ConferenceCall 2011 05 26

= IAOA Panel Session - "Update on the International Association for Ontology and its Application (IAOA)" - Thu 26-May-2011  =

Topic: Update on the IAOA: From a community of practice to an international association - the specific role of the IAOA and its accomplishments so far

 * Session Co-chairs: Dr. LeoObrst (Ontolog, MITRE) & Professor MichaelGruninger (University of Toronto)


 * On the Panel will be members of the IAOA Executive Council and some of the Committees and SIGs' leadership:
 * Dr. NicolaGuarino, ISTC-CNR, Italy [President]
 * Professor JohnBateman, University of Bremen, Germany [Vice President]
 * Professor MichaelGruninger, University of Toronto
 * Professor GiancarloGuizzardi, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
 * Dr. LeoObrst, MITRE, USA
 * Dr. LaureVieu, IRIT-CNRS, France, and ISTC-CNR, Italy [Treasurer]
 * Mr. PeterYim, Ontolog & CIM3, USA [Secretary]
 * ... and,
 * Professor WernerKuhn, University of Münster, Germany [co-champion of the first IAOA Summer Institute]

Archives

 * Agenda
 * Slides
 * Audio Recording of the session [ 1:31:47 ; mp3 ; 10.55 MB ]
 * Transcript of the online chat session during the panel discussion
 * Additional resources

Agenda
Session title: Update on IAOA: From a community of practice to an international association - the specific role of the IAOA and its accomplishments so far

1. Presentation: ( slides )


 * 1.1 What is IAOA? (NicolaGuarino)
 * 1.2 What has IAOA accomplished the first year? (JohnBateman)
 * 1.3 IAOA Membership, 2010-2011 (LaureVieu)
 * 1.4 FOIS 2010 and FOIS 2012 (MichaelGruninger)
 * 1.5 Ontology Summit 2011: Making the Case for Ontology (LeoObrst)
 * 1.6 IAOA Summer Institute in Applied Ontology 2011, July 2011 (WernerKuhn)
 * 1.7 New Committees, Special Interest Groups (GiancarloGuizzardi)
 * 1.8 Future IAOA Activities and Issues, IAOA Advisory Board (NicolaGuarino, JohnBateman)

2. Interactive segment: expectations and answers - Why should I join IAOA? ( ref. process above )

3. Conclusion: Summary and Follow-up (NicolaGuarino)

Proceedings
Please refer to the above

IM Chat Transcript captured during the session:

see raw transcript here.

(for better clarity, the version below is a re-organized and lightly edited chat-transcript.) Participants are welcome to make light edits to their own contributions as they see fit.

-- begin in-session chat-transcript --

[09:23] PeterYim: Welcome to the

"Update on the International Association for Ontology and its Application (IAOA)" Session - Thu 26-May-2011

Topic: Update on the IAOA: From a community of practice to an international association - the specific role of the IAOA and its accomplishments so far


 * Session Co-chairs: Dr. LeoObrst (Ontolog, MITRE) & Professor MichaelGruninger (University of Toronto)

Please refer to session details at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_26

[09:21] NicolaGuarino: Hi Peter!

[09:23] PeterYim: Hi Nicola ...

[09:28] anonymous morphed into WernerKuhn

[09:30] anonymous morphed into LaureVieu

[09:32] PeterYim: Hi Ram

[09:33] anonymous morphed into FabianNeuhaus

[09:38] anonymous morphed into John Gregory

[09:31] WernerKuhn: Should I hear any sound? Sorry, this is my first time on Ontolog... Werner

[09:31] JohnBateman: @Werner: yes, you should hear stuff if you are connected to the telephone conference line

[09:34] JohnBateman: @Werner: did you find the conference line number on the http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_26

[09:35] WernerKuhn: yes, found the number - if i dial it on skype, how do i enter the conference id then?

[09:36] JohnBateman: @Werner: you have give the code number in: 4389979# on the Skype keypad

[09:36] NicolaGuarino: @werner: there is a dial option in Skype somewhere... it is under the Window menu

[09:37] LaureVieu: didn't know i could call with skype, i'll try that next to avoid high fees to my lab

[09:38] NicolaGuarino: @Laure: call the US number, most EU numbers don't work with Skype

[09:38] LaureVieu: ok thanks

[09:53] PeterYim: there are some rough edges about keying in the "conference ID" from the skype keypad - if you run into problem, check this out - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?VirtualSpeakerSessionTips#nid2OR0

[09:59] PeterYim: @Werner - are you on the voice call yet?

[10:05] WernerKuhn: yes, i am connected thru a land line, thank you

[10:05] PeterYim: Great!

[10:16] PeterYim: @Leo - the next time you speak, you might prompt people who are on the call to join us at the chat-room (there are quite a few who aren't in the chat yet)

[10:20] LeoObrst: ok, will do.

[10:25] anonymous morphed into GaryBergCross

[10:29] anonymous morphed into HasanSayani

[10:30] FabianNeuhaus: [ref. OntologySummit2011_Communique] number of endorsements < number of advisory committee ???

