ConferenceCall 2005 06 02

= [ontolog] Member Conference Call - Thu 2005-06-02 =

Conference Call Details

 * Subject: [ontolog] member conference call Thu 2005-06-02


 * Agenda Comments:
 * ... build rapport; ... sync up; ... distribute, assign or arbitrate virtual ownership of tasks; ... and use it to deal with emergencies. ... plus, member suggested agenda items.
 * please post any suggested agenda items to the call wiki page and upload any material to be shared to the list, to the wiki or by [[WebDAV] upload] prior to the meeting
 * VNC session (if needed) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
 * view-only password: "ontolog"
 * view-and-control pw: to be supplied during session as needed
 * Wiki page for this call (i.e. this page) is at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_06_02
 * Date: Thursday, Jun. 02, 2005
 * Start Time: 10:30 AM PDT / 1:30 PM EDT World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1 ~ 1.5 hour
 * Dial-in Number: 1-702-851-3330 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
 * Participant Access Code: "686564#"

Attendees

 * Attended:
 * KurtConrad
 * PeterYim
 * AdamPease
 * BobSmith
 * RexBrooks
 * MarcWine
 * SusanTurnbull


 * Expecting:


 * Regrets:
 * ChrisMenzel (schedule conflict; will call in if the other meeting finishes early)
 * PaulKoch
 * MichaelUschold
 * JamesDouma
 * BillMcCarthy

Agenda & Proceedings
1) Welcome & confirmation of agenda


 * participants went around and introduced themselves
 * KurtConrad took the chair and welcomed everyone.

2) Appointment of secretary to take minutes


 * PeterYim volunteered

3) Roll-call of participants


 * see above

4) Upcoming meeting & event schedule (near future)


 * Nominal meeting types (on a monthly basis):
 * member regular meeting
 * invited speaker session
 * scheduled discussion
 * project review
 * workshop / work session
 * planning


 * Invited Speaker Schedule for the next 3~6 months
 * for Jun. 2005 - DavidWhitten & ChrisRichardson from WorldVistA - Thu 2005-06-16 - confirmed (-Need input from speakers / ppy)
 * Marc told us about the institutional vehicle that these VistA group has that is now approved to be the buffer between the government and
 * for July 2005 - AndersTell from Business Collaboration Toolsmiths AB - Thu 2005-07-14 - confirmed (proposed: DuaneNickull)
 * future candidates speakers:
 * LarryReeker of NIST (suggested by SusanTurnbull)
 * SimonBuckinghamShum of the Compendium Institute ( ? ; ref. post from ScottLHolmes & PeterYim's reponse)
 * DougLenat on the Cyc project (suggested by PeterYim)
 * NicolaGuarino on DOLCE, possibly also BillAnderson or ChrisWelty (suggested by PeterYim & PatCassidy)
 * new suggestions:
 * a panel with speaker representating: SUMO, OpenCyc Upper Ontology, DOLCE, ... (suggested by PeterYim)
 * possibly teaming up with SICoP and their CUO-WG; after independent sessions on Cyc and DOLCE
 * Monica: suggest inviting someone from the [regrep] group
 * JonBosak of Sun on OASIS Process - suggested (KurtConrad / SusanTurnbull) at our 2005.03.03 Planning Session - Susan: the 2005.09.23 CEW on implication on governance ... would be ideal. [Kurt will follow up with Jon and Susan]
 * possibility of this rolling into a joint SICoP or CEW-multiple CoP Best Practice event (suggested: SusanTurnbull / 2005.03.03)
 * possibility (suggested by Peter): request MarkMusen to help invite JimHendler to speak in August 2005


