ConferenceCall 2005 05 05

= [ontolog] Member Conference Call - Thu 2005-05-05 =

Conference Call Details

 * Subject: [ontolog] member conference call Thu 2005-05-05


 * Agenda Comments:
 * ... build rapport; ... sync up; ... distribute, assign or arbitrate virtual ownership of tasks; ... and use it to deal with emergencies. ... plus, member suggested agenda items.
 * please post any suggested agenda items to the call wiki page and upload any material to be shared to the list, to the wiki or by [[WebDAV] upload] prior to the meeting
 * VNC session (if needed) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
 * view-only password: "ontolog"
 * view-and-control pw: to be supplied during session as needed
 * Wiki page for this call (i.e. this page) is at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_05_05
 * Date: Thursday, May. 05, 2005
 * Start Time: 10:30 AM PDT / 1:30 PM EDT World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1 ~ 1.5 hour
 * Dial-in Number: 1-702-851-3330 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
 * Participant Access Code: "686564#"

Attendees

 * Attended:
 * DuaneNickull
 * PeterYim
 * KurtConrad
 * AdamPease
 * NicolasRouquette
 * MonicaMartin


 * Expecting:


 * Regrets:
 * BobSmith
 * JamesDouma
 * ChrisMenzel

Agenda & Proceedings
1) Welcome & confirmation of agenda


 * PeterYim took the chair and welcomed everyone.

2) Appointment of secretary to take minutes


 * PeterYim volunteered

3) Roll-call of participants


 * see above

4) Upcoming meeting & event schedule (near future)


 * Nominal meeting types (on a monthly basis):
 * member regular meeting
 * invited speaker session
 * scheduled discussion
 * project review
 * workshop / work session
 * planning


 * Invited Speaker Schedule for the next 3~6 months
 * Thu 2005-05-12 - MarkGreaves from DARPA - "Future of Semantic Web Technologies at DARPA" - confirmed
 * Thu 2005-05-26 - MonicaMartin from Sun Microsystems - confirmed
 * Thu 2005-06-16 - DavidWhitten & ChrisRichardson from WorldVistA - Thu 2005-06-16 - confirmed (-ppy)
 * Thu 2005-07-14 - AndersTell from Business Collaboration Toolsmiths, AB (Sweden) - suggested by DuaneNickull - confirmed
 * future candidates speakers:
 * LarryReeker of NIST (suggested by SusanTurnbull)
 * SimonBuckinghamShum of the Compendium Institute ( ? ; ref. post from ScottLHolmes & PeterYim's reponse)
 * DougLenat on the Cyc project (suggested by PeterYim)
 * NicolaGuarino on DOLCE, possibly also BillAnderson or ChrisWelty (suggested by PeterYim & PatCassidy)
 * new suggestions:
 * a panel with speaker representating: SUMO, OpenCyc Upper Ontology, DOLCE, ... (suggested by PeterYim)
 * possibly teaming up with SICoP and their CUO-WG; after independent sessions on Cyc and DOLCE
 * Monica: suggest inviting someone from the [regrep] group
 * JonBosak of Sun on OASIS Process - suggested (KurtConrad) at our 2005.03.03 Planning Session
 * possibility of this rolling into a joint SICoP or CEW-multiple CoP Best Practice event - Jun.2005? (SusanTurnbull)
 * new suggestions:
 * Jim Hendler (--suggested: ppy/2005.05.03)
 * Tim Berners-Lee (--suggested: Duane/2005.05.03)
 * Pat Hayes (--suggested: ppy/2005.05.03)


 * Scheduled Discussions for the next 2 months
 * David: maybe we should designate a moderator, and then coordinate the event from there, in a fashion similar to speaker events.
 * see: OntologDiscussion
 * more work/discussion on OWL
 * Adam: need OWL & SWRL for OWL ontologies to really be useful
 * Nicolas: becoming clear that discussions on reasoning would be useful
 * Nicolas: Grit and Denker at SRI has just release a OWL/S editor for Protege-OWL - having them come to join in the discussion will be great


