OOR/ConferenceCall 2008 03 14

= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Wed 2008-03-14 =


 * OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Wed 2008.03.14, 1.0~1.5 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 17:00 GMT/UTC

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Friday, March 14, 2008 
 * Start Time: 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 GMT/UTC
 * ref: World Clock
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Attendees:

 * Attended:
 * BruceBargmeyer
 * FabianNeuhaus
 * LeoObrst
 * MikeDean
 * PeterYim
 * FarrukhNajmi
 * KenBaclawski
 * JohnSowa
 * RaviSharma
 * JohnGraybeal
 * DeniseBedford
 * MichelleRaymond
 * EvanWallace
 * RexBrooks


 * Expecting:
 * ... to register for participation, please add your name (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. ...


 * Regets:
 * Gerry Creager (on Spring break)

Agenda Ideas

 * (please insert content below; identify yourself for follow-up purposes)


 * PeterYim: status review on the 3 upcoming joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 panel sessions (3/27, 4/3 & 4/10)


 * FarrukhNajmi: funding, then (in small teams) use cases and requirements, and then (more small teams) Architecture, Standards, Technologies and implementation. - ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/2008-02/msg00077.html


 * PeterYim: this OOR-team's deliverable at the OntologySummit2008 face-to-face workshop (28~29-Apr-2008)


 * discuss the relationship of this initiative to other organizations like Ontolog, sponsors, funders, etc.

Agenda and Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:


 * LeoObrst took the chair and welcomed everyone
 * PeterYim volunteered to take minutes of the meeting


 * review and adopt agenda

2. Roll Call:


 * see above

3. Status Review and Discussion:


 * What's New:


 * Outstanding Issue review/update: (from last call)
 * please create your "namesake page" on the wiki, if you haven't already done so.
 * ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidA
 * populate - OOR/ActiveMemberContribution


 * Logistics and Communications


 * Discussions:


 * Preparation progress review on the 3 upcoming joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 panel sessions (3/27. 4/3 & 4/10):
 * one panel discussion on ontology developers and stewards' (i.e. early-adopter content-provider) requirements & expectations?
 * 2 sessions - 3/27, 4/3
 * Fabian: suggest changing the "Why We Need an Open Ontology Repository?" title to something that better reflects what we want the panelists to be telling us.
 * JohnSowa: how about updating the original "Requirements and Expectation in an Open Ontology Repository" to "An Open Ontology Repository: Expectations & Requirements" (to avoid the grammatical issue)
 * session title discussed and finally revised to: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements" <--adopted
 * another panel discussion on ontology-of-ontology?
 * candidates: MichaelGruninger (2007 summit framework), PeterHaase (OMV), NatashaNoy (BioPortal), ElisaKendall or EvanWallace (OMG related work)
 * session on 4/10
 * to be chaired by PatHayes
 * Peter will work on this offline and report back
 * developing working page - OOR/JointPanelSession_Strawman
 * developing working page - OOR/JointPanelSession_Strawman


 * Resources and Funding:


 * Funding: getting organized
 * possibilities - government agencies (NSF?, NIST?, whoever would fund open infrastructure, DARPA, IARPA (Jeff), ... etc.); EU funders; Vulcan (Mark)?; bring in W3C in a exploratory (XG) working group (e.g. Semantic Web Deployment) (although they are a funding sink rather than a funding source; but good for visibility);
 * grant proposal team(s) / submit proposal(s) to
 * Frank: NSF next solicitations due July-1, interop, data network partners, programs coming back
 * consider NSF-OCI (Office of Cyber Infrastructure)
 * try contacting Todd Hughes and see if DARPA is a possibility (Leo)
 * Peter: consider multiple smalls proposals and a big one ($20 million +/-) to make OOR a sustainable OOR operation
 * consider Foundations, and institutions like Vulcan (Peter).


 * Use Cases & Requirements
 * soliciting 'early adopter' partners who can offer up their ontologies, help refine requirements, and provide user feedback.
 * see above discussion ref. the two upcoming joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 panel sessions (3/27 & 4/2)


 * Organization & Process <--(discussion deferred to next meeting)
 * how shall we organize ourselves? ... sub-workgroups? how many?
 * relationship to Ontolog? sponsors? funders?


 * Deliverables:
 * 'target something we can "show" from this OOR effort at the OntologySummit2008 workshop
 * Bruce: I will be out of pocket 3/25 to 4/12
 * Farrukh: this is too short a time to get a demo together; maybe we should only consider developing a demo scenario, and present the OOR-team's Strategy, Plans and Roadmap
 * Rex: is it possible to show something tangible too?
 * Farrukh: let's present the 'what', not the 'how'
 * presenting the vision at the summit F2F
 * Bruce: let's present something we have accomplished rather than something we are planning to accomplish
 * Michelle: will clarify time allocation at F2F - put in a 1.5-Hr request <--adopted
 * Peter: suggest we put together task force to handle the preparation of this OOR-team presentation (mainly the implementation folks) - Bruce, Mike, Mark, Farrukh, Evan & Peter
 * Peter: alternate suggestion for the task force to handle the preparation of this OOR-team presentation (mainly the co-chairs) - Leo, Frank Fabian, Barry, Pat
 * Bruce: propose to have Leo and Peter, Mike too (later confirmed)to champion this presentation effort, and Leo to be the lead speaker <--adopted
 * Leo: I could kick off the presentation in the overview, and then have individual speakers for each section (we'll be looking for volunteers) <--adopted
 * Leo: start asking all panelists (in the 4 sessions) to come up with a 2-slide summary <--adopted
 * all speakers are requested to send in a 2-slide summary of their brief (in addition to the slide deck they use during the briefing) for use in a presentation that the OOR-team will be making at the OntologySummit2008 face-to-face workshop
 * Ravi: two threads here - (a) summary of what's going on, (b) how we are thinking about the roadmap to implementation
 * Leo: summarizing - (i) Overview, rationale and motivations, (ii) existing efforts, and how they satisfy the rationale, (iii) what people need, and how they satisfy the rationale, (iv) summarizing that into requirements, and how they satisfy the rationale, & (v) the roadmap to developing/delivering that in an OOR implementation effort, and how they satisfy the rationale <--adopted
 * Michelle: maybe we can call item (i) "Value proposition" (which is business speak)
 * therefore, we need more time, let's ask for 1.5 Hours
 * Bruce: emphasize why an OOR is needed ... more so than telling people that we know how to get there
 * Farrukh: we need to clarify that we are NOT advocating a single central repository ... federation is where we are going


 * Timeline / Milestones: <--(discussion deferred to next meeting)
 * note that the OntologySummit2008 face-to-face will be on 28~29-April-2008

4. New Issues:

5. Any Other Business:

6. Action items:

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * Next Meeting:
 * resolution: all team members please (if possible) block out Fridays 1.5 Hr starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 GMT/UTC
 * Next meeting - Fri 2008.03.21 1-Hr. starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 GMT/UTC - World Clock
 * refer to details at the wiki session page (closer to the time) at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_03_21


 * Call adjourned at: 11:01 am PST

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.03.14-11:02am PDT All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.

Resources

 * homepage - OpenOntologyRepository
 * proceedings of our last meetings
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_01_23
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_02_13
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_03_05
 * 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
 * [oor-forum] discussion archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/
 * OntologySummit2008 homepage
 * [ontology-summit] discussion archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/

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