OntologySummit2007/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting 2007 03 13

= OntologySummit2007 Organizing Committee Conference Call - Tuesday 13-Mar-2007 =


 * This session will a 30-minute conference call starting at Tue 13-Mar-2007 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 4:30pm CET / 15:30 GMT/UTC


 * Session Chair: OlivierBodenreider

Conference Call Details

 * Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
 * Start Time: 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 4:30pm CET / 15:30 GMT/UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 30 minutes
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Attendees:

 * Attended:
 * OlivierBodenreider* (NLM, NIH)
 * PeterYim (Ontolog, CIM3)
 * BarrySmith* (NCOR, SUNY-Buffalo)


 * Expecting: ( * = not yet confirmed whether he/she will be dialing-in)
 * FrankOlken* (NSF)
 * MarkMusen* (NCOR, NCBO, Stanford SMI)
 * NicolaGuarino* (LOA-CNR.IT)


 * Regrets:
 * ChrisWelty (IBM Research) - standing regrets for the Tue time slot
 * TomGruber (Tomgruber.org) - standing regrets for the Tue time slot; also, on plane this time
 * IvanHerman (W3C) - can't make it this week
 * SteveRay (NIST)
 * LeoObrst (Ontolog, MITRE)
 * DeborahMcGuinness (Stanford KSL)

Agenda Ideas

 * Discuss - what could ensure us that we are bringing "value" to the community-at-large, with this "Ontology Summit 2007" endeavor?
 * organizing committee structure and protocol - distributing the workload
 * getting organized to get dialogs from representatives of other constituencies (other than formal ontologists) going - review/add/comment on list of people who could represent various constituencies and contribute to providing their input and perspectives
 * getting organized to summarize/synthesize the mailing list discussions on the wiki - devoting part of the 15-Mar-2007 Ontolog weekly call to do it with Summit conveners
 * Deborah: I suggest that in this and in near term meetings we try to get very tight scope;
 *  ... (please post here; indentify yourself for follow-up purposes)

Agenda & Proceedings
... (Agenda Coming)

1. Meeting called to order:


 * OlivierBodenreider took the chair and welcomed everyone


 * PeterYim volunteered to take minutes of the meeting

2. Roll Call:


 * see above

3. Urgent Issues:


 * Having a 'framework' ready, when inputs are returned on our survey.


 * getting the community-specific discussions going:
 * see (communities enumerated): http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007_DefinitionsOfOntology#nidTIS
 * and (champions we have in mind): http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2007_01_30#nidSZQ
 * action: ...
 * Ivan: consider asking people to identify what community they belong to
 * Nicola: we catalog, and map out the framework
 * Peter: ask various communities to put together a glossary of their ontology (or ontology-related) vocabulary
 * Steve / Nicola: ask various community representative to where they think they fit in
 * try getting TomGruber to present his view some time soon, that is going to help - Tom has posted, both on 'ontology' and on 'folksonomy'. Thanks, Tom!
 * Steve: steer away from the word 'ontology' and just ask other communities how they define their 'structures'
 * Olivier / Steve: we should be the USGS (cartographers) rather than the UN (peacekeepers) of 'ontologies' here.
 * Steve / Leo: start putting something up (a draft) so that people have something to talk about
 * cadidates to drive the drafting: LeoObrst, MichaelGruninger, ... with support from Steve, Olivier
 * start from the draft communique wiki page ... and have anyone contribute even small chunks (without major time commitments)
 * maybe someone could start by drafting a table-of-content - Steve?
 * when ready for another round of reviews, someone makes a post to [ontology-summit] list
 * use combination of wiki, spreadsheet (google spreadsheet for collaborative editing, and excel for the purpose)
 * thanks to DeborahMcGuinness, she has volunteered to co-lead the ontology spectrum discussion and writeup.


 * Discussion:
 * Good News! - Olivier advises that NLM has officially confirmed that we may list them as a 'co-sponsor'. (Thank you, Olivier!)
 * What could ensure us that we are bringing "value" to the community-at-large (or even the world-at-large), with this "Ontology Summit 2007" endeavor?


