OOR/ConferenceCall 2008 11 14

= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2008-11-14 =

OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Fri 2008.11.14, 1.0~1.5 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 17:00 UTC

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Friday, Nov. 14, 2008
 * Start Time: 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 6:00pm CEST / 17:00 UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: ~1.0 Hour(s)
 * Dial-in Number:
 * from US: +1-218-486-3600 (domestic long distance cost will apply)
 * Conference ID: "4389979#"
 * from Europe, call:
 * Austria 0820-4000-1577
 * Belgium 070-35-9992
 * France 0826-100-280
 * Germany 01805-00-7642
 * Ireland 0818-270-037
 * Italy 0848-390-179
 * Spain 0902-886-056
 * Switzerland 0848-560-327 / 0848-414-110
 * UK 0870-738-0765
 * callers from other countries please dial into either one of the US or European numbers


 * (if applicable) Shared-screen support (VNC session) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
 * view-only password: "ontolog"
 * if you plan to be logging into this shared-screen option (which the speaker may be navigating), and you are not familiar with the process, please try to call in 5 minutes before the start of the session so that we can work out the connection logistics. Help on this will generally not be available once the presentation starts.


 * RSVP  to [mailto:peter.yim@cim3.com peter.yim@cim3.com] appreciated, ... or simply just by adding yourself to the "Expected Attendee" list below (if you are a member of the team.)


 * This session, like all other Ontolog events, is open to the public. Information relating to this session is shared on this wiki page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_11_14


 * Please note that this session may be recorded, and if so, the audio archive is expected to be made available as open content, along with the proceedings of the call to our community membership and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR policy.

Attendees:

 * Attended:
 * KenBaclawski (chair)
 * TrishWhetzel (Stanford-BMIR)
 * PeterYim
 * MikeDean
 * MichelleRaymond
 * LeoObrst


 * Expecting:
 * (please add yourself to the above list, or rsvp to )
 * (please add yourself to the above list, or rsvp to )


 * Regrets:
 * RaviSharma
 * MarkMusen

Agenda Ideas:
please insert below (along with your name for follow-up purposes)


 * discuss/review progress on the OOR-NSF-08575 grant proposal - due 2008.11.19 at NEU, and then 2008.11.28 at NSF
 * re-confirming the list of participants in this proposal
 * OOR-related-project status updates
 * short term activity and action plans
 * OOR-Ontolog panel series planning and update


 * (please insert your suggested agenda items here)

Agenda & Proceedings:
1. Meeting called to order:


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


 * review and adopt agenda

2. Roll Call:


 * see above

3. Status Review and Discussion:


 * Urgent issues:


 * Logistics and Communications
 * populate - OOR/ActiveMemberContribution


 * Outstanding Issue review/update: (from last call)
 * KenBaclawski: the OOR preliminary proposal for the NSF 07-601 grant solicitation was formally submitted to NSF on 2008.11.13-2:17pm EST
 * submitted online from Northeastern University (NEU) as Fastlane proposal #0908046
 * we should hear back from NSF around Jan~Feb, 2009 ... if we get to move on with the full proposal, we'll probably have about 3 months to put that together
 * ref: OpenOntologyRepository_Proposal/Nsf_07601 ... Ken will update the page
 * All: vote of thanks, once again, to Ken and the NEU folks, and to everyone who contributed to making that happen!

Suggested topics to be covered:


 * discuss/review progress on the OOR-NSF-08575 grant proposal - due 2008.11.19 at NEU, and then 2008.11.28 at NSF
 * OOR-related-project status updates
 * short term activity and action plans
 * OOR-Ontolog panel series planning and update


 * Progress updates and Discussions: - part of the notes below are from the previous meeting; to be updated during this call!

policies. Alignment with proposals in 2009 may be considered.
 * discuss/review progress on the OOR-NSF-08575 (large) grant proposal - ref. OpenOntologyRepository_Proposal/Nsf_08575
 * Ken, ref. oor-nsf07601, given that its always low probability to get awarded, let's consider making more proposals. Let's move on to tackle a NSF 08-575 large proposal due Nov-28 (small proposals for the same program are due Dec-17)
 * Note: this is science, not infrastructure; a full proposal too, and not just a prelim proposal
 * this should be a different proposal (from oor-nsf07601) - the question is "what research problem are we solving)
 * Ken & K to continue to lead our next effort to do the proposal for a NSF 08-575 large proposal
 * actual deadline for us would be end-of-day Nov-19 (needs to go into NEU/DSPA for review)
 * since this is a full proposal, we will need full work descriptions from everyone, and budgets too (both of which weren't needed before)
 * Peter and K will set up the work environment to support this proposal project
 * the [oor-nsf08575] archived mailing list and webdav server space will be the persistent workspace and archives for the work on this project
 * done - ppy/2008.11.10 ... however, no one except for the leads have been subscribed yet (as I am still not clear who is participating in this proposal. =ppy)
 * the password protected wiki on pbwiki that K will be setting will be used as a dynamic workspace during the preparation process
 * Michelle/2008.11.07: possibility of Honeywell joining in
 * Michelle/2008.11.13: Honeywell participation - it is a no-bid. This is due mostly to 2008's "special" end-of-year Business Development resource allocation
 * Peter/2008.11.07 - for oor-nsf08575 - let's again start from the original nsf funding OOR proposal team of: KenBaclawski (NEU), BruceBargmeyer (LBL), MikeDean (BBN), KatherineGoodier (NCI), LeoObrst (MITRE),  MichelleRaymond (Honeywell) & PeterYim (CIM3) (ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/2008-10/msg00005.html )
 * Re-confirming the list of participants in this proposal - Ken, K, Leo, Peter, Mark, ... ??--> Bruce, Michelle, ...
 * MarkMusen: please copy TrishWhetzel, who could help coordinate the Stanford-BMIR effort when he is not available


