OntologySummit2010 Symposium

= OntologySummit2010: March 15~16, 2010 Symposium (Face-to-Face Workshop) =

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Theme: Ontology Summit 2010: Creating the Ontologists of the Future
5th in the series of a 3-month annual event by and for the Ontology Community. This Summit is co-organized by Ontolog, NIST, NCOR, NCBO & IAOA


 * Co-chairs: Dr. SteveRay & Professor BarrySmith


 * Registration, Venue & Remote dial-in information


 * Agenda


 * Resources

Goals

 * The goal of the 2010 Ontology Summit is to address a pressing need for competently trained individuals with ontology expertise. To achieve this goal we will produce a foundational corpus of knowledge on skill requirements, existing resources & practices, proposed training content, and potential certification criteria, for the next generation of professional ontologists.


 * To disseminate this knowledge in the form of a broadly distributed communique.

Session Details:

 * Date: Monday, 15-March-2010 & Tuesday 16-March-2010
 * Start Time: (both days) 9:00am EDT / 6:00am PDT / 2:00pm CEST / 1:00pm GMT / 13:00 UTC
 * World Clock ref: [ Monday 15-MAR ] and [ Monday 16-MAR ]
 * Expected Call Duration: please refer to agenda details below
 * Dial-in Number: see - Conference Call Details


 * Discussions and Q & A:
 * (Unless the conference host has already muted everyone) Please mute your phone, by pressing "*2" on your phone keypad, when a presentation is in progress. To un-mute, press "*3"
 * You can type in your questions or comments through the browser based  chat session by:
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 * or point your browser to: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/ontology-summit-2010
 * instructions: once you got access to the page, click on the "settings" button, and identify yourself (by modifying the Name field). You can indicate that you want to ask a question verbally by clicking on the "hand" button, and wait for the moderator to call on you; or, type and send your question into the chat window at the bottom of the screen.
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 * thanks to the soaphub.org folks, one can now use a jabber/xmpp client (e.g. gtalk) to join this chatroom. Just add the room as a buddy - (in our case here) ontology-summit-2010@soaphub.org ... Handy for mobile devices!


 * For those who cannot join us, or who have further questions or remarks on the summit topic and content, please post them to the [ ontology-summit ] listserv so that everyone in the community can benefit from the discourse.


 * Registration: see - OntologySummit2010/WorkshopRegistration


 * 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?OntologySummit2010_Symposium


 * 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.

Resources:

 * OntologySummit2010
 * OntologySummit2010_Communique
 * Pictures from day-2 of the OntologySummit2010_Symposium (face-to-face workshop)
 * Key Events Calendar: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2010#nid25CI
 * Key Content Pages:
 * OntologySummit2010_PertinentQuestions
 * OntologySummit2010_PresentContent_Synthesis (maintained by ArturoSanchez and AntonyGalton)
 * OntologySummit2010_FutureContent_Synthesis (maintained by LeoObrst and MichaelGruninger)
 * OntologySummit2010_PresentQuality_Synthesis (maintained by ArturoSanchez and AntonyGalton)
 * OntologySummit2010_FutureQuality_Synthesis (maintained by BarrySmith, NicolaGuarino and FabianNeuhaus)
 * OntologySummit2010_PresentRequirements_Synthesis (maintained by Track AmandaVizedom)
 * OntologySummit2010_FutureDevelopments_Synthesis (maintained by Track ElizabethFlorescu and PeterYim)
 * OntologySummit2010_Survey
 * Mailing List Discussion archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2010#nid22VY
 * Summit Communique:
 * OntologySummit2010_Communique/Draft (maintained by all communique co-editors)
 * OntologySummit2010_Communique (lead editor: BarrySmith & FabianNeuhaus)

9:00-9:20 - Welcoming Remarks and Charge to the Group

 * SteveRay & BarrySmith - Summit Co-Chairs ... [ slides ]  .  [ [ audio] ]

9:20-11:40 - Session 1: Progress to Date

 * Chair: SteveRay
 * Speakers:
 * 9:20-9:50 - Current Requirements - AmandaVizedom  [ slides ]  .  [ [ audio] ]
 * 9:50-10:20 - Current Practices and Resources - ArturoSanchez ... [ slides ]  .  [ [ audio] ]

