OOR/ConferenceCall 2008 03 05

= OpenOntologyRepository: Team Conference Call - Wed 2008-03-05 =


 * OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Wed 2008.03.05, 1.0~1.25 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 17:00 GMT/UTC

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2008 
 * Start Time: 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 17:00 GMT/UTC
 * ref: World Clock
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Attendees:

 * Attended:
 * AtillaElci
 * FabianNeuhaus
 * BruceBargmeyer
 * MikeDean
 * PeterYim
 * LeoObrst (Chair)
 * MarkMusen
 * RexBrooks
 * KenBaclawski
 * MichelleRaymond
 * FrankOlken
 * PeterBrown


 * Expecting:
 * ... to register for participation, please add your name (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. ...
 * ... to register for participation, please add your name (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. ...


 * Regets:
 * FarrukhNajmi
 * EvanWallace
 * The time of this teleconference is in direct conflict with the ODM FTF telecon which means that Elisa and myself cannot participate. Furthermore, the OWL working group telecon starts at 1PM Eastern Time on Wednesdays and runs until 2:30PM, making this a particularly bad day and time for us.
 * Gerry Creager (traveling, but will try calling in)

Agenda Ideas

 * (please insert content below; identify yourself for follow-up purposes)


 * FarrukhNajmi: funding, then (in small teams) use cases and requirements, and then (more small teams) Architecture, Standards, Technologies and implementation. - ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/2008-02/msg00077.html


 * PeterYim: following the success of our 2008.02.28 OOR-Panel Session, we might want to consider doing at least two more:
 * one panel discussion on ontology developers and stewards' (i.e. early-adopter content-provider) requirements & expectations?
 * another panel discussion on ontology-of-ontology?
 * open dates - Thursdays, regular Ontolog event slot: 3/27, 4/3 & 4/10.


 * PeterYim: this OOR-team's deliverable at the OntologySummit2008 face-to-face workshop (28~29-Apr-2008)


 * discuss the relationship of this initiative to other organizations like Ontolog, sponsors, funders, etc.

Agenda and Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:


 * LeoObrst took the chair and welcomed everyone
 * PeterYim volunteered to take minutes of the meeting


 * review and adopt agenda
 * note that we do have a hard stop, say a couple of minutes before: 1:15pm EST / 10:15am PST / 18:15 GMT/UTC (as MichelleRaymond has called an OntologySummit2008 Content Committee Meeting, and will be needing this same conference line, and a few of the participants here.)

2. Roll Call:


 * see above

3. Status Review and Discussion:


 * What's New:
 * we had a very successful OOR-Panel session on Thu 2008.02.28 - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/2008-02/msg00088.html
 * see session page at: ConferenceCall_2008_02_28


 * Outstanding Issue review/update: (from last call)
 * please create your "namesake page" on the wiki, if you haven't already done so.
 * ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidA
 * populate - OOR/ActiveMemberContribution


 * Logistics and Communications


 * Discussions:


