OOR/ConferenceCall 2010 07 09

= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2010-07-09 =

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Friday, 9-Jul-2010
 * Start Time: 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 6:00pm CEST / 5:00pm BST / 16:00 UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1.0~1.5 hours
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 * 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_2010_07_09


 * 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:
 * LeoObrst (chair)
 * CameronRoss
 * ErnieLucier
 * GeorgeStrawn
 * PatCassidy
 * MikeDean
 * PeterYim (scribe)
 * RaviSharma
 * ToddSchneider
 * MichaelGruninger


 * Expecting:
 * LinePouchard
 * MounaKettani
 * ElizabethFigueroa
 * ... 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:
 * KenBaclawski (traveling)
 * MattHettinger

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


 * a brief report on the OOR presentation at [[SemTech2010]]
 * Schedule a next Joint SIO-OOR-Ontolog panel session - in particular, arrange for a HeTS / COLORE demo and update [JohnBateman, MichaelGruninger, JohnSowa]. ... We almost scheduled this for Jul-8 (yesterday), but finally decided that we had better do this later.
 * tie down a prelim mini-series plan, and some dates for the Joint OOR-NCBO-Ontolog "IPR" Panel Sessions [PeterYim, CameronRoss, Dave Rubenson]
 * possibly get some organization and planning status on the two tracks of the "Content" Panel Sessions ... and picking new labels and dates - PatCassidy & DeniseBedford (not sure, as Pat may be traveling)
 * schedule a session to discuss how we should manage to incorporate various ongoing OOR-related software development efforts, and how best to "branch" from the BioPortal codebase, and stay synergistic.
 * get updates on members' OOR-related activities

Agenda & Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:


 * LeoObrst takes the chair and welcome everyone
 * PeterYim volunteers to take minutes of the meeting


 * note that we are starting to add a in-session chat facility to the meeting
 * review and adopt agenda

2. Roll Call:


 * see above


 * welcome and intro of new member(s) (as needed)

3. Status Review and Discussion:


 * Urgent issues:


 * Logistics and Communications
 * new members (or those who haven't already done so) please populate - OOR/ActiveMemberContribution


 * Review of our priority list: ... (skipping discussion this time, due to long agenda)
 * 1. continue to push OOR development and get more contributors ... [All]
 * 2. set up policies and process for contributing to OOR work
 * setup clear and easy policies and process to engage developers and have them contribute code ... [champion: MikeDean]
 * build out "gatekeeping" and move from just having an OOR-sandbox to having available instances of an OOR-sandbox and an OOR-production ... [champion: KenBaclawski]
 * setup clear and easy policies and process to engage content stewards and have them contribute ontologies to our public instance of OOR
 * 3. systematically solicit content contributions [champions: PatCassidy & DeniseBedford]
 * 4. get the work funded ... [champion: KenBaclawski]
 * 5. regularly review requirements and existing standards to make sure we are on track ... [All]
 * 6. continue with efforts in publicity and outreach ... [All]

Key items for discussion at this call:


 * a brief report on the OOR presentation at [[SemTech2010]]
 * MikeDean and PeterYim reported on the OOR presentation made by them and ToddSchneider (remotely) at SemTech2010, which was very well received
 * the impression from SemTech2010 was that the conference was well attended (a 30% increase in attendance), the technology is maturing, vendor participation was strong, technology and products are maturing, and there's a considerable buzz over "linked data" and data.gov
 * Peter also mentioned that he has agreed with IanHorrocks during SemTech2010 and has invited Ian to speak at Ontolog, and to chair two sessions on OWL 2. These have been scheduled, respectively for Jul-22, Jul-29 & Aug-5. Look out for the official announcement.
 * The Aug-5 session will be on "OWL 2: Tools and Applications" and will be featuring the latest Protege, Pellet, ICOM (Oracle & DERI, possibly with the Ontolog dataset), and more ...
 * LeoObrst and RaviSharma also suggested inviting over the Franz / AllegroGraph folks (a RDF triple-store vendor) at some point ... Peter concurred, and said we should try to create an opportunity some time, possibly by asking KurtConrad and DuaneNickull to put together another one of their "Ontology Applications & Implementations" sessions again.


 * Schedule a next Joint SIO-OOR-Ontolog panel session - in particular, arrange for a HeTS / COLORE demo and update [JohnBateman, MichaelGruninger, JohnSowa]. ... We almost scheduled this for Jul-8 (yesterday), but finally decided that we had better do this later.
 * MichaelGruninger: not quite ready yet, I will coordinate with JohnBateman to come up with a date for the HeTS / COLORE presentation
 * Peter: even what was shown as FOIS would be of interest, and can start meaningful discussions among the OOR team members (since a lot of the members here did not have a chance to see that at FOIS in May-2010 at Toronto.


