oor install code
 * The consensus is that we should use a uniform language in each component to make it easier for people to contribute code and add extensions.
 * customize banner/logo
 * customize IPR statement
 * re-establish categories - ref. [[MikeDean]'s input]


 * Getting us to a stage when we can run a OOR-production box ... what's still needed, ETA?

Member activities updates:


 * Review: members and OOR-related activities (2011.11.01)
 * OOR-sandbox status
 * code repository status
 * NCBO
 * NEU
 * Raytheon-BBN
 * MikeDean: I am attending SSO 2011, sponsored by SOCoP and am making a brief presentation of OOR as a lightning talk.
 * Bremen
 * UToronto
 * Ryerson
 * Mathet
 * SOCoP_INTEROP
 * DataONE
 * NeOn (KMi and STL)
 * ONKI
 * KBSI
 * MMI
 * Use Cases
 * Architecture
 * API
 * Gatekeeping
 * production OOR instance
 * SIO
 * Funding
 * ICOM / DERI

 Action planning for "soliciting" content''' (getting people to upload ontologies)

5. Funding progress:

6. Any Other Business:

7. Action items:

8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * Next Meeting:
 * next session - Joint IAOA-OOR-Ontolog "Ontologies and Standards" mini-series: session-2 - Invited Speaker: ElisaKendall on ISO 19763 - this Thursday ConferenceCall_2011_11_03
 * next OOR-team meeting - Tue 2011.12.06 same time - OOR/[[ConferenceCall_2011_12_06 ]]


 * Call adjourned at: 9:37 am PDT

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2011.11.01-9:38am PDT All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.

