OOR/ConferenceCall 2008 08 29

= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2008-08-29 =

OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Fri 2008.08.29, ~1.0 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Friday, Aug. 29, 2008 
 * Start Time: 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC
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Attendees

 * Attended:
 * MikeDean (chair)
 * PeterYim
 * BruceBargmeyer
 * BenjaminDai
 * LiDing
 * FrankOlken
 * FrankAlvidrez
 * ToddSchneider
 * KatherineGoodier
 * HaroldSolbrig
 * LeoObrst


 * Expecting:
 * RexBrooks
 * ... 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:
 * MarkMusen
 * KenBaclawski

Agenda Ideas

 * postmortem of the 2008.08.22 OOR-dev:Synergies & Gaps panel session - ref. ConferenceCall_2008_08_22
 * continue to get updates from the four subgroups
 * short term activity and action plans
 * (please insert your suggested agenda items here)

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


 * Outstanding Issue review/update: (from last call)
 * populate - OOR/ActiveMemberContribution


 * postmortem of the 2008.08.22 OOR-dev: Synergies & Gaps panel session - ref. ConferenceCall_2008_08_22
 * what worked?
 * Todd: good ideas presented;
 * Bruce: went well;
 * what didn't?
 * Todd: some overlaps that need to be clarified and decision on next step
 * Discussion:
 * Mike: next step toward
 * Bruce: engage XMDR and BioPortal
 * Benjamin:
 * Peter: starting things new? no (b) open vs SDLC
 * Todd (b) yes ... evolutionary ... architecture
 * Mike: yes ... with module hierarchy ... architecture, packaging
 * Follow-ups:
 * Bruce: will try to pull an effort together XMDR, BioPortal, LexGrid and SemanticMediaWiki ... and will report back to the group
 * Benjamin: yes ... we (BioPortal, team at Stanford) may even meet physically with the XMDR folks (in Berkeley)
 * Benjamin: Upcoming plans for BioPortal 2.1 includes a large potential set of features. Two areas of interest include enabling OWL concept synonym search and bulk upload of mappings.
 * Leo: the important thing is that *we are aligned in terms of the OOR vision*; and we do have that!


 * Progress updates and Discussions:


 * Further to the discussion at our May-9 call and subsequent announcement, breakout subgroups will report back on their discussions/recommendations in the following four major areas:


 * Short-term Planning - MikeDean with LeoObrst, MarkMusen, BruceBargmeyer & PeterYim
 * LiDing: current effort on SemanticMediaWiki
 * LiDing: we have established a semantic wiki (MW1.13, SMW 1.2,Halo Extension 1.2) at RPI, a project page has been created at http://tw.rpi.edu/portal/Semantic_Wiki_Based_Open_Ontology_Repository_%28Project%29.
 * LiDing, HaroldSolbrig and PeterYim will try to co-champion a joint mini-presentation series at Ontolog on the subject of semmantic wikis.
 * Peter & Michelle are also proposing a joint OOR-Ontolog presentation series


 * Resource & Funding - KenBaclawski
 * please use the OOR label in your grant proposals (or collaborative grant proposals) as much as possible - we want to keep the "Brand" visible
 * appreciations to the BioPortal team for using the label "BioPortal OOR" in their v2.0 announcement
 * FrankOlken: funding opportunities at NSF (... please edit and elaborate, Frank)
 * research proposals: 08-575 III, due Oct-30-2008 medium upto $1.2M; Nov-2008 large
 * infrastructure for research (with a research component)
 * CRI
 * ABI
 *  ... link from Frank (to be added) ...


 * Use Cases & Requirements - K_Goodier with RaviSharma, PeterYim, ToddSchneider & FrankAlvidrez
 * will continue to update via the wiki


 * Organization & Process - PeterYim with LeoObrst & MikeDean
 * pairwise or small group collaboration, with regular report back
 * small group grant proposals with an OOR focus and label

4. New Issues:


 * Sept. 11, 2008 CENDI/NKOS Workshop at the World Bank, Frank and Harold will be presenting.
 * Sept. 11, 2008 CENDI/NKOS Workshop at the World Bank, Frank and Harold will be presenting.

5. Any Other Business:

6. Action items:


 * Leo to post a list of questions to [oor-forum] to prepare everyone for the 8/22 panel discussion session


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

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * Next Meeting:
 * next OOR-team meeting will be on Fri 2008.09.05 - 1.0 Hr. starting 9:00am PDT / 12:00pm EDT / 6:00pm CEST / 16:00 UTC
 * please refer to developing details on the session page at: OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_09_05
 * 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: 9:51 am PDT

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.08.29-9:57am PDT All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.

Audio Recording of this 2008.08.29 OOR Team Conference Call session

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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 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
 * 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
 * OOR Project site at SemWebCentral - http://oor.projects.semwebcentral.org