ConferenceCall 2007 11 01

= [ontolog] Member Conference Call - Thu 2007-11-01 =


 * This is expected to be a regular operations planning and review meeting for active members of the Ontolog community, we are going to review and schedule Ontolog virtual events for the next couple of quarters (or more) during the session. ... The meeting is open to all who are interested, RSVP (offline to peter.yim@cim3.com) appreciated.

Conference Call Details

 * Date: Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 
 * Start Time: 10:30am PDT / 1:30pm EDT / 6:30pm BST / 17:30 GMT/UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: ~1.0 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?ConferenceCall_2007_11_01

Attendees

 * Attended:
 * PeterYim
 * AntoinetteArsic
 * BobSmith
 * RexBrooks
 * CarlMattocks
 * KurtConrad
 * KenBaclawski
 * SteveRay
 * MatthewWest


 * Expecting:


 * ... (please insert your name above or RSVP by e-mailing  offline)


 * Regrets:
 * BillMcCarthy
 * JeanneHolm
 * DougHolmes
 * LeoObrst

Agenda Ideas
impending Ontolog programs, which include (but are not limited to): Support" mini-series that is just about to start,
 * PeterYim: we need to work out scheduling of some of the
 * (i) the ongoing "Database & Ontology" series,
 * (ii) the NASA-Ontolog "Ontology in Knowledge Management & Decision
 * (iii) the yet to be planned NIST-Ontolog "Ontology Summit 2008,"
 * (iv) the regular Ontolog "Invited Speakers" and "Scheduled Technical Discussion" events (which includes possibly 2 events on "Semantic Web Rules implementations and standardization efforts" which the community is requesting LeoObrst to organize (ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2007-10/msg00089.html), one RexBrooks / BobSmith led panel discussion, two BillMcCarthy led events, and pending talks by DeborahMcGuinness, JohnBateman, MarkMusen, NatashaNoy, MarcWine, Azamat Abdoullaev, JamieClark, ... etc.
 * (v) open workshops for ongoing projects (like those for the OntologTaxoThesaurus or ONION projects ... etc.)
 * (vi) ... anything else (like an organizing meeting for an "Open Ontology Repository & Registry" initiative (ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2007-10/msg00060.html#nid06) ... etc.

(please insert your ideas below)



Agenda & Proceedings
1) Welcome & confirmation of agenda


 * KurtConrad took the chair and welcomed everyone.

2) Appointment of secretary to take minutes


 * PeterYim volunteered

3) Roll-call of participants


 * see above


 * Welcome to new Ontolog community members

4) Upcoming meeting & event schedule (near future)


 * Scheduled Ontolog Events (already on the calendar):
 * 2007_11_08 - Thursday: NASA-Ontolog-KMWG: Ontology in Knowledge Management &amp; Decision Support (OKMDS) mini-series - Launch Event - ConferenceCall_2007_11_08
 * No meeting on Thu 2007.11.22 - Thanksgiving Day in the USA
 * 2007_12_06 - Thursday: Ontolog invited Speaker Presentation - MarkMusen - ConferenceCall_2007_12_06
 * 2008_01_24 - Thursday: 12th Ontolog DatabaseAndOntology series Session - Invited Speaker: HolgerKnublauch - ConferenceCall_2008_01_24
 * 2008_02_14 - Thursday: Ontolog Scheduled Discussion - Ontology Applications in Emergency Response (Take-2) - Co-organizers: RexBrooks &amp; BobSmith - ConferenceCall_2008_02_14


 * Other upcoming events of interest - see: RelevantEventsOfInterest2007

5) Communications, logistics, & work protocols issues


 * Steve: suggest we have a visual calendar too
 * Peter: google calendar is a candidate


 * Kurt will edit the MeetingsCalls page:
 * add dates at the front of each bullet
 * list all Thursdays, and mark it as "open" if the date does not already have an event scheduled


 * Peter: let's hold off on a more integrated calendar system until we migrate to the upcoming purple semantic mediawiki
 * ref. example on how the Karlsruhe people implemented their Event calendar with their SemanticMediaWiki implementation - ref: http://wiki.ontoworld.org/wiki/Upcoming_events