 * Scheduled Discussions for the next 2 months
 * June 2005 - Service Sciences - Moderator: BillMcCarthy - Thursday ConferenceCall_2005_06_30
 * potenial to setup a panel - George Brown (IMS* / POSE - Intel / ASU); MonicaMartin (BP) & DuaneNickull (SOA)
 * *suggested by SteveRay as something to explore
 * see: OntologDiscussion
 * David: maybe we should designate a moderator, and then coordinate the event from there, in a fashion similar to speaker events.
 * more work/discussion on OWL
 * Adam: need OWL & SWRL for OWL ontologies to really be useful
 * NicolasRouquette has a couple of topics lined up too ... we'll talk about those when he is at the call.
 * Rex: possibility of working with Duane on a follow-up


 * Upcoming Events of interest
 * First Quarterly Data Reference Model Public Forum in conjunction with the Sixth Emerging Components Conference on Monday, June 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia, MITRE-1 Building Auditorium, 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA.
 * see invitation from SusanTurnbull: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2005-05/msg00034.html
 * and details at: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?DataReferenceModelPublicForum_2005_06_13
 * SusanTurnbull: four workshops planned for the summer, and a 2nd DRM Public Forum in September 2005
 * Susan invites Ontolog suggestion and participation

5) Communications, logistics, & work protocols issues


 * Regular call time revisited:
 * received one more input lately - from SteveRay:
 * Steve: "...if you held your regular Ontolog sessions on any of Monday, Tuesday or Friday afternoons, I would be a regular attendee. (Of course I can't promise attendance for every meeting, but it works much better for my schedule). ..."

6) Follow-ups from previous calls

7) Current Project Status Report


 * Status CCT-Representation and UBL-Ontology project work
 * Requirements issues (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseCases)
 * Formalization issues
 * UBL Liaison update
 * [CCT-Rep] status report


 * BrandNiemann's request for comments as a follow-up on the 2004.12.01 semantic hatrmonization panel, relating to SUMO, UDEF, ebXML etc.
 * deadline for input will be Sat 2005.06.04 5:00pm PDT
 * Peter will roll things up for submission to Mike (or if Adam' is the only input, then Adam will do it.)
 * Peter will roll things up for submission to Mike (or if Adam' is the only input, then Adam will do it.)


 * Status of Protege-KIF project work
 * no report


 * status of NHIN-RFI & Health-Ont project work
 * Report on the convener's call 2005.05.31 - ref: NhinRfi/ConferenceCall_2005_05_31
 * scheduling a call session with MarcWine
 * next regular meeting: next Thu 2005.06.09, let's devote that to mainly discussing "what's next" for our [health-ont] effort - BobSmith to chair.


 * UBL liaison report
 * no report


 * SICoP liaison report
 * Ref. BrandNiemann's solicitation for "Semantic Interoperability Architecture" Pilot
 * see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2005-05/msg00032.html


 * ONTAC-WG Liaison
 * no report


 * status report from Planning team
 * shooting for next Thu 2005.06.09 11:45am PDT (after the regular call)

8) project work session / discussion


 * no discussion

9) New project proposals


 * Follow-up from previous proposals: (need 3 conveners, a charter and work plan to get started here)
 * ORB - Ontolog Review of Books (and Stuff) - BobSmith / PatCassidy
 * wiki/ontolog editor plugin - ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_05_19#nidCPR
 * ontolog calendar & ontolog's internal ontology project - ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_05_19#nidCPU


 * responding to the FEA call for contribution and comments to the DRM
 * agian, check out (and try to attend) hte 2005.06.13 "DRM Public Forum" - see: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?DataReferenceModelPublicForum_2005_06_13
 * Susan: in addition to ad hoc comments from individuals, I would welcome an organized review and comment effort from Ontolog (maybe not as formal as the NHIN-RFI response). Try to schedule the comments so that they could be brought up during the monthly DRM public workshops.

10) Sponsorship and funding


 * no discussion
 * no discussion

11) Other business


 * no discussion
 * no discussion

12) Next meeting date and adjourn


 * call adjourned 10:40 PST
 * next call will be on Thu 2005.06.09 starting at 10:30am PST

-- minutes captured in real time on this wiki by PeterYim =ppy / 2005.06.02 11:45am PST