 * assigning wiki editors
 * volunteers: CharlesTurnitsa, KurtConrad, BobSmith, KenBaclawski, SteveRay, DeborahMcGuinness, PeterYim ... (need more, hopefully from our community champions)
 * protocol & editor coordination - Peter: suggest we try to engage the conveners and devote a good part of the 15-Mar-2007 Ontolog weekly call to do it

4. Outstanding Issues:


 * Completed Task Report:
 * "tag line" for the "Ontology Summit 2007" initiative announced. see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/2007-03/msg00028.html


 * Surveying participants & getting constituency champions' perspectives
 * Peter: please review and comment on draft-2 of survey questions (for process proposal-2):
 * draft-2 questionnaire: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007_Process/Draft2#nidUFO
 * Peter is posted to the [ontology-summit-org] list on 2007.03.12, a list of folks who could represent perspectives of various constituencies. Input solicited from organizing committee members.
 * Peter is still working on the survey; he will move ahead and release the survey; and then personal contact to targeted champions to get their inputs. Help to spread this workload appreciated.
 * Peter: we'll give people 7~10 days to respond
 * Barry / Olivier: if people provide elaborate answers, we'll request them to summarize it in bullet points


 * Outstanding Issue Update:
 * organizing committee structure and protocol
 * Barry: splitting the championship role - suggestions/candidates:
 * Folksonomy: TomGruber
 * Taxonomy: DeniseBedford
 * Metadata: FrankOlken
 * Semantic Web: IvanHerman
 * Information Models: ?
 * Peter: e.g. the UML people
 * Barry: e.g. Oil & Gas work Matthew West is doing should be in this category
 * Peter our objective is to develop a typology (rather than telling people how they should use the word "ontology")
 * Barry suggested we still consider establishing a "controlled vocabulary"
 * Olivier / Barry: try to engage FrankHartel (Peter suggest Olivier contacts Frank as a champion), also ChristopherChute; Peter re-iterates the solicitation for suggestions to his constituency/champion post


 * pending responses
 * organizing committee / keynote: DieterFensel, TimBernersLee
 * conveners: Chiara F, Thomas B (pending - ref: "key participant" role confirmation)
 * Public Relations & The Press - Steve taking this on
 * Steve already working on a pre-event press release; hopefully one or two articles out before the F2F
 * scheduling and programming for the Apr. 23 & 24, 2007 face-to-face meetings and symposium
 * Monday am: "The Framework" (Agreeing to the final picture) - Co-chairs: LeoObrst / MichaelGruninger?
 * Monday pm: "Populating the Framework" (Endorsing the picture) - Co-chairs: ChrisWelty / TomGruber
 * (Tueday early am: NIST Interoperability Week Plenary)
 * Tueday am: Finalizing the Communique - Co-Chair: OlivierBodenreider / FrankOlken?
 * Tueday pm: The Symposium (public meeting) - Chair: SteveRay
 * Keynote: TomGruber
 * Panel: ... (tbd)
 * ... we'll try to feature people who can represent the different perspectives of the various constituencies and those who made substantive contribution in the discourse.
 * ... we'll try to feature people who can represent the different perspectives of the various constituencies and those who made substantive contribution in the discourse.


 * (we are trying to come to conslusions even BEFORE the face-to-face)

5. New Issues:


 * drafting the communique
 * solicitng "co-sponsorship" - please endorse the initiative; they have to choose on the conclusion - Peter to do it.

6. Any Other Business:

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * ALL: we will continue the discussion of today's agenda items on the [ontology-summit-org] list


 * Next Meeting: (candidate) unless otherwise re-scheduled (which we likely will) our next meeting will be a 30-minute conference call starting at Tue 20-Mar-2007 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 4:30pm CET / 15:30 UTC. (ref: world clock)


 * Call adjourned at: 8:00 am PDT

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2007.03.13-8:05 PDT All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.