 * Consensus:
 * only ongoing series organizers will be in positions to firm up dates for events on the MeetingsCalls page (essentially referring to the Thursday event slots)
 * the series' should have a pre-agreed frequency of their events already sanctioned by the planning team (i.e. active members who join in at the "operations planning and review" meetings)
 * dates may be taken up on a first-come-first served basis
 * for major events (like ontology summit), organizers should "block off" the date(s) even when it is not totally firmed up
 * organizers may use the term "proposed" and "tentative," as appropriate
 * a more rigorous policy will be developed if we run into too many conflicts

6) Follow-ups from previous calls

7) Current Project Status Report -- will probably skip this regular item


 * Current Project Status Review:


 * Status CctRepresentation and UblOntology project work.


 * Status of ProtegeKIF project work.


 * status of NHIN-RFI & Health-Ont project work.


 * status of OntologTaxoThesaurus project work


 * status of OntologyDrivenApplications compilation work.


 * status of the ONION project startup.


 * UBL liaison report
 * SICoP / ONTAC liaison report
 * NCOR liaison report


 * Planning team report -- see below

8) Key Issues discussion:

impending Ontolog programs, which include (but are not limited to): Support" mini-series that is just about to start,
 * We need to work out scheduling of some of the
 * (i) the ongoing "Database & Ontology" series,
 * (ii) the NASA-Ontolog "Ontology in Knowledge Management & Decision
 * (iii) the yet to be planned NIST-Ontolog "Ontology Summit 2008"
 * (iv) the regular Ontolog "Invited Speakers" and "Scheduled Technical Discussion" events (which includes possibly 2 events on "Semantic Web Rules implementations and standardization efforts" which the community is requesting LeoObrst to organize (ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2007-10/msg00089.html), one RexBrooks / BobSmith led panel discussion, two BillMcCarthy led events, and pending talks by DeborahMcGuinness, JohnBateman, MarkMusen, NatashaNoy, MarcWine, Azamat Abdoullaev, JamieClark, ... etc.
 * (v) open workshops for ongoing projects (like those for the OntologTaxoThesaurus or ONION projects ... etc.)
 * (vi) ... anything else (like an organizing meeting for an "Open Ontology Repository & Registry" initiative (ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2007-10/msg00060.html#nid06) ... etc.


 * Input (we've got to work with):
 * The DatabaseAndOntology mini-series used to select their dates from the first half of the month, and the OntologyMeasurementEvaluation mini-series the 2nd half of the month, when they were running concurrently
 * 2007.10.21 / BillMcCarthy-MatthewWest-PeterYim exchange -
 * (a) ... scrubbing the originally planned 2007.11.29 BillMcCarthy - REA / database talk
 * (b) ... A talk on "An integration of the United Nations UMM work with the ontological specification of Open-EDI -- 15944-4 (based on the REA ontology)" -- March or April 2008 by BillMcCarthy
 * (c) ... A Panel Discussion on "financial ontology and interoperability (vis-a-vis aligning REA and XBRL)" -- late May or early June 2008 organized/moderated by BillMcCarthy
 * 2007.11.01 - JohnBateman: In principle we are still a bit flexible: any of the dates 2008.01.31, 2008.02.21, 2008.02.28 would be fine at present. ... Preliminary Title: "Ontology Structuring Mechanisms and Ontological Modularity" - Peter firmed up the 2008.01.31 for this
 * SteveRay: NIST-Ontolog "Ontology Summit 2008" targeting week of 2008.03.10 (backup week is that of 2008.03.31) - Steve already marked it as tentative on the MeetingsCalls page - see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MeetingsCalls#nid15N1
 * RexBrooks: proposing a talk on 2008.01.17 by MarcWine et al. - Rex will firm up this date


 * Discussion:
 * Matthew: the DatabaseAndOntology may come to a natural closure ... and maybe coming back to it in a year or two when things have progressed in this domain
 * Peter: I would still like to hear from SusieStephens, if we could invite her
 * we could also review the series charter and see if there are gaps we might want to fill.

10) Sponsorship and funding -- will probably skip this regular item

11) Other business.

12) Next meeting date and adjourn


 * Our next meeting/call will be the Thu 2007.11.08 OKMDS mini-series Launch Event. Details at ConferenceCall_2007_11_08 ... talk to you then!


 * this call session adjourned 11:44 am PDT

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