[10:30] PeterYim: unfortunate!

[10:31] JohnBateman: @Fabian: good point; I guess not all the votes are in yet!

[10:31] PeterYim: actually we have closed the endorsement (as of May-19) already

[10:34] FabianNeuhaus: @ Peter, John: Maybe we should revisit membership of the summit advisory committee

[10:34] HasanSayani: can't hear the speaker

[10:33] PeterYim: @Giancarlo - please speak up

[10:35] GaryBergCross: What are the mechanisms for joining a SIG like the Conceptual Modeling SIG?

[10:36] NicolaGuarino: @Gary: just send a message to the chair(s)

[10:37] LaureVieu: @Gary: join the association too!

[10:39] PeterYim: @Gary - see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?IAOA#nid2HWG

[10:43] GiancarloGuizzardi: @Gary - please check the SIGs registration page at http://ontolog.cim3.net/mailman/listinfo/iaoa-conceptual-modeling

[10:43] GiancarloGuizzardi: @Gary - please also check the previously mentioned workshop at http://www.inf.ufes.br/~gguizzardi/ontocom-2011/

[10:45] RamSriram: @Michael -- How are you going to get buy in from organizations such as ISO, OMG, NCBO, etc...

[10:49] MichaelGruninger: @Ram: At this stage, we are not looking for "buy in" at an organizational level. We want to focus initially at the different technical groups that are already participating in ISO, OMG, etc and help facilitate and coordinate the applications of ontologies to these efforts

[11:00] anonymous morphed into DaliaVaranka

[11:01] GaryBergCross: Does IAOA have active involvement with the OOR effort? Does it support building up a usable repository in some way?

[11:03] PeterYim: @Gary - you have posed a few very good questions in this chat-room ... would you verbally ask them and try to get a discussion going, please?

[11:05] FabianNeuhaus: there is overlap between people involved in IAOA and OOR, e.g, MichaelGruninger, JohnBateman,

[11:11] JohnBateman: @Gary: The Ontology registry and repository committee is also the structural position within the association where this involvement is anchored. And, as Nicola emphasises, the role is to support OOR activities in general: promoting openness.

[11:12] GaryBergCross: I seem to have trouble being heard although the tele voice says that I am un-muted. But Peter is making my point on the value of IAOA having some content that might attract a following.

[11:14] GaryBergCross: Connecting this to the SIGs makes sense.

[11:17] NicolaGuarino: @all: remember to renew your membership (or to join as new members)!

[11:18] PeterYim: -- session ended: 11:18am PDT --

-- end of in-session chat-transcript --

Audio Recording of this Session

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 * Conference Date and Time:	26-May-2011 9:39am~11:18am PDT
 * Duration of Recording:	1 Hour 32 Minutes
 * Recording File Size:	       10.6 MB (in mp3 format)
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Additional Resources

 * IAOA homepage on this wiki
 * IAOA official website - http://iaoa.org
 * The Introduction of IAOA at the Ontolog Forum - ConferenceCall_2009_06_18
 * The First General Assembly of IAOA:
 * Election of the IAOA Executive Council - April-2010
 * updated report on IAOA presented on 13-May-2010 (face-to-face Assembly,co-located with FOIS-2010 in Toronto, Canada)
 * The upcoming first IAOA Summer Institute on Process Ontology to be held, in cooperation with the Vespucci Initiative, in Florence (Firenze), Italy, between 17 to 23-July-2011. See: http://www.iaoa.org/iaoaevents/iaoaevents.php?id=5326878484969960849
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Conference Call Details

 * Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011 
 * Start Time: 9:30am PDT / 12:30pm EDT / 6:30pm CEST / 5:30pm BST / 1:30pm BRT / 1:30am JST / 16:30 UTC
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Attendees

 * Attendees (and registered attendees):
 * LeoObrst (co-chair)
 * MichaelGruninger (co-chair)
 * NicolaGuarino
 * JohnBateman
 * WernerKuhn
 * GiancarloGuizzardi
 * LaureVieu
 * PeterYim
 * FabianNeuhaus
 * GaryBergCross
 * PavithraKenjige
 * John Gregory (Sumaria Systems)
 * BruceBray
 * RamSriram
 * HasanSayani
 * DaliaVaranka
 * KenBaclawski
 * JohnSowa
 * YefimZhuk
 * AlanRector (joining late)
 * ... if you are coming to the session, please add your name above (please include your affiliation, if you aren't already a member of the community); or e-mail  so that we can reserve enough resources to support everyone's participation. ...
 * ... if you are coming to the session, please add your name above (please include your affiliation, if you aren't already a member of the community); or e-mail  so that we can reserve enough resources to support everyone's participation. ...


 * Regrets:
 * ToddSchneider
 * NancyWiegand
 * BartGajderowicz
 * AntonyGalton
 * StefanoBorgo
 * AnthonyCohn
 * RiichiroMizoguchi