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= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2008-11-21 =

OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Fri 2008.11.21, 1.0~1.5 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 17:00 UTC

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Friday, Nov. 21, 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_21


 * 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:
 * KatherineGoodier
 * KenBaclawski
 * PeterYim
 * TrishWhetzel


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


 * Regrets:
 * MikeDean
 * LeoObrst

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


 * 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:


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


 * review and adopt agenda


 * Those who were present decided that we should call off today's meeting, and confer again on 12-Dec-2008 -- given the fact that there are no burning issues that needs to be covered, next week being Thanksgiving in the US, and the week following that, a few of the key US team members need to be at a workshop. ... skip to end

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)

Suggested topics to be covered:


 * 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!


 * 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:


 * Funding and proposals


 * 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 2008.12.12 - 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_12_12
 * note that there will be no meeting on 2008.11.28 (say after Thanksgiving in the US)
 * since a few of the OOR team members will still be engaged in OIC-2008 on Fri 2008.12.05, there will be no meeting that day either.
 * 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: 9:20 am PST

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.11.21-09:20am 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/ConferenceCall_2008_11_14
 * 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