 * Postmortem on the 2008.02.28 OOR-Panel session - ConferenceCall_2008_02_28

(DHS/FEMA - Resource Typing Initiative) (Michelle) not-available--sent-input, JohnLMcCarthy [XMDR] (Bruce) cfmd-3/27, ... further, NigelCollier or SonDoan [Biocaster] (Peter) Nigel-sent-input--Doan-will-participate-but-not-as-panelist, AsumanDogac [UBL Ontology] (Peter) not-available-but-will-have-ontology-for-OOR, PatrickYee [ebXML work from HKG] (Peter) (?), RexBrooks [EDXL-RIM] (Peter) cfmd-either-date-but-prefer-4/3, RobRaskin [SWEET 2.0 Ontology] (Peter) cfmd-4/3, ...
 * following the above success, consider doing at least two more panel discussions:
 * one panel discussion on ontology developers and stewards' (i.e. early-adopter content-provider) requirements & expectations?
 * developing candidates [subject] (to invite): DeniseBedford [relevant work at WorldBank] (Peter) cfmd-4/3, SuziLewis [Gene Ontology] (Mark) cfmd-3/27, BillBug [BIRNlex] (Mark) cfmd-3/27, DekeSmith [BIM] (Michelle) cfmd-4/3, PeterBenson [ECCMA.org] (Leo) cfmd-prefer-4/3, __ [Fed Gov COI Universal Core] (Leo), MarciaZeng [ISO TC46/SC 9 Project 25964: Structured Vocabularies] (Peter), EvanWallace [related OMG work] (Peter) cfmd-3/27, BillAndersen (Fabian) not-available, PatHayes [CL-based ontologies] (Bruce-Peter) cfmd-4/3, MalaMehrotra (Bruce) cfmd-prefer-4/3, DougLenat [CYC] (Peter) cfmd-4/3, KenBaclawski [ Disease Taxonomy ] cfmd-3/27, Tara Kelly or associate
 * 2 sessions - 3/27, 4/3
 * another panel discussion on ontology-of-ontology?
 * candidates: let's ping PatHayes & MichaelGruninger, PeterHaase (OMV), NatashaNoy,
 * session on 4/10
 * to be chaired by PatHayes
 * Peter will work on this offline and report back


 * Resources and Funding:


 * Funding: getting organized
 * possibilities - government agencies (NSF?, NIST?, whoever would fund open infrastructure, DARPA, IARPA (Jeff), ... etc.); EU funders; Vulcan (Mark)?; bring in W3C in a exploratory (XG) working group (e.g. Semantic Web Deployment) (although they are a funding sink rather than a funding source; but good for visibility);
 * grant proposal team(s) / submit proposal(s) to
 * Frank: NSF next solicitations due July-1, interop, data network partners, programs coming back
 * consider NSF-OCI (Office of Cyber Infrastructure)
 * try contacting Todd Hughes and see if DARPA is a possibility (Leo)
 * Peter: consider multiple smalls proposals and a big one ($20 million +/-) to make OOR a sustainable OOR operation
 * consider Foundations, and institutions like Vulcan (Peter).


 * Use Cases & Requirements
 * soliciting 'early adopter' partners who can offer up their ontologies, help refine requirements, and provide user feedback.
 * see above discussion ref. the two upcoming joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 panel sessions (3/27 & 4/2)


 * Organization & Process <--(discussion deferred to next meeting)
 * how shall we organize ourselves? ... sub-workgroups? how many?
 * relationship to Ontolog? sponsors? funders?


 * Deliverables: <--(discussion deferred to next meeting)
 * target something we can "show" from this OOR effort at the OntologySummit2008 workshop


 * Timeline / Milestones: <--(discussion deferred to next meeting)
 * note that the OntologySummit2008 face-to-face will be on 28~29-April-2008

4. New Issues:

5. Any Other Business:

6. Action items:

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * re-establishing a regular weekly time slot
 * Farrukh: block out 90 min. per week, but try to schedule only a fortnightly 60-min sync-up call, unless level of activities deem it necessary to spend more time to meet synchronously.
 * Peter: agree totally ... we may use that same slot sub-team meetings too.


 * Next Meeting: possibly a time slot for regular weekly calls
 * resolution: all team members please (if possible) block out Fridays 1.5 Hr starting 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 17:00 GMT/UTC
 * Next meeting - Fri 2008.03.14 1-Hr. starting 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 17:00 GMT/UTC - World Clock
 * refer to details at the wiki session page (closer to the time) at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_03_14


 * Call adjourned at: 10:17 am PST

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.03.05-10:18am PST All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.

Resources

 * homepage - OpenOntologyRepository
 * proceedings of our last meetings
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_01_23
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_02_13
 * 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/
 * OntologySummit2008 homepage
 * [ontology-summit] discussion archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/

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