 * tie down a prelim mini-series plan, and some dates for the Joint OOR-Ontolog-NCBO "IPR" Panel Sessions [PeterYim, CameronRoss, Dave Rubenson, MarkMusen]
 * 3 sessions planned - (a) an exposition of the state of relevant IPR regimes, (b) what are the IPR issues relating to ontologies & ontology repositories, and (c) discussion and consensus on what licensing arrangements would be best suited for the OOR Initiative.
 * tentatively: Thu Aug-19, Sep-9 & Sep-16


 * possibly get some organization and planning status on the two tracks of the "Content" Panel Sessions ... and picking new labels and dates - PatCassidy & DeniseBedford (not sure, as Pat may be traveling)
 * PatCassidy will start constructing a wiki page on this, followed by a email push
 * Pat: will pick a date later


 * schedule a session to discuss how we should manage to incorporate various ongoing OOR-related software development efforts, and how best to "branch" form the BioPortal codebase, and stay synergistic.
 * Mike: tentatively Aug-6
 * all developers please note and reserve this date!
 * Cameron: might contribute to a CL backend for the OOR


 * Review and updates on members' OOR-related activities
 * OOR-sandbox status
 * code repository status
 * NCBO
 * NEU
 * BBN
 * Bremen
 * UToronto
 * Ryerson
 * Mathet
 * MMI
 * Use Cases
 * SIO
 * Funding

... some of the items on the page now are from the previous call(s), and will be updated as we progressed on this meeting.


 * 1) upgrading to BioPortal v2.5
 * want to update the OOR-sandbox asap awaiting a response from PaulAlexander or anyone from NCBO or Stanford-BMIR (to give us the tag# of the code to install)
 * beware of the demo at SemTech on Thu 2010.06.24 ... we don't want the OOR-sandbox to be down that day
 * Peter will talk to Natasha et al. to find out status, and get a recommendation on whether or not we should do the upgrade to the OOR-sandbox before or after the SemTech demo.
 * 1) installation support - vm install images; install scripts
 * install templates, image downloads etc. will be at 
 * Ken: NEU will possibly provide a mirror site to serve downloads too
 * Ken: some issues
 * we'll be supporting both VMware and Xen, on guest OS: CentOS
 * supporting 32-bit single cpu; 2GB ram requirement;
 * stock content: pizza, UCDO (use cases description ontology)
 * Todd also suggests BFO and DOLCE (Pat: the latter is only useful in FOL with its axioms)
 * Peter: would love to host an owl version of COSMO when Pat feels comfortable to
 * Mike: offering to do testing for the image (as a local backup for the upcoming demo) - running VMware on the MAC
 * what version will be have images for: in the beginning it will be driven by this group (people coming to the OOR-team meeting)
 * Mike: please look into the ability to help load existing contents quickly (on top of stock contents)
 * Ken: this could be a new use case for us.
 * Mike: given the heavy bandwidth requirement, consider layering the images
 * 1) a brief on the ORES-2010 workshop [AlexGarcia, MathieuDaquin, ChristophLange, KimViljanen et al.]
 * ref. Proceedings from the Ontology Repositories and Editors for the Semantic Web "ORES 2010" Workshop (colocated with ESWC 2010) - Heraklion, Greece - May 31, 2010 - http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/resource/OOR/eswc2010_ORES2010-workshop-proceedings.pdf
 * Ken: my slides are available at http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/kenb/ontologies/OOR-ORES-KenBaclawski.ppt ... also as http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/OOR/OOR_presentations_publications/OOR-ORES-KenBaclawski_20100531.ppt
 * Peter: great set of lsides ... we should post this slide deck on the OOR site
 * schedule a panel session to get a synthesized view of what transpired there that is of relevance to the OOR initiative, and encourage a continuation of some of those relevant discussions on [oor-forum]
 * Peter: will try to ping Alex
 * 1) intro of OOR-related work that's starting at ORNL [LinePouchard, MounaKettani, et al.]
 * Mouna - installing BioPortal v2.4 on Ubuntu
 * Mike: join us at the [oor-dev] mailing list
 * Mouna - TrishWhetzel is suggesting that we use tag 1026 (Ken: that's BioPortal v2.4)
 * Line: ... introducing their work that is relevant to OOR ... Line, please fill this in
 * see http://dataone.org | About
 * Having Mouna's team here for the summer (for 10 weeks) and hope the infrastructure will be up by the end of that
 * Ken: we expect to have a VMware image in about a week ... that might help
 * Ken: we are also doing some work on Gatekeeping and curation
 * Peter: check out content under http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository#nid17YJ
 * 1) organization and planning status on the Joint OOR-NCBO-Ontolog "IPR" Panel Sessions ... and picking dates for the session(s) - PeterYim, CameronRoss, Dave Rubenson
 * tie down a prelim mini-series plan, and some dates
 * Peter: Possibly 3 sessions - (a) intro to IPR landscape, (b) Issues, (c) Discussion and try to reach consensus
 * can't do it today, but will try to lock in 3 dates real soon
 * 1) organization and planning status on the two tracks of  the "Content" Panel Sessions ... and picking new labels and dates - PatCassidy & DeniseBedford
 * 2) Schedule a next OOR-SIO panel session
 * in particular, arrange for a HeTS / COLORE demo and update
 * 1) reports on member activities that are OOR-related
 * OOR-sandbox status
 * Mike: we probably want to remove the OBO ontologies from the OOR-sandbox
 * might need to do a fresh install, at least one more time to clean out the content
 * code repository status
 * NCBO
 * BioPortal v2.5 is out ...
 * NEU
 * BBN
 * svn repository is up ...
 * Bremen
 * UToronto
 * Ryerson
 * Mathet
 * MMI
 * Use Cases
 * SIO
 * Funding