10:20-10:40 - BREAK

 * 10:40-11:10 - Future Landscape - PeterYim  [ slides ]  .  [ [ audio] ]
 * 11:10-11:40 - Proposed Content - MichaelGruninger ... [ ref. proposed training content ]  .  [ [ audio] ]
 * 11:10-11:40 - Proposed Content - MichaelGruninger ... [ ref. proposed training content ]  .  [ [ audio] ]

11:40-12:30 LUNCH
=== 12:30-2:30 - Session 2: Issue Discussion ... [ slides ]. [ [ audio] ]   ===


 * Chair: BarrySmith

What are we doing right, and what are we doing wrong, in ontology education thus far?

Stories of success and failure:


 * 1) The case of Buffalo
 * 2) ... Further volunteers invited

3:00-5:00 - Session 3: Reactions to the Draft Communique ... [ [ audio] ]

 * Chair: MichaelGruninger


 * Baseline Communique Draft (at the start of the session)


 * see summit conevners' input during the session at: OntologySummit2010_Communique/Draft_FeedBack

9:15-12:30 - Discussion of Recommendations on Requirements and Certification ... [ [ audio] ]

 * Facilitator: BarrySmith


 * 1) Academic: What do we need to do to establish ontology as a scientific discipline?
 * 2) Non-academic: What do we need to do to ensure that ontology training programs are of acceptable quality?
 * 3) Re-addressing the issue of certification

(Open IPR Policy has been waived for this particular session as there may be non-open content being presented among the examples.)


 * Ontology Training Example - Professor BarrySmith ... [ slides ]  .  [ [ audio] ]


 * Example - HSI Metrics - Mr. JeffAbbott ... [ slides ]  .  [ [ audio] ]


 * Example - Semsphere


 * Example - MITRE: Intro to Information Semantics - Dr. LeoObrst ... [ slides ]  .  [ course content ]  .  [ [ audio] ]


 * Example - TopQuadrant - Dr. Robert Coyne ... [ presentation ]  .  [ [ audio] ]
 * connect to GotoMeeting : https://www2.gotomeeting.com/join/957968986


 * Example - Cycorp Training - Dr. Larry Lefkowitz / Dr. AmandaVizedom ... [ presentation ]  .  [ [ audio] ]

1:30-3:30 - Approval and Announcement of Final Version of Communique ... [ [ audio] ]

 * Chairs: SteveRay and BarrySmith


 * (Media is invited)


 * The OntologySummit2010_Communique was approved unanimously by all conveners at 2:38pm EDT
 * see: [[OntologySummit2010] Communique v1.0.0]

Transcript of the online chat during the session:
 Mon 2010.03.15

see raw transcript here.

(for better clarity, the version below is a [ re-organized and lightly edited chat-transcript].) Participants are welcome to make light edits to their own contributions as they see fit.

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 Tue 2010.03.16

see raw transcript here.

(for better clarity, the version below is a [ re-organized and lightly edited chat-transcript].) Participants are welcome to make light edits to their own contributions as they see fit.

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 * ... More Questions
 * For those who have further questions or remarks on the topic, please [mailto:ontology-summit@ontolog.cim3.net post them to the "ontology-summit"] list so that everyone in the community can benefit from the discourse.

Audio Recording of the Workshop Sessions:

 * edited and post-processed audio segment will be posted against the corresponding agenda items above later ...(coming!)
 * the unedited, uncompressed original recordings by the NIST folks can be found here
 * suggestions:
 * its best that you listen to the session while having the respective presentations opened in front of you. You'll be prompted to advance slides by the speaker.
 * Take a look, also, at the rich body of knowledge that this community has built together, over the years, by going through the archives of noteworthy past Ontolog events. (References on how to subscribe to our podcast can also be found there.)

For the records ...

How To Join Remotely (while the session is in progress)

 * 1. Dial in with a phone: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2010/WorkshopRegistration#nid297W
 * 2. Open chat in a new browser window: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/ontology-summit-2010
 * 3. Download presentations for each speaker by clicking on the [ slides ]  link associated with each agenda item below