OOR/ConferenceCall 2010 01 22

= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2010-01-22 =

OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Fri 2010-01-22, 1.0~1.5 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 6:00pm CET / 5:00pm GMT / 17:00 UTC

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Friday, January 22, 2010 
 * Start Time: 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 6:00pm CET / 5:00pm GMT / 17:00 UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1.0~1.5 hours
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Attendees

 * Attended:
 * MikeDean (chair)
 * PeterYim
 * KenBaclawski
 * DanCerys
 * JimChatigny
 * ToddSchneider
 * LeoObrst
 * BartGajderowicz
 * GaryBergCross
 * PatCassidy


 * Expecting:
 * DeniseBedford
 * ... 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:
 * RaviSharma

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


 * planning for upcoming virtual panel sessions on (i) Content, and (ii)Use Cases
 * OOR-sandbox installation & usage progress review
 * start thinking about driving the "content" front
 * progress review on planned OOR-related events
 * reports on member activities that are OOR-related



Agenda & Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:


 * MikeDean takes the chair and welcome everyone
 * PeterYim volunteers to take minutes of the meeting


 * review and adopt agenda

2. Roll Call:


 * see above


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

3. Status Review and Discussion:


 * Urgent issues:
 * none


 * Logistics and Communications
 * populate - OOR/ActiveMemberContribution


 * Review of our priority list:
 * 1. continue to push OOR development and get more contributors
 * 2. set up policies and process and policies for contributing to OOR work
 * build out "gatekeeping" and move from just having an OOR-sandbox to having available instances of an OOR-sandbox and an OOR-production
 * 3. systematically solicit content contributions
 * 4. get the work funded
 * 5. regularly review requirements and existing standards to make sure we are on track
 * 6. possibility of doing an OOR presentation at the Semantic Technology Conference (21~25-Jin-2010, San Francisco, CA, USA.)


 * Key items for discussion at this call:
 * planning for upcoming virtual panel sessions on (i) Content, and (ii)Use Cases
 * OOR-sandbox installation & usage progress review
 * start thinking about driving the "content" front
 * progress review on planned OOR-related events
 * reports on member activities that are OOR-related

... items below are from the previous call(s), and will be updated as we progressed on this meeting.


 * OOR-sandbox installation progress review
 *  with the updated version of BioPortal - http://oor-01f.cim3.net/ [ existing instance is at: http://oor-01.cim3.net/ ]
 * on re-deployment, we should have the "OOR-sandbox" label and the licensing correct
 * Tejas advised that the new install way be up later today
 * Peter: when everyone is comfortable with the new install, we will remap the DNS to call that  so the url would stay the same as before.
 * 2010.01.08: discussion: migrating existing content: from oor-01 to oor-01f and then retiring the "old" sandbox
 * target - upload ontologies to the new sandbox oor-01f within the next week, by 2010.01.15 [attn: Ken & Mike c/o Dan & Jim]
 * we'll spend the following week evaluating and working on retiring the "old" sandbox (and making the new one  officially -- 2010.01.22: not yet! (see below)
 * KenBaclawski's team ran into ontology upload issues earlier, which has since been resolved - ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-dev/2010-01/msg00002.html
 * Ken / Peter: for [oor-01f] the upload limit is increased (from 20MB) to 100MB
 * Ken: still have to think of how to deal with huge ontologies ... I have one (from NCBI) that is 20GB
 * Ken: a bunch of OOR-related activities going on
 * Tejas Parikh and Sumit Purohit are installing and administering the OOR sandbox and other OOR installations.
 * Yavuz Eren is posting ontologies to the sandbox and developing use cases.
 * Two students are developing gatekeeping and provenance software.
 * Students in my software engineering class will have assignments related to OOR. These will include use cases, system architecture and design. There are over 40 students registered in the course.
 * All: encourage student to use this CWE (mailing list & wiki) so members of this team can interact with them
 * MikeDean ran into some upload errors ... he'll post the questions to PaulAlexander on the [oor-dev] list
 * after the upload issues are rectified, MikeDean will proceed to do some testing on mapping too (and when that passes, we'll consider retiring the oor-01 sandbox again, say, at the next call.


 * Dan reports that their install of the BioPortal instance is working well and they are working on federation now
 * thinking of one-way federation for now (maybe two-way later)
 * separate table (for now) to capture metadata for federation
 * using separate repository for the code now (probably will consider getting back to previously arranged repository arrangements - when we agreed to branch from the BioPortal svn repository)


 * Bart: I'll be installing an instance next week


 * OOR discussion
 * OOR-sandbox vs OOR-production - the latter still needs, at least, the implementation of gatekeeping (as discussed during OntologySummit2008)
 * Ken: one of my students is looking into the "gatekeeping" aspect


 * Peter / Mike: good time to plan on a call with all the developers, maybe dedicate one of the upcoming Friday OOR calls for that
 * tentatively, Fri 19-Feb-2010 MikeDean will chair
 * Peter to contact NCBO folks
 * Mike (or designate) to invite others


 * progress review on planned OOR-related events


 * Candidates Events ... consider:
 * (Soliciting) Content - candidate co-champions: PatCassidy (Leo will contact - confirmed), DeniseBedford (Peter to contact - confirmed), AldoGangemi (Michael will contact)
 * Use Cases Panel-2 - candidate co-champion: Ken, KGoodier (Ken will contact), ToddSchneider
 * will defer discussion the next call
 * possibly shortly after the summit
 * Michael suggest that we can make it "more friendly" for content people to use the OOR (by having members of this OOR team provide help and support)