 * Recent & Upcoming Events of interest
 * eGov: Collaborative Expedition Workshop #40 - Tue 2005-05-17 - attendance in person at the National Science Foundation (Ballston, VA) or by remote dial-in. Please RSVP to Renee.hughes@gsa.gov if you plan to join us.
 * see details at: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ExpeditionWorkshop/BuildingDiscernmentAcrossCommunities_SeeingThroughComplexityTogether_2005_05_17
 * Stanford Clinical Informatics seminar series; events on 5/6; 5/13; 5/20 & 5/27/2005 - see: http://clinicalinformatics.stanford.edu/scci_seminars/2004-05.html
 * In particular, MarkMusen will be speaking on Fri 2005.05.27 (was 2005.04.22 - note change of date) on "The Role of Ontologies in the Electronic Health Record."
 * Monica: was at the OASIS Symposium last week, quite a bit of talk about ontologies - look out for the availability of some of those presentations (Monica will make posts about them when she sees something relevant.)
 * interest and awareness is rising
 * slides from the symposium are now available at http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2005/proceedings.php (--Monica / 2005.05.11)

5) Communications, logistics, & work protocols issues


 * change of the regular Thursday conference call time - only 2 people suggested a change - disposition?
 * Nicolas: accomodating the W3C SWBP participants should be attempted
 * consider accomodating European attendance
 * Kurt: let's bring this up at the planning committee
 * Peter: people need to feel strongly enough to make a post about it and propose something


 * Job opening(s) available - how about a "Job Openings" or "Classified Ad" page on our wiki that we allow talent searchers looking for ontologists (and related expertise) to make short posts themselves? t/b discussed - reviews pros and cons. (--ppy/2005.04.27, idea from an email he received from someone who is searching for the 'perfect ontologist'.)
 * Nicolas: can we setup a semantic filter to discern and block abusers -- this could even be a discussion topical
 * Nicolas: try to be aware of the legal implications too
 * Kurt: let's take it up at planning

6) Follow-ups from previous calls


 * wonderful discussion last week - vote of appreciations to NicolasRouquette!
 * what worked?
 * Peter: it's been great
 * Kurt: glad they are captured in an audio archive ... that is really helpful
 * what needs improvement?
 * Nicolas: could improve on getting the prep material ready earlier ... and to "get to know" the participants before the session
 * too few people are paricipating real time
 * Kurt: we could go around have people set expectations and requirements
 * Peter: more lead time, invite people who could seed the discussion with subject experts (and have them do a few minutes overview of their work)

7) Current Project Status Report


 * Status CCT-Representation and UBL-Ontology project work
 * Status of Protege-KIF project work
 * Kurt gave a short debrief on the work session at SMI on Mon 2005.04.25
 * lesson: practice is quite different from theory (not that this is anything new)


 * status of NHIN-RFI & Health-Ont project work
 * see Brand's report to the NHIN-RFI review team - http://web-services.gov/nhinrfiontology04052005.ppt


 * UBL liaison report - no report


 * SICoP liaison report
 * note the new setup of the ONTAC-WG - see: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SICoP/OntologyTaxonomyCoordinatingWG


 * status report from Planning team
 * planning team session today? (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologPlanning_2005#nidC3D)
 * Kurt: rescheduling the meeting ... will have to be after 2005.05.17
 * Peter: I will be out of town between 5/17~5/22/05

8) project work session / discussion

9) New project proposals


 * starting a wikipedia-like effort on this wiki - champion needed: David? (--proposed:ppy/2005.05.05_07:05_PDT)
 * start with putting stubs on key terms, and an initial explanation or definition (and leave out the latter)
 * maybe even kif axioms eventually, who knows
 * Kurt: let's take this up on planning
 * Peter: we can link over to wikipedia (and other wikis') content now through our wiki's InterMap feature
 * Peter: Champion solicted - once we have a champion, the chances of getting the project off the ground increases dramatically!

10) Sponsorship and funding - no discussion

11) Other business - no discussion

12) Next meeting date and adjourn


 * call adjourned 11:46am PST
 * next call will be on Thu 2005.05.12 starting at 10:30am PST
 * it will be the talk by MarkGreaves from DARPA - see: ConferenceCall_2005_05_12

-- minutes captured in real time on this wiki by PeterYim ppy / 2005.05.05_11:48_PDT