OOR/ConferenceCall 2009 05 15

= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2009-05-15 =

OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Fri 2009.05.15, 1.0~1.5 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 6:00pm CET / 5:00pm GMT / 17:00 UTC

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Friday, May 15, 2009 
 * Start Time: 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 6:00pm CEST / 5:00pm BST / 16:00 UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1.0~1.5 hours
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 * 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_2009_05_15


 * 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:
 * PeterYim
 * BartGajderowicz
 * KatherineGoodier
 * LeoObrst (chair)
 * BenjaminDai
 * CarlosRueda
 * MichaelGruninger
 * DarrenOng
 * KenBaclawski
 * MikeDean
 * FrankChum
 * BrandNiemann
 * ToddSchneider
 * PatCassidy
 * RaviSharma


 * Expecting:
 * JoelBender
 * ... 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. ...
 * ... 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:

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


 * startup of new student project(s)
 * engaging the extended community - in light of recent interest expressed on [ontolog-forum], establishment of IAOA, etc.
 * progress review on planned OOR-related events
 * reports on member activities that are OOR-related

Agenda & Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:


 * LeoObrst 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

Suggested topics to be covered:


 * startup of new student project(s)
 * engaging the extended community - in light of recent interest expressed on [ontolog-forum], establishment of IAOA, etc.
 * progress review on planned OOR-related events
 * reports on member activities that are OOR-related


 * Student projects
 * Michael: DarrenOng (who is starting his masters program in Sep.2009 at U of Toronto) who will be working on the COLORE: Common Logic Ontology Repository project. Work has already begun (about two week ago) and will continue through the summer.
 * Benjamin: let's try to do an informal (say 1.5-hr) developers conference call some time next week - will setup a doodle poll with people on the [oor-dev] listserv
 * Peter: everyone (potential developers) interested should join the [oor-dev] list (if they aren't already) - subscribe by sending a blank email to oor-dev-join[at]ontolog.cim3.net
 * Ken: we (from NEU) are still assessing what would be good topics for student projects


 * Engaging the extended community - in light of recent interest expressed on [ontolog-forum], establishment of IAOA, etc.
 * recent hot topics in the community, that could make use of and benefit from the OOR, include:
 * interrelated "Foundation Ontology" effort, tossed about on [ontolog-forum] (JohnSowa, PatCassidy, AzamatAbdoullaev, et al.)
 * ontology of Units of Measure standards, an OntologySummit2009 spun-off project (FrankOlken, DavidPrice, PeterBenson, PatCassidy, ConradBock, et al.)
 * other "ontology-based standards" effort (and projects) highlighted by OntologySummit2009
 * IAOA (just established) will be announcing themselves on an Ontolog Forum virtual session on Thu 18-Jun-2009


 * Progress review on planned OOR-related events:


 * Joint OOR-Ontolog Panel sessions ... on deck:
 * Peter (2009.05.15): I'm working with the Stanford-BMIR folks to possibly run an session to update everyone on recent changes and improvements on Protege / webProtege / BioPortal / CODS / OOR-sandbox ... and how they work together, now and in the near future ... this is more a OOR user and content providers' session and could go right before Benjamin's OOR implementers and developers' session - tentative date: Thu 28-May-2009
 * panel session on "BioPortal-based ontology repository implementation and development" - champion: BenjaminDai - tentative date: Thu 4-Jun-2009
 * panel session on "OOR Research Issues" - champion: KenBaclawski - date reserved: Thu 25-Jun-2009
 * candidate panelists: Michael, Leo, Benjamin, NatashaNoy, ElisaKendall, ChrisWelty, OOR team members from the EU, (and possibly other who were engaged when the OOR initiative first started (ref.).


 * OOR-related project and activities status updates:


 * KenBaclawski: "Research Issues in Ontology Repositories Workshop" proposal for ISWC2009 - proposal went in 2009.05.01
 * organizing committee for this workshop - co-chair Ken & K
 * program committee for this workshop - Ken, Mike, Leo, Peter, K, Bart, Bruce ... and others
 * Ken: we are expecting to hear back from ISWC organizers by May-22
 * Peter / Ken: NatashaNoy has also submitted a related proposal ... Natasha and Ken has since been in contact and they feel both proposals are complementary


 * OOR sandbox instance - status review - http://oor-01.cim3.net
 * see above
 * as well as the two upcoming panel sessions.
 * Peter to Benjamin: besides myself (Peter), are the BioPortal developers receiving these error messages that are coming out of the OOR-01 sandbox? ... (we configured the sandbox to route its error notifications to , which, for the time being, is forwarded to Peter)
 * Benjamin: I'll try to find out ... please forward me some of the typical error messages as a reference


 * Requirements and Use Cases:
 * Todd: still working on the UML diagrams, and gap between our core requirements and what's already available in the current release of BioPortal / OOR-01 sandbox ... will post next week


 * Other Progress updates and Discussions:


 * Funding and proposals


 * short term activity and action plans
 * see above

4. New Issues:

5. Any Other Business:


 * Carlos: MMI will be having a workshop on 15-Jun-2009 in San Jose, CA (US) that will be ontology repository related (more on practice than on research.)

6. Action items:


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

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * Next Meeting:
 * next regular call will be on Fri 2009.05.29 - OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_05_29
 * Note: earlier resolution: all team members please (if possible) block out Fridays 1.5 Hr starting 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT / 16:00 GMT/UTC 


 * Call adjourned at: 10:15 am PDT

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2009.05.15-10:46am 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/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/ConferenceCall_2008_11_14
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_12_12
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_01_09
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_01_23
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_02_06
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_03_06
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_03_20
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_04_03
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_05_01
 * 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