OpenOntologyRepository Plan/ShortTermPlan Strawman0805

= OpenOntologyRepository_Plan: Short Term Plan (May-2008) =

This is a scratch workspace for the short-term planning sub-team.

Notes from the 2008.05.30 12:00pm EDT conference call
Conference call details:


 * Friday 2008.05.30 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT
 * Dial-in No. 605-475-8500
 * Conference ID: "5184691#"
 * Attendees: MikeDean, LeoObrst, PeterYim

Proceedings:
1. Start with the federation aspects


 * Mike: BBN plans to invest some resources into the OOR project
 * Mike will put some thought into this before the next OOR-team call
 * federating BioPortal & XMDR at the start
 * including thoughts on:
 * ontology life cycle
 * OMV
 * GRDDL

2. Language support:


 * not just for the semantic web
 * OWL and Common Logic would be good starters
 * other modules added as groups get motivated to contribute

3. Infrastructure:


 * Peter to prepare the infrastructure
 * Linux ( CentOS )
 * mysql
 * tomcat (java)


 * using SemWebCentral (http://SemWebCentral.org) as a repository for the development work

4. Engaging participants:


 * have panel sessions again (that seems to have an effective way to engage people)


 * stand up a repository for early adopters
 * caveat: don't put your only copy of the ontology there yet


 * 3 meeting per month - Fridays (starting at our OOR regular time: 9:00am PDT / 12:00pm EDT / 16:00 UTC )
 * one for system and software development
 * one for ontology repository content development
 * one for planning/admin


 * plan one panel session for the BioPortal-XMDR-Software-Infrastructure folks ASAP
 * try for Fri 2008.06.13 or 2008.06.20

-- notes by Peter / 2008.05.30-10:02 Mike & Leo: please review and add/edit as appropriate

Short Term Planning subgroup conference call of Tue 2008.06.24
Conference call details:


 * Date/time: Tue 2008.06.24 - 1 Hr. starting 4:00pm EDT / 1:00pm PDT
 * Dial-in No. 605-475-8590
 * Conference ID: "5823120#"
 * Attendees: LeoObrst, MarkMusen, MikeDean & PeterYim
 * regrets: BruceBargmeyer & PatHayes

Agenda & Meeting Notes:
0. Appoint chair and scribe; roll call & confirm agenda.


 * Mike chairs, Peter will take notes

1. What will the first phase roll out of OOR be supporting


 * OWL, CL
 * RDF, SKOS, OWL, CL
 * XML, RDF, SKOS, OWL, CL


 * Mike: let people vote with their code
 * RDF/OWL, CL - almost out minimal set
 * XML & SKOS is something we might want to discuss - definitely a valuable addition
 * have uploaded 'prototype' to SemWebCentral ... have added a SKOS placeholder already


 * Mark: working with LexGrid which is dealing with most of the legacy contents in biomedical informatics
 * moving forward SNOMAD folks will move to OWL
 * federating with LexGrid is valuable -- which is what BioPortal is doing
 * offering to have BioPortal offering the components that it is already working on for OOR, allowing OOR to seek funding for other pieces, like CL, federation, ... etc.
 * releasing BioPortal v2.0 on 08-Aug-2008


 * Leo: think EU participation and other related efforts
 * OMV ... Mark, we'll be using an extended version of it
 * LARC & ..?.


 * Mark: note also - FrankHartel's TOP (Terminology Open Portal)


 * CL
 * need Pat in the conversation
 * Reasoner, COE (visualizer), ...


 * XML
 * need Bruce for this conversation
 * other XML regrep folks we want to get involved (now that Farrukh has decided to play a more oberserving role)?

2. What disparate technologies do we have got to start with?

3. How do we integrate the above (2.)?

4. Short Term action plan:


 * Mark: Mike and Benjamin should have a conversation - Mark will put them in touch
 * see also: http://alpha.bioportal.org
 * Peter: get BioPortal, CODS and Mike's UI into the (new) cim3 server
 * need to define different roles - have the Use Cases subgroup help

5. Get initial consensus on a date for the "Synergies & Gaps" panel discussion session


 * Mike: try also to have people (current repository operators) describe their webservice interfaces


 * tentative: Fri 2008.08.15 - 2Hr starting 10:00am PDT / 1:00pm EDT (preferred)
 * alternate : Fri 2008.08.08 - 2Hr starting 10:00am PDT / 1:00pm EDT

6. Any other business

7. Next meeting / Adjournment


 * try to get all here (and your development crew), Bruce and Pat too, to join us at the OOR-team call on 11-Aug-2008

-- Notes taken by PeterYim / 2008.06.24-2:03pm All attendees: please review and add/edit as appropriate

Short Term Planning subgroup conference call of Tue 2008.08.26
Conference call details:


 * Date/time: Tue 2008.08.26 - 30 min. starting 5:00pm EDT / 2:00pm PDT
 * Dial-in No. 605-475-8590
 * Conference ID: "5823120#"
 * Attendees: (expecting) LeoObrst, MarkMusen, MikeDean, BruceBargmeyer & PeterYim

(draft) Agenda & Meeting Notes:
1. Moving forward - post "OOR-dev: Synergies & Gaps" session (ConferenceCall_2008_08_22)


 * did the panel session help clarify the situation for everyone?


 * what are barriers to a collaborative efforts now and how can we overcome them


 * our approach, moving forward

-- Notes taken by PeterYim / 2008.08.26-_____pm All attendees: please review and add/edit as appropriate