OOR/ConferenceCall 2008 07 25

= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2008-07-25 =

OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Fri 2008.07.25, 1.0~1.5 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Friday, July 25, 2008 
 * Start Time: 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1.0~1.5 hours
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Attendees

 * Attended:
 * MikeDean (chair)
 * FrankAlvidrez
 * PeterYim
 * Ravi Madduri (Argonne National Lab)
 * MichelleRaymond
 * RaviSharma
 * LiDing
 * LeoObrst
 * LuisBermudez
 * JohnGraybeal
 * CarlosRueda (Marine Metadata Interoperability (MMI) project)
 * BruceBargmeyer
 * K_Goodier
 * ToddSchneider


 * 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. ...


 * Regrets:
 * KenBaclawski

Agenda Ideas

 * continue to get updates from the four subgroups
 * discussion on making the best of the "OOR: Synergies and Gaps Panel" session
 * slated for Fri 2008.08.22 2.5-Hrs starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC
 * try to finalize on the panelists for this session
 * (please insert your suggested agenda items here)

Agenda & Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:


 * MikeDean takes the chair and welcomed everyone
 * PeterYim volunteers to take minutes of the meeting


 * review and adopt agenda

2. Roll Call:


 * see above


 * intros:
 * CarlosRueda (MMI - Marine Metadata Interoperability project)
 * Ravi Madduri (Argonne Natl Lab)

3. Status Review and Discussion:


 * Urgent issues:


 * Outstanding Issue review/update: (from last call)
 * populate - OOR/ActiveMemberContribution


 * Logistics and Communications


 * Progress updates and Discussions:


 * Further to the discussion at our May-9 call and subsequent announcement, breakout subgroups will report back on their discussions/recommendations in the following four major areas:


 * Short-term Planning - MikeDean with LeoObrst, MarkMusen & PeterYim
 * Mike's update: interacted with BenjaminDai
 * BioPortal 2.0 is on track to be release early August in DC (Benjamin will make announcement to OOR list when that happens ... please announce to [ontolog-forum] too)
 * they are considering use of NetKernel, which has a restrictive open source license


 * Resource & Funding - KenBaclawski
 * need to get something going ...


 * Use Cases & Requirements - K_Goodier with RaviSharma, PeterYim, ToddSchneider & FrankAlvidrez
 * JohnGraybeal: have posted info about the MMI (Marine Metadata Initiative) project, and offering that as a use case
 * ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository_UseCases#nid1JG6
 * John and Luis will make the MMI document publicly available (now available only to their team as a google doc ... done!)
 * some discussion made ... MMI workshop coming up in Nov.2008


 * Organization & Process - PeterYim with LeoObrst & MikeDean
 * "Getting OOR Development Off The Ground: Identifying Synergies and Gaps" Panel session - Fri 2008.08.22 - 2.5 Hrs starting 9:00am PDT / 12:00pm EDT / 6:00pm CEST / 16:00 UTC - date & time now locked in
 * received responses from MikeDean, PatHayes, MarkMusen, BruceBargmeyer, LeoObrst already, and, between 8/21 & 8/22, 8/22 is the viable or preferred date.)
 * draft agenda: (i) Mike demos his GUI-Prototype (15~20 min.); (ii) panelist comments on how their existing work plugs in (10 min. each); (iii) open discussion (~60 min.); (iv) Reduce to actionable items for immediate future (15 min.)
 * Discussion:
 * finalize on the panelists for this session
 * targeting discussion on: (a) code base contribution, (b) talking about the programatic interface, (c) federation considerations for code development
 * Leo and Mike will put out a message to the [oor-forum] list to guide the panelists in their preparation and to align participants' expectations
 * LeoObrst will be chairing the session
 * on the panel: MikeDean, MarkMusen and/or BenjaminDai, LiDing, BruceBargmeyer, ... awaiting confirmation: PatHayes, PeterHaase, ElisaKendall (maybe not, if OMG does not have code to contribute at this point.)
 * possibly LuizBermudez too, depending on whether they could contribute a core piece to the initial codebase
 * Content:
 * MikeDean: OOR 'java interfaces and shell classes' prototype - ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_06_06#nid1IS4
 * MarkMusen / BenjaminDai: BioPortal 2.0
 * BruceBargmeyer: XMDR Contributions
 * LiDing: I can cover (a) some previous findings on ontology repository design based on Swoogle experience, and (b) some current work on using semantic wiki to build ontology repository
 * who else are we expecting at the session (developers, especially)
 * K_Goodier, PeterYim, couple others from XMDR, Carlos Rueda, MichelleRaymond, ToddSchneider, RaviSharma, ...
 * Action:
 * pairwise coordination between core code contributors, please ... between now and the 8/22 session.
 * Peter: possibility of preparing the (first instance) OOR server platform  and have people (if they want to) demo from that ... but, maybe this could be one of our action items immediately after the 8/22 session

4. New Issues:

5. Any Other Business:

6. Action items:


 * our short-term plan:
 * tasks
 * deliverables
 * Timeline / Milestones:

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * Next Meeting:
 * next OOR-team meeting Fri 2008.08.08 - 1.0~1.5 Hr. starting 12:00noon EDT / 9:00am PDT - see: OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_08_08 (closer to the time)
 * 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: 10:15am PDT

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.07.25-10:19am PDT All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.

Resources

 * homepage - OpenOntologyRepository - http://OpenOntologyRepository.org
 * 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/ConferenceCall_2008_05_23
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_06_06
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_06_20
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_07_11
 * 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/
 * Our key content pages:
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Scope
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Organization
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Process
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Policy
 * OpenOntologyRepository_IPR
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Requirement
 * OpenOntologyRepository_UseCases
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Architecture
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Approach
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Roadmap
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Plan
 * OOR Project site at SemWebCentral - http://oor.projects.semwebcentral.org