ConferenceCall 2008 11 13

= Ontolog Planning Session - Thu 2008-11-13 =

This is an Ontolog community events and strategic initiatives planning session - Alll members are welcome to join, especially if you want to get involved and/or help shape the future of Ontolog and its events. You don't have to be an Ontolog veteran or have participated at a previous planning session to come to this one.

Conference Call Details

 * Subject: Ontolog Community Operations Planning & Review Session - Upcoming Events and Strategic Initiatives
 * Facilitator: KurtConrad
 * Agenda: this session will be devoted to community planning, where "ongoing initiatives", "upcoming events", "strategic initiatives" and "action plans" will be examined and put up for discussion.


 * Date: Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
 * Start Time: 10:30 AM PST / 1:30 PM EST / 6:30 PM GMT / 7:30pm CEST / 18:30 UTC
 * see world clock for other time zones
 * Expected Call Duration: ~1.5 hours
 * Dial-in Number:
 * from a US telephone (US): +1-218-486-3600 (domestic long distance cost will apply)
 * When calling in from a phone, use Conference ID: "4389979#"
 * from Europe, call:
 * Austria 0820-4000-1577
 * Belgium 070-35-9992
 * France 0826-100-280
 * Germany 01805-00-7642
 * Ireland 0818-270-037
 * Italy 0848-390-179
 * Spain 0902-886-056
 * Switzerland 0848-560-327 or 0848-414-110
 * UK 0870-738-0765
 * callers from other countries please dial into either one of the US or European numbers


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


 * Please review our Virtual Session Tips and Ground Rules - see: VirtualSpeakerSessionTips


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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_2008_11_13


 * Please note that this session will be recorded, and the audio archive is expected to be made available as open content to our community membership and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR policy.

Attendees

 * Attended:
 * KurtConrad (chair)
 * PeterYim
 * FabianNeuhaus
 * MichelleRaymond
 * MichaelGruninger
 * RexBrooks
 * LiDing


 * Expecting:


 * (please add yourself to the list or rsvp to )
 * (please add yourself to the list or rsvp to )


 * Regrets:
 * SteveRay
 * LeoObrst
 * MatthewWest
 * MartinHepp

Agenda Ideas

 * Peter: brief report on what transpired from ISWC-2008 & FOIS-2008 that could be relevant to us
 * Review: ConferenceCall_2008_11_13/WhatsInStore
 * Review upcoming events, ongoing projects, mini-series' and other institutional collaborations
 * Preliminary ideas on OntologySummit2009

Resources

 * an Inventory of Planned and Candidate Ontolog Events & Projects - ConferenceCall_2008_11_13/WhatsInStore
 * our last Inventory of Planned and Candidate Ontolog Events & Projects - ConferenceCall_2008_08_21/WhatsInStore
 * Our 2008-S3 Planning Session proceedings - see: ConferenceCall_2008_09_04
 * Our 2008-S2 Planning Session proceedings - see: ConferenceCall_2008_08_28
 * Our 2008-S1 Planning Session proceedings - see: ConferenceCall_2008_08_21
 * Our 2006 Planning Session(s) proceedings - see: ConferenceCall_2006_10_05
 * Our 2005 Planning Session(s) proceedings - see: ConferenceCall_2005_03_03 & OntologPlanning_2005
 * Our 2004 Planning Session proceedings - see: OntologPlanning_2004
 * Our 2003 Planning Session proceedings - see: OntologWorkshop_Nov_2003/AttendeeContribution

Agenda & Proceedings
1) Welcome & confirmation of agenda


 * KurtConrad took the chair and welcomed everyone.
 * PeterYim volunteered to take minutes for this meeting.
 * Roll-call of participants
 * see above


 * review and adopt agenda

2) Brief reports on what transpired from ISWC-2008 & FOIS-2008 that could be relevant to us


 * Peter: on ISWC-2008
 * Michael: on FOIS-2008

3) Ongoing activities:


 * Scheduled events:
 * 2008_11_20 - Thursday: SemanticWiki mini-series session 2: "Semantic Wiki Technology (1): An introduction to some of the Semantic Wiki Engines and Related Technologies" - ConferenceCall_2008_11_20
 * 2008_11_27 - Thursday: No meeting - Happy Thanksgiving (to our US members)!
 * 2008_12_11 - Thursday: SemanticWiki mini-series session 3: "Semantic Wiki Technology (2): MediaWiki, Semantic MediaWiki, Extensions, Add-on's and other Enhancements" - ConferenceCall_2008_12_11
 * 2009_01_15 - Thursday: OntologySummit2009 Launch Event - ConferenceCall_2009_01_15
 * 2009_01_22 - Thursday: SemanticWiki mini-series session 4: "Semantic Wiki Applications &amp; Use Cases (1): vertical applications" - ConferenceCall_2009_01_22
 * 2009_02_05 - Thursday: Ontolog Invited Speaker Presentation - AldoGangemi &amp; ValentinaPresutti on "Pattern-based Ontology Design" - ConferenceCall_2009_02_05
 * Other upcoming events of interest - see: RelevantEventsOfInterest2008 & RelevantEventsOfInterest2008
 * Other upcoming events of interest - see: RelevantEventsOfInterest2008 & RelevantEventsOfInterest2008


 * See: ConferenceCall_2008_11_13/WhatsInStore


 * Review: ongoing projects, mini-series' and other institutional collaborations


 * Ontolog Invited Speaker series


 * EmergingOntologyShowcase mini-series


 * SemanticWiki mini-series
 * see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SemanticWiki/Prep


 * joint OOR-Ontolog panel series


 * (renewing) DatabaseAndOntology series


 * (candidate) "Ask the Experts" project - co-champion: KurtConrad / BobSmith / SvenVanPoucke


 * (candidate) Reasoners and Theorem Provers mini-series
 * ref. discussion at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_11_13/WhatsInStore#nid1OII
 * Peter: candidate chamipons - MichaelGruninger, ConradBock & TillMossakowski
 * Michael: consider having this virtual mini-series culminate in a F2F workshop in the Conference for Deductive Reasoning
 * deadline for the workshop proposal is Feb-2009


 * (candidate) "Ontolog Usability" project - proposed: KurtConrad


 * OntologySummit2009
 * candidate theme: "Ontolgy as the Next Generation of Information Standards" [ proposed: SteveRay / PeterYim / LeoObrst / BarrySmith / LaurentLiscia (OASIS)]
 * Peter now contacting Simon Frechette of NIST to coordinate the logistics
 * soliciting support from Ontolog members who are involved with standards development organizations
 * Barry is requesting Fabian to help coordinate NCOR efforts and contributions (since he straddles between NCOR and NIST)
 * Rex: try making sure sure the OASIS Symposium and the Ontology Summit dates don't clash (as they did before)
 * we will soon be rolling out: planning meeting, launch session, virtual discourse (forum & virtal panel sessions) which culminates in a F2F workshop at NIST in Spring 2009 ... stay tuned!
 * Looking forward to Steve chairing this next Ontology Summit again!


 * other ideas, thoughts and programs

4) Follow-up Activities & Action Plan:

5) Any other business


 * we welcome the emerging (I)AOA - (International) Association for Ontology and Its Applications - the initiative for a professional society, spearheaded by NicolaGuarino, the FOIS community (been around 10 years now) and the Applied Ontology Journal folks. ... stay tuned!

6) Next meeting date and adjourn


 * we will be having on 2008_11_20 - Thursday: SemanticWiki mini-series session 2: "Semantic Wiki Technology (1): An introduction to some of the Semantic Wiki Engines and Related Technologies" - ConferenceCall_2008_11_20   ... see you all there next week!


 * this planning session was adjourned 11:28 am PST

-- proceedings captured in real time on this wiki by PeterYim / 2008.11.13-11:30am PST Attendees are requested to review the notes above, help clean it up, and make amendments and edits to better reflect the proceedings of the session as they see fit (particularly where they are personally involved). =ppy

Audio archive of this 2008.11.13 Ontolog Planning Session

 * To download the audio recording of the session, click here
 * the playback of the audio files require the proper setup, and an MP3 compatible player on your computer.
 * Conference Date and Time:	13-Nov-2008 10:35am~10:28am PST
 * Duration of Recording:	0 Hour 51 Minutes
 * Recording File Size:	       5.8 MB (in mp3 format)


 * 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 of noteworthy past events can be found there too.)