 * possibility of doing an OOR presentation at the Semantic Technology Conference (21~25-Jun-2010, San Francisco, CA, USA.)
 * Mike: proposal due next Monday; Mike will draft
 * Peter is local, and could be there


 * Discussion / 2009.12.11: OntologySummit2010 launched on 2009.12.10 (yesterday)
 * (from previous meeting discussions:) what role can OOR (would want to) play?
 * Mike: "OOR" as a means/tool to educate
 * Mike: if outreach and "educating the public" is part of the agenda, the folks who used to be on W3C's Best Practices and Deployment Working Group and Education and Outreach Interest Group will be good candidates to engage
 * Peter / 2009.12.11: Discourse to be in 3 Tracks: Content, Quality, Professional-Context ... and each further broken down into "present" and "future" outlooks
 * Discussion:
 * we can suggest that everything (for the summit) should be ontology based, and then offer the OOR-sandbox to be a platform used by the summit participants
 * we could offer content (course module and/or training material) on ontology repositories and registries
 * Peter (2010.01.08): message delivered to the OntologySummit2010 organizing committee - the OOR initiative be enlisted as a "co-sponsor" for the event


 * reports on member activities that are OOR-related - see above


 * Funding and proposals ... (no update)


 * ... previously,
 * KenBaclawski submitted an proposal to STCI, jointly with PeterYim and MikeDean.
 * Ken: our STCI proposal seems to have been declined by NSF; NEU has been re-organizing the Tech Transfer office, so the people handling our submission is not available any more
 * Ken will try to call the NSF program officer to find out
 * CarlosRueda has submitted a proposal that has OOR as a key aspect.
 * NancyWiegand / SOCoP also submitted a NSF proposal that OOR is a part
 * no news yet

4. New Issues:

5. Any Other Business:

6. Action items:


 * champions for the upcoming panel sessions, please be prepared to pick dates at the next (Feb-5) call. [attn: Mike, Pat, Ken, et al.)

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * Next Meeting:
 * next regular team call, same time, Fri 2010.02.05 - see details session page at: OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_02_05
 * Note: earlier resolution: all team members please (if possible) block out Fridays 1.5 Hr starting 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT / 16:00 GMT/UTC 


 * Call adjourned at: 10:31 am PST

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2010.01.22-10:32am PST All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.

Resources

 * homepage - OpenOntologyRepository - http://OpenOntologyRepository.org
 * proceedings of our previous meetings
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_01_23
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_02_13
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_03_05
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_03_14
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_03_21
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_04_04
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_04_18
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_05_09
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_05_23
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_06_06
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_06_20
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_07_11
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_07_25
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_08_08
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_08_29
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_09_05
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_09_19
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_10_03
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_10_10
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_10_17
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_11_07
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_11_14
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_12_12
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_01_09
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_01_23
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_02_06
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_03_06
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_03_20
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_04_03
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_05_01
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_05_15
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_05_29
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_06_12
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_06_26
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_07_10
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_07_24
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_08_14
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_09_04
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_09_18
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_10_02
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_11_13
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_12_11
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_01_08
 * 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"
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Scope - documentation related to this OOR initiative's mission, charter, objectives, goals, terms of reference, definitions, scope, ... etc.
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Requirement - documentation related to the requirements of the "open ontology repository" we are planning to implement through this OOR initiative.
 * OpenOntologyRepository_UseCases
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Approach - documentation related to this OOR initiative's approach, and the process we will be using.
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Architecture - documentation related to the architecture of the "open ontology repository" we are planning to implement through this OOR initiative.
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Plan
 * OOR/ActiveMemberContribution
 * Team mailling list: [ oor-forum ] discussion archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/
 * Developers mailling list: [ oor-dev ] discussion archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-dev/
 * the four joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussions:
 * 2008_02_28 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "Ontology Registry and Repository Technology &amp; Infrastructure Landscape" - Co-chairs: LeoObrst &amp; FrankOlken; Panelists: BruceBargmeyer, MikeDean, MarkMusen, FarrukhNajmi &amp; PeterYim - ConferenceCall_2008_02_28
 * 2008_03_27 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations &amp; Requirements - Session-1" - Chair: LeoObrst &amp; FabianNeuhaus; Panelists: WilliamBug, EvanWallace, JohnLMcCarthy, KenBaclawski, PeterBenson &amp; RexBrooks - ConferenceCall_2008_03_27
 * 2008_04_03 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations &amp; Requirements - Session-2" - Chair: LeoObrst &amp; FabianNeuhaus; Panelists: DougLenat, DekeSmith, MarciaZeng, DeniseBedford, PatHayes, MalaMehrotra &amp; RobRaskin - ConferenceCall_2008_04_03
 * 2008_04_10 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "Developing an Ontology of Ontologies for OOR" - Co-chairs: BarrySmith &amp; MichaelGruninger; Panelists: MichaelGruninger, PeterHaase, NatashaNoy &amp; ElisaKendall - ConferenceCall_2008_04_10
 * the OOR-dev: Synergies & Gaps panel session:
 * 2008_08_22 - Friday: OOR Panel Discussion: "Getting OOR Development Off the Ground: Identifying Synergies &amp; Gaps" (Take-1) - Chair: LeoObrst; Panelists: MikeDean, MarkMusen, LiDing, BruceBargmeyer &amp; BillAndersen - ConferenceCall_2008_08_22
 * OntologySummit2008 homepage
 * OntologySummit2008_Communique
 * OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda
 * 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
 * OOR Project site at SemWebCentral - http://oor.projects.semwebcentral.org
 * our first sandbox instance of OOR - http://oor-01.cim3.net/
 * NCBO-OOR development documentation - http://www.bioontology.org/wiki/index.php/NCBO-OOR_Development