Resources

 * homepage - OpenOntologyRepository - http://OpenOntologyRepository.org
 * OOR Charter - To promote the global use and sharing of ontologies by: 1. establishing a hosted registry-repository; 2. enabling and facilitating open, federated, collaborative ontology repositories; 3. establishing best practices for expressing interoperable ontology and taxonomy work in registry-repositories.
 * "Ontology Repository" Definition - "An ontology repository is a facility where ontologies and related information artifacts can be stored, retrieved and managed"
 * Team mailling list:
 * OOR-Team discussion: [ oor-forum ]''' message archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/
 * OOR-Users discussion and support: [ oor-users ]''' message archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-users/
 * Developers mailling list: [ oor-dev ] message archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-dev/
 * proceedings of our previous meetings, panel discussions and workshops
 * the Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussions:
 * 2008_02_28 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "Ontology Registry and Repository Technology & Infrastructure Landscape" - Co-chairs: LeoObrst & FrankOlken; Panelists: BruceBargmeyer, MikeDean, MarkMusen, FarrukhNajmi & PeterYim - ConferenceCall_2008_02_28
 * 2008_03_27 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements - Session-1" - Chair: LeoObrst & FabianNeuhaus; Panelists: WilliamBug, EvanWallace, JohnLMcCarthy, KenBaclawski, PeterBenson & RexBrooks - ConferenceCall_2008_03_27
 * 2008_04_03 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements - Session-2" - Chair: LeoObrst & FabianNeuhaus; Panelists: DougLenat, DekeSmith, MarciaZeng, DeniseBedford, PatHayes, MalaMehrotra & RobRaskin - ConferenceCall_2008_04_03
 * 2008_04_10 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "Developing an Ontology of Ontologies for OOR" - Co-chairs: BarrySmith & MichaelGruninger; Panelists: MichaelGruninger, PeterHaase, NatashaNoy & ElisaKendall - ConferenceCall_2008_04_10
 * the OOR Development panel sessions:
 * 2008_08_22 - Friday: OOR Panel Discussion: "Getting OOR Development Off the Ground: Identifying Synergies & Gaps" (Take-1) - Chair: LeoObrst; Panelists: MikeDean, MarkMusen, LiDing, BruceBargmeyer & BillAndersen - ConferenceCall_2008_08_22
 * 2009_02_19 - Thursday: Joint Ontolog-OOR Panel Discussion: "Getting OOR Development Off the Ground (Take-2): the work begins" - Chair: ToddSchneider; Panelists: MarkMusen, NatashaNoy, MikeDean, PaulBuitelaar / AndreasHarth, MathieuDaquin, KenBaclawski, MichaelGruninger - ConferenceCall_2009_02_19
 * 2009_07_16 - Thursday: Joint Ontolog-OOR Panel Discussion: "Integrated tools for ontology development and management: A field guide to the Stanford technology" - Chair: MarkMusen - Panelists: TaniaTudorache, TimRedmond, NatashaNoy - ConferenceCall_2009_07_16
 * 2009_07_30 - Thursday: Joint Ontolog-OOR Panel Discussion: "BioPortal and related Ontology Repository Implementations and Development" (Take-3) - Chair: NatashaNoy - Panelists: CarlosRueda, PaulAlexander, JohnGraybeal, MikeDean, StephenGranite, AlexGarcia, KenBaclawski - ConferenceCall_2009_07_30
 * 2010_02_19 - Friday: OOR Panel Discussion: "Coordinating our Open Ontology Repository Software Development" - Chair: MikeDean - Panelists: JimChatigny, MichaelGruninger, KenBaclawski, NatashaNoy - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_02_19
 * 2010_04_01 - Thursday: Joint OOR-Ontolog Panel Session: "OOR Use Cases - Take-3" - Chair: KenBaclawski & ToddSchneider - Panelists: ToddSchneider, MatthewHettinger, KenBaclawski and MaximoGurmendez - ConferenceCall_2010_04_01
 * 2010_09_10 - Friday: Joint SIO-OOR-Ontolog Panel Discussion: "Common Logic (CL) Support for OOR" - Chair: JohnSowa - Panelists: JohnBateman-TillMossakowski, MichaelGruninger, CameronRoss, AdamPease, PatHayes - ConferenceCall_2010_09_10
 * 2010_09_17 - Friday: OOR Panel Discussion - "Getting OOR Development Going - Take-IV" Workshop - Co-chairs: ToddSchneider & MichaelGruninger - Panelists: ToddSchneider, MikeDean, NatashaNoy, ImmanuelNormann, KenBaclawski, MichaelGruninger - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_09_17
 * 2010_10_15 - Friday: OOR Project Team Member Conference Call - discussion on the (post-BioPortal fork) OOR Architecture and API - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_10_15
 * 2010_11_19 - Friday: OOR Panel Discussion - "(Post-BioPortal fork) OOR Architecture and API - Take-II" - Co-chairs: KenBaclawski & MichaelGruninger - Panelists: KenBaclawski+ToddSchneider, AldoGangemi+AlessandroAdamou, JouniTuominen+KimViljanen, EricChan - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_11_19
 * 2011_03_04 - Friday: OOR "Architecture & API Specification Development Workshop-I" - Co-chairs: KenBaclawski & ToddSchneider - OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_03_04
 * 2011_03_11 - Friday: OOR - "Architecture & API Specification Development Workshop-II" - Co-chairs: KenBaclawski & ToddSchneider - OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_03_11
 * 2011_03_18 - Friday: OOR Metadata Workshop-I - Chair: MichaelGruninger - OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_03_18
 * 2011_03_25 - Friday: OOR - "Architecture & API Specification Development Workshop-III" - Co-chairs: KenBaclawski & ToddSchneider - OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_03_25
 * 2011_04_22 - Friday: OOR - "Architecture & API Specification Development Workshop-IV" - Co-chairs: KenBaclawski & ToddSchneider - OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_04_22
 * 2011_05_13 - Friday: OOR Metadata Workshop-II - Chair: MichaelGruninger - OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_05_13
 * 2011_05_20 - Friday: OOR - "Architecture & API Specification Development Workshop-V" - Co-chairs: KenBaclawski & ToddSchneider - OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_05_20
 * 2011_05_27 - Friday: OOR Metadata Workshop-III - Chair: MichaelGruninger - OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_05_27
 * 2011_06_17 - Friday: OOR - "Architecture & API Specification Development Workshop-VI" - Co-chairs: KenBaclawski & ToddSchneider - OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_06_17
 * 2011_09_13 - Tuesday: Joint NCBO-OOR Team Meeting - "Kicking-off the Next Phase of Collaboration" - Co-chairs: RayFergerson & PeterYim - OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_09_13
 * 2011_09_20 - Tuesday: OOR - "Architecture & API Specification Development Workshop-VII" - Co-chairs: KenBaclawski & ToddSchneider - OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_09_20
 * 2011_10_11 - Tuesday: OOR - "Architecture & API Specification Development Workshop-VII" - Co-chairs: KenBaclawski & ToddSchneider - OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_10_11
 * 2011_10_18 - Friday: OOR Metadata Workshop-IV - Chair: MichaelGruninger - OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_10_18
 * the OOR-IPR mini-series:
 * 2010_09_09 - Thursday: Joint OOR-Ontolog-NCBO-CC-IAOA-OASIS Panel Discussion - "IPR issues in Ontology and the OOR" session-1: an exposition on relevant IPR regimes - Keynote speaker: GeorgeStrawn - Chair: PeterYim - Panelists: JamieClark, JohnWilbanks, BrucePerens - ConferenceCall_2010_09_09
 * 2010_09_16 - Thursday: Joint OOR-Ontolog-NCBO-CC-IAOA-OASIS Panel Discussion - "IPR issues in Ontology and the OOR" session-2: what are the IPR issues relating to open ontology repositories (and ontologies in general)? - Chair: MarkMusen - Panelists: CameronRoss, AlanRector, JohnSowa, BrucePerens, JohnWilbanks, PeterYim - ConferenceCall_2010_09_16
 * 2010_09_30 - Thursday: Joint OOR-Ontolog-NCBO-CC-IAOA-OASIS Panel Discussion - "IPR issues in Ontology and the OOR" session-3: discussion and consensus on licensing arrangements for the OOR Initiative, and positions we might take on related IPR issues - chair: LeoObrst - Panelists: PeterYim, MikeDean, BrucePerens, JamieClark - ConferenceCall_2010_09_30
 * OntologySummit2008 homepage
 * OntologySummit2008_Communique
 * OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda & Proceedings
 * The OOR Project Presentation (delivered at the OntologySummit2008 face-to-face workshop)
 * [ ontology-summit ] discussion archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/2008-01/ (~5 months exchanges starting from Jan-2008)
 * Our key content pages:
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Scope
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Organization
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Process
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Policy
 * OpenOntologyRepository_IPR
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Requirement
 * OpenOntologyRepository_UseCases
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Architecture
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Approach
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Roadmap
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Plan
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Funding
 * OpenOntologyRepository_ResearchIssues
 * OpenOntologyRepository_ResearchActivity
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Development
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Metadata
 * OOR/ActiveMemberContribution
 * OOR Project site at SemWebCentral - http://oor.semwebcentral.org
 * Public instances of OOR - http://sandbox.oor.net/ontologies (previously http://oor-01.cim3.net/ontologies) ... we are in process to standing up:
 * OOR_SandBox - http://oor-03.cim3.net - http://sandbox.oor.net/
 * OOR_DevBox - http://oor-01.cim3.net - http://devbox.oor.net/
 * NCBO - BioPortal
 * BioPortal's [bioontology-support] mailing list - see: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/bioontology-support
 * NCBO-OOR development documentation - http://www.bioontology.org/wiki/index.php/NCBO-OOR_Development