OntologPlanning 2005

= ONTOLOG Community & Project Planning Worskhop 2005 =


 * Session Date: Thu 2005.03.03
 * Facilitator: KurtConrad
 * First session page: ConferenceCall_2005_03_03

Resources

 * Last Year's Planning Workshop Results - see: OntologPlanning_2004

Participant Input

 * review / update Community Charter (--PeterYim / 2005.02.28)
 * Ref: proposed updated charter - see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2005-02/msg00020.html


 * adopt a definition for Formal & Informal Ontologies
 * Ref: thread initiated by DuaneNickull, and responses from PeterYim & LeoObrst - see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum//ontolog-forum/2005-03/msg00005.html

Session Agenda & Proceeding

 * Work Session 2005.04.14 - KurtConrad, BobSmith & PeterYim
 * Kurt: our problem is that community members engage at levels they choose, planning has nothing to do with traction
 * Peter: we've got CoP activities (casual) and Project Activities (disciplined); if the latter is funded, then we can better reinforce the discipline
 * Kurt-Bob-Peter: 6 buckets
 * CoP activities
 * experimental/evangelistic projects
 * discplined projects
 * project infrastructure
 * CoP infrastructure
 * Other
 * Kurt's table: Issue or Activities - Source - Buckets(6) - Priority - Dependencies - Resources - Level of Interest
 * Priority & Level of Interest: 1 ~ 5, 5 being high
 * Resources: in terms of getting enough resources to pull the activity off
 * Action Items
 * Have an ontology of project planning. Who we are, opportunities, constraints
 * Sustainability of CoP, as a whole
 * Continue technology transfer, help people "sell" ontology approach
 * extend SUMO (from Adam's: Do real work that gets used by somebody, especially UBL focus, concrete results  )
 * continue from here - more 'real work' going on yet
 * develop a robust semantic policy decision making framework
 * validating planning team's ranking through a survey
 * Next work Session 2005.05.05 right after the regular call - KurtConrad, BobSmith, PeterYim & LeoObrst


 * Work Session 2005.06.09 - KurtConrad, BobSmith & PeterYim
 * Current Priorities
 * Meeting time
 * NIST: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
 * Conflicts w/ W3C Semantic Web Best Practices meeting
 * What are the competing organizations and their meeting times?
 * Drives importance of an updated membership survey. Who would join us if we changed our time?  Who would drop out if we change the time? Iterate 3-4x.
 * Not an actionable issue, at this time.
 * Metrics (how many show depending on agenda)
 * Governance
 * Annual budget target for sustained operations (financial and non-financial resources)
 * Assigned roles and responsibilities
 * Structures to support "commercial" activities and committments
 * Team Roster
 * Current XML-based roster is too labor intensive to continue
 * Need alternative approach
 * Resourcing considerations
 * Colab engages individuals as part of job duties (Federal or contractor)
 * Ontolog primarily resourced by non-funded labor (tend to see participation drop off as commercial activities increase)
 * Meeting schedule
 * Alternative weeks vs non-event days: Try every two weeks until a better option presents itself