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= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2008-12-12 =

OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Fri 2008.12.12, 1.0~1.5 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 6pm CET / 17:00 UTC

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Friday, Dec. 12, 2008 
 * Start Time: 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 6:00pm CET / 17:00 UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1.0~1.5 hours
 * Dial-in Number:
 * from a US telephone (US): +1-218-486-3600 (domestic long distance cost will apply)
 * When calling in from a phone, use Conference ID: "4389979#"
 * from Europe, call:
 * Austria 0820-4000-1577
 * Belgium 070-35-9992
 * France 0826-100-280
 * Germany 01805-00-7642
 * Ireland 0818-270-037
 * Italy 0848-390-179
 * Spain 0902-886-056
 * Switzerland 0848-560-327 / 0848-414-110
 * UK 0870-738-0765
 * callers from other countries please dial into either one of the US or European numbers


 * Shared-screen support (VNC session) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
 * view-only password: "ontolog"
 * if you plan to be logging into this shared-screen option (which the speaker may be navigating), and you are not familiar with the process, please try to call in 5 minutes before the start of the session so that we can work out the connection logistics. Help on this will generally not be available once the presentation starts.


 * 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_2008_12_12


 * 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:
 * MikeDean (chair)
 * RexBrooks
 * PeterYim
 * MathieuDaquin
 * ToddSchneider


 * 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. ...


 * Regrets:
 * LeoObrst
 * TrishWhetzel
 * KenBaclawski
 * HaroldSolbrig
 * KatherineGoodier

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


 * Mike: updates from OIC-2008
 * Peter: a review of the join OOR-Ontolog session: ConferenceCall_2008_12_04
 * Peter: partitioning the join OOR-Ontolog mini-series championship effort
 * Re-assessing our resources
 * Tweaking our implementation approach

Agenda & Proceedings:
1. Meeting called to order:


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


 * review and adopt agenda

2. Roll Call:


 * see above

3. Status Review and Discussion:


 * Urgent issues:


 * Logistics and Communications
 * populate - OOR/ActiveMemberContribution


 * Outstanding Issue review/update: (from last call)

Suggested topics to be covered:


 * updates from OIC-2008 - MikeDean
 * held at George Mason U with about 120 people
 * invited talls from DeborahMcGuinness and MichaelGruninger
 * MikeDean and LeoObrst both talked about OOR and suggested federating ontology repositories (even if behind firewalls) would be useful
 * KathyLaskey and MichaelGruninger could possibly put some student resources into this project to support design and implementation work


 * a review of the join OOR-Ontolog session: ConferenceCall_2008_12_04 - PeterYim & MathieuDaquin
 * great works presented by the panel
 * lack of awareness of participants from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean previously, but now starting to get bridged
 * climate is ripe for more collaboration and coordination of efforts ... developing federation strategies could be a way forward
 * let's explore joint proposals that US and EU players can each take back to their funding agencies with


 * partitioning the join OOR-Ontolog mini-series championship effort
 * defer discussion until we have all 5 champions for this mini-series


 * Re-assessing our resources
 * Given the addition of US-EU collaboration and student efforts, suggest we get a chance to collectively re-assess who is actively "on" now, what resources they are bringing to the table, and then tweaking and fine tune our implementation approach again
 * Todd and Mike will go check on possibility of companies to sponsor project and provide some small funding for student travel (to report on their projects) and the like
 * Rex can provide contacts who have real needs for an OOR type product


 * Other Progress updates and Discussions: - deferred


 * OOR-related-project status updates:


 * Funding and proposals
 * further to our Nov-14 discussion, we did not get enough interest to put together a team project proposal for oor-nsf08575.
 * we encourage OOR team members to continue "pairwise" collaboration efforts, and to use the "OOR" label in their proposals (where applicable) so we can build up the 'brand' recognition and support each other's proposal efforts that way.


 * short term activity and action plans

4. New Issues:


 * OntologySummit2009 communitywide planning session coming up on Thu 2008.12.18
 * theme: "Ontologies as the Next Generation Information Standards"
 * everyone's urged to join in this brainstorming and planning session

5. Any Other Business:

6. Action items:


 * our short-term plan:
 * tasks
 * deliverables
 * Timeline / Milestones:

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * Next Meeting:
 * next OOR-team meeting will be on Fri 2009.01.09 - 1.0 Hr. starting 9:00am PST / 12:00pm EST / 6:00pm CET / 17:00 UTC
 * please refer to developing details on the session page at: OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_01_09
 * Note: earlier resolution: all team members please (if possible) block out Fridays 1.5 Hr starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 GMT/UTC


 * Call adjourned at: 10:08 am PST

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.12.12-10:12am 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 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/
 * 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/
 * 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
 * OOR Project site at SemWebCentral - http://oor.projects.semwebcentral.org