ConferenceCall 2006 07 20

= [ontolog] Member Conference Call - Thu 2006-07-20 =

Conference Call Details

 * Subject: [ontolog] member conference call Thu 2006-07-20


 * Date: Thursday, July 20, 2006
 * Start Time: 10:30 AM PDT / 1:30 PM EDT / 17:30 UTC World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1 ~ 1.5 hour
 * Dial-in Number: 1-641-696-6600 (Iowa)
 * Participant Access Code: "686564#"


 * Agenda Comments:
 * 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_2006_07_20

Attendees

 * Attended:
 * BobSmith
 * KurtConrad
 * PeterYim
 * RexBrooks
 * SteveRay


 * Expecting:
 * JackPark
 * DeniseBedford
 * ...(add your name here)...


 * Regrets:
 * Ted Hopper (Stanford Medical Informatics)
 * DougEngelbart
 * PatrickDurusau

Agenda Ideas (candidate items to be adopted into the agenda for discussion)

 * Bob: tying up all loose ends for the July-2006 Ontolog F2F Meetings
 * Rex: discussion on the two upcoming Aug.2006 scheduled discussion sessions
 * ...(add suggested items here)...

Agenda & Proceedings
1) Welcome & confirmation of agenda


 * BobSmith 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)


 * Scheduled Ontolog Events:
 * Culmination of our "Ontologizing the Ontolog Body of Knowledge" series of talks & discussions into the 3rd Ontolog F2F - OntologWorkshop_July_2006
 * 2006.07.23~26 - Ontolog F2F Workshop colocated with the 9th Protege International Conference (Stanford, CA) - Organizers: BobSmith, KurtConrad & RexBrooks ("Org team")
 * Sunday 2006.07.23~26 - Full-day workshop at Stanford
 * Sunday 2006.07.23~26 - community dinner (Il Fornaio Cucina Italiana)
 * 2006.07.24~26 - attending the 9th International Protege Conference sessions (at Stanford)
 * Venue: Sherman Auditorium
 * Tuesday 2006.07.25 - tour and seminar at SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center (Org team & JackPark)
 * Tuesday 2006.07.25 - community dinner / conference banquet
 * Thu 2006.08.10 - SOA Panel Discussion (covering SOA-RM & SOA-RA) - Moderators (organizers): DuaneNickull & RexBrooks
 * Thu 2006.08.31 - Ontology Applications in Emergency Response Panel Discussion - Moderators (organizers): RexBrooks & BobSmith

5) Communications, logistics, & work protocols issues

6) Follow-ups from previous calls - will skip

7) Current Project Status Report - will skip


 * Status CctRepresentation and UblOntology project work


 * Status of ProtegeKIF project work


 * status of NHIN-RFI & Health-Ont project work


 * status of OntologTaxoThesaurus project work
 * preparing for next week's work session
 * Denise has put together some slides for next week, Bob will circulate to the team


 * UBL liaison report
 * SICoP / ONTAC liaison report
 * NCOR relationship - see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum//ontolog-forum/2006-07/msg00026.html
 * Planning team report

8) Key Issues discussion:


 * Bob: tying up all loose ends for the July-2006 Ontolog F2F Meetings
 * Sunday 2006.07.23~26 - Full-day workshop at Stanford
 * afternoon sessions - (1) running Denise' prepared agenda with Rex on the whiteboard; (2) A participant driven session with Kurt facilitating.
 * need to post Venue, map & hints for parking
 * Venue: James H. Clark Center; register at the lobby of the auditorium
 * one can park anywhere on Sunday (metered or permit-A spaces included)
 * Sunday 2006.07.23~26 - community dinner (Il Fornaio Cucina Italiana)
 * Kurt has made reservations, 12 people, 6:30pm
 * Tuesday 2006.07.25 - after tour and seminar at SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center (Org team & JackPark)
 * Tues 2006.07.23~26 - community dinner in conjunction Protege conference banquet (7:00~9:30pm, Buca di Beppo restaurant; see: http://protege.stanford.edu/conference/2006/banquet.html)
 * Presentation material
 * Bob will notify all presenters to have slides in by end-of-day Fri 2006.07.21
 * Peter is arranging the phone conference bridge support
 * Kurt will be in charge of video and audio recording (iPod-wav and mini-disc)
 * Workshop Title: "Natural, Semi-Formal, and Formal Ontologies: Bridging the Layers, Limits, and Lacunas" restated at the OntologWorkshop_July_2006 page (for consistency purposes - with the Protege Conference Announcement)
 * Bob will update the OntologWorkshop_July_2006 page with the evolving details (included those that transpired from this call.)


 * Rex: discussion on the two upcoming Aug.2006 scheduled discussion sessions -- discussion poostponed
 * Thu 2006.08.10 - SOA Panel Discussion (covering SOA-RM & SOA-RA) - Moderators (organizers): DuaneNickull & RexBrooks
 * Thu 2006.08.31 - Ontology Applications in Emergency Response Panel Discussion - Moderators (organizers): RexBrooks & BobSmith


 * Discussion:

9) New project proposals - will skip

10) Sponsorship and funding - will skip

11) Other business

12) Next meeting date and adjourn


 * Our next meeting/call will be at the Sun Thu 2006.07.23 Face-to-face meeting! See you there!!
 * this call adjourned 12:00 pm PDT

-- minutes captured in real time on this wiki by PeterYim / 2006.07.20-12:02pm PDT