OOR/ConferenceCall 2008 05 23

= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2008-05-23 =

OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Fri 2008.05.23, 1.0~1.5 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Friday, May 23, 2008 
 * Start Time: 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC
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 * Expected Call Duration: 1.0~1.5 hours
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Attendees

 * Attended:
 * LeoObrst (chair)
 * PeterYim
 * K_Goodier
 * KenBaclawski
 * ToddSchneider
 * RaviSharma


 * 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. ...
 * ... 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:
 * BruceBargmeyer
 * MikeDean

Agenda Ideas

 * the 4 area champions to report progress
 * ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/2008-05/msg00006.html &
 * proceedings of our last OOR-team meeting: OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_05_09

 OOR Requirements and Use Cases Progress Report -- K Goodier

(please insert your suggested agenda items here)

Agenda & Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:


 * LeoObrst 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:


 * Outstanding Issue review/update: (from last call)
 * please create your "namesake page" on the wiki, if you haven't already done so.
 * ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidA
 * populate - OOR/ActiveMemberContribution


 * Logistics and Communications
 * subgroup champions are authorized to reserve the ontolog.forum conference line (see call details above) by scheduling their sessions at the MeetingsCalls page


 * Discussions:


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


 * Short-term Planning - MikeDean
 * (from our last call) Revisiting MikeDean's proposed roadmap
 * see slides #55~64 of our 2008.04.29-OOR-presentation
 * Timeline / Milestones:


 * Resource & Funding - KenBaclawski
 * from previous calls:
 * possibilities - government agencies (NSF?, NIST?, whoever would fund open infrastructure, DARPA, IARPA (Jeff), ... etc.); EU funders; Vulcan (Mark)?; bring in W3C in a exploratory (XG) working group (e.g. Semantic Web Deployment) (although they are a funding sink rather than a funding source; but good for visibility);
 * grant proposal team(s) / submit proposal(s) to
 * Frank: NSF next solicitations due July-1, interop, data network partners, programs coming back
 * consider NSF-OCI (Office of Cyber Infrastructure)
 * try contacting Todd Hughes and see if DARPA is a possibility (Leo)
 * Peter: consider multiple smalls proposals and a big one ($20 million +/-) to make OOR a sustainable OOR operation
 * consider Foundations, and institutions
 * Fabian: the climate at NIST (now that they are hosting the summit on this particular theme) would be conducive ... we should ping Steve on this.
 * we should set aside some off-line time to discuss this when some of us are at the summit F2F, which did not happen.
 * Peter is working (offline; exploratory, and not considered part of the OOR team activities) on setting up a brainstorming call between established grantees and agencies who may be supportive of this endeavor - still outstanding; will share relevant results with this group after that has happened, as appropriate.
 * Ken: will report progress at next call


 * Use Cases & Requirements - K_Goodier with RaviSharma, PeterYim, ToddSchneider & FrankAlvidrez
 * from previous calls:
 * soliciting 'early adopter' partners who can offer up their ontologies, help refine requirements, and provide user feedback.
 * the immediate people should be projects represented by those the two joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Requirements panel discussion sessions (3/27 & 4/3/2008)
 * K: we had a phone call Mon 2008.05.19 to kick-off the discussion
 * some of the outcomes are captured at: OpenOntologyRepository_Requirement
 * we want to make sure things map back to earlier discussions on requirements
 * will create a template for harnessing early adopters who will provide us with use cases

... maybe with additions that others on the team, mainly early adopters, may further propose; modularized) implementation tasks ... again, maybe with additions that others on the team, mainly implementors, may further propose; "own" particular modularized task, and move ahead in a open source development mode, using a transparent process while doing so.
 * Organization & Process - PeterYim
 * from previous calls:
 * need to clearly identify team membership: active members vs. observers; and, more importantly, who are voting (decision making) members?
 * Active members: those who will be (a) building the OOR, and (b) those who will be early adopters with content (open ontologies) AND have specific requirement input to provide -- does that sound good? (Yes: Peter, Bruce, Fabian)
 * on suggestion from Ravi / 2008.05.23 - clarifying: group (a) to include those contributing to infrastructure, code development, architecture design, etc.
 * will need to deliberate on this when we have more people on the call ... and/or doing it through the mailing list
 * how shall we organize ourselves? ... sub-workgroups? how many? <--(discussion deferred to next meeting)
 * relationship to Ontolog? sponsors? funders?
 * discussion postponed until we have a clearer approach toward funding
 * Peter: some thoughts on process:
 * in view of MikeDean's proposed roadmap, I think (a proposition here) that notion may have to morph into something like:
 * (i) a set of recommendations, which the summit Communique now serves
 * (i) a set of recommendations, which the summit Communique now serves
 * (ii) which then translates to a set of (somewhat coordinator, but
 * (iii) then implementor (or implementation subgroups) will step up and
 * Peter: Adding a few key content pages ... the suite looks as follows (now):
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Scope
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Organization
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Process
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Policy
 * OpenOntologyRepository_IPR
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Requirement
 * OpenOntologyRepository_UseCases
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Architecture
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Approach
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Roadmap
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Plan

4. New Issues:

5. Any Other Business:


 * ToddSchneider raised some questions trying to clarify how private companies may participate (when they have both open and close contents) ... Peter suggested some answers, by drawing upon some of the proposed ideas in MikeDean's presentation at the summit F2F.
 * Todd and Ravi would also go back to the OntologySummit2008_Communique to see if enough flexibility is left open in the Communique ... and tell us what they think at the next call.
 * Peter: anyhow, it should be noted that the Communique only forms an important reference, and not a mandate, for the open development work for the OOR community.

6. Action items:


 * aim towards getting a short-term work plan from the "Short Term Planning" subgroup by the next call. [attn: MikeDean]

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * Next Meeting:
 * next OOR-team meeting Fri 2008.06.06 - 1.0~1.5 Hr. starting 12:00noon EDT / 9:00am PDT - see (closer to the time): OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_06_06
 * 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: 9:59 am PDT

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.05.23-9:59am PDT All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.

Resources

 * homepage - OpenOntologyRepository
 * 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 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
 * [ ontology-summit ] discussion archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/