 * (Noting that we would only have about 3 working-days left if we were really going to do a "large" proposal for nsf08575) it was concluded that we wouldn't be able to get the large proposal out in time, therefore, dropping that idea now
 * encouraging team members to team up and tackle "small" nsf-08575 proposals (due 2008.12.17) on there own
 * please use the "OOR" label while doing so
 * note that PI's are limited to two proposals per program
 * Ken indicated that he/NEU is willing to lead one (small proposal for nsf-08575)
 * Mike might work on this - possibly on "federation" aspects - if so, will send SOW to Ken
 * Trish will find out from Mark if BMIR would be interested to lead one, and whether they are already done a proposal with Bruce
 * Ken: our focus should probably be in the III core program
 * Ken: our focus should probably be in the III core program


 * OOR-Ontolog panel series planning and update
 * PaulBuitelaar will be putting together a European panel of those engaging in ontology repository and related work in Europe on Thu 2008.12.04 - please mark your calendars and come join
 * PaulBuitelaar and PeterYim will be co-chairing this ConferenceCall_2008_12_04 session, and have invited to speak on the panel:
 * Mathieu d'Aquin: http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/mathieu/ on Watson semantic web search engine (http://watson.kmi.open.ac.uk/WatsonWUI/)
 * Eero Hyvönen: http://www.seco.tkk.fi/u/eahyvone/ on Finnish Ontology Library Service ONKI (http://www.yso.fi/)
 * Sean Bechhofer: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~seanb/ on TONES Ontology Repository (http://owl.cs.manchester.ac.uk/repository/browser)
 * Paul Buitelaar: http://www.dfki.de/~paulb/ on OntoSelect ontology library (http://olp.dfki.de/ontoselect)
 * Peter: the championship team (Ken, Michelle, Mike, Paul & Peter) should meet and start locking in some dates which is a scarce resource for all ... and for the Ontolog calendar too, although we have the luxury to choose between a Thursday (typical Ontolog event) or a Friday (typical OOR meeting) slots.
 * this would be the discourse arm of the OOR initiative (with OOR proper being an implementation effort)
 * (while open ontology content will be tackled in the "Emerging Ontology Showcase" mini-series), this mini-series can tackle the infrastructure, tools, research issues ... etc. (as we had discussed previously.)
 * Ken: have a potential panelist from Sweden
 * Peter: again, please use [oor-forum] or [ontolog-forum] lists to get the conversation going.


 * OOR-related-project status updates:


 * short term activity and action plans

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 will be on Fri 2008.11.21 - 1.0 Hr. starting 9:00am PST / 12:00pm EST / 6:00pm CEST / 17:00 UTC
 * please refer to developing details on the session page at: OOR/[[ConferenceCall_2008_11_21 ]]
 * LeoObrst will not be able to make it to the 2008.11.21 call
 * note that there will be no meeting on 2008.11.28 (say after Thanksgiving in the US)
 * 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: 9:57 am PST

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.11.14-10:03am PST 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/ConferenceCall_2008_07_25
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_08_08
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_08_29
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_09_05
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_09_19
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_10_03
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_10_10
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_10_17
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_11_07
 * 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
 * the OOR-dev: Synergies & Gaps panel session:
 * 2008_08_22 - Friday: OOR Panel Discussion: "Getting OOR Development Off the Ground: Identifying Synergies &amp; Gaps" (Take-1) - Chair: LeoObrst; Panelists: MikeDean, MarkMusen, LiDing, BruceBargmeyer &amp; BillAndersen - ConferenceCall_2008_08_22
 * OntologySummit2008 homepage
 * OntologySummit2008_Communique
 * OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda
 * The OOR Project Presentation (delivered at the OntologySummit2008 face-to-face workshop)
 * [ 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
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Funding
 * OpenOntologyRepository_ResearchIssues
 * OOR Project site at SemWebCentral - http://oor.projects.semwebcentral.org