New Issues:

Any Other Business:

Action items:


 * MichaelGruninger will coordinate with JohnBateman to come up with a date for the HeTS / COLORE presentation
 * LeoObrst will contact Frank van Harmelen again to arrange for a LarKC (The Large Knowledge Collider) talk
 * PaulAlexander to provide hte BioPortal v2.5 update tag number
 * MikeDean to get the code repository at semwebcentral ready for OOR development and code contribution

Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * Next Meeting:
 * coming up!
 * an invited talk by IanHorrocks (Thu 2010.07.22) followed by two OWL2 sessions which Ian will chair on "The OWL2 Standard" Thu 2010.07.29 & "OWL2: Tools and Applications" Thu 2010.08.05
 * our next regular team call, same time, Fri 2010.07.23 - see details session page at: OOR/[[ConferenceCall _2010_07_23]]
 * Note: earlier resolution: all team members please (if possible) block out Fridays 1.5 Hr starting 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT / 16:00 GMT/UTC 


 * Call adjourned at: 10:30 am PDT

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2010.07.09-10:30am PDT 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/ConferenceCall_2008_12_12
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_01_09
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_01_23
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_02_06
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_03_06
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_03_20
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_04_03
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_05_01
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_05_15
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_05_29
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_06_12
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_06_26
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_07_10
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_07_24
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_08_14
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_09_04
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_09_18
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_10_02
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_11_13
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_12_11
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_01_08
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_01_22
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_02_05
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_03_05
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_03_19
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_04_16
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_04_30
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_05_21
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_06_11
 * 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
 * Team mailling list:
 * OOR-Team discussion: [ oor-forum ]''' message archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/
 * OOR-Users discussion and support: [ oor-users ]''' message archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-users/
 * Developers mailling list: [ oor-dev ] message archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-dev/


 * the 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 Development 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
 * 2009_02_19 - Thursday: Joint Ontolog-OOR Panel Discussion: "Getting OOR Development Off the Ground (Take-2): the work begins" - Chair: ToddSchneider; Panelists: MarkMusen, NatashaNoy, MikeDean, PaulBuitelaar / AndreasHarth, MathieuDaquin, KenBaclawski, MichaelGruninger - ConferenceCall_2009_02_19
 * 2009_07_16 - Thursday: Joint Ontolog-OOR Panel Discussion: "Integrated tools for ontology development and management: A field guide to the Stanford technology" - Chair: MarkMusen - Panelists: TaniaTudorache, TimRedmond, NatashaNoy - ConferenceCall_2009_07_16
 * 2009_07_30 - Thursday: Joint Ontolog-OOR Panel Discussion: "BioPortal and related Ontology Repository Implementations and Development" (Take-3) - Chair: NatashaNoy - Panelists: CarlosRueda, PaulAlexander, JohnGraybeal, MikeDean, StephenGranite, AlexGarcia, KenBaclawski - ConferenceCall_2009_07_30
 * 2010_02_19 - Friday: OOR Panel Discussion: "Coordinating our Open Ontology Repository Software Development" - Chair: MikeDean - Panelists: JimChatigny, MichaelGruninger, KenBaclawski, NatashaNoy - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_02_19
 * 2010_04_01 - Thursday: Joint OOR-Ontolog Panel Session: "OOR Use Cases - Take-3" - Chair: KenBaclawski &amp; ToddSchneider - Panelists: ToddSchneider, MatthewHettinger, KenBaclawski and MaximoGurmendez - ConferenceCall_2010_04_01
 * 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/2008-01/ (~5 months exchanges starting from Jan-2008)
 * 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
 * OpenOntologyRepository_ResearchActivity
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Development
 * OOR Project site at SemWebCentral - http://oor.semwebcentral.org
 * Public sandbox instance of OOR (OOR-sandbox) - http://oor-01.cim3.net/ontologies
 * OOR_SandBox
 * NCBO-OOR development documentation - http://www.bioontology.org/wiki/index.php/NCBO-OOR_Development