ConferenceCall 2008 02 07

= Ontology Summit 2008: Launch Event - Thu 07-February-2007 =


 * Session Chair: Dr. SteveRay (NIST)


 * Topic: OntologySummit2008: "Toward an Open Ontology Repository" - Launch Event


 * Archive: slides & audio recording of the session (mp3)

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Thursday, February 7, 2008 
 * Start Time: 10:30am PST / 1:30pm EST / 7:30pm CET / 18:30 UTC
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Attendees

 * Attended:
 * SteveRay
 * MichelleRaymond
 * PeterYim
 * Dean Spik (Cormine Intelligent Data)
 * Darren Johnson (Cormine Intelligent Data)
 * CharlesTurnitsa
 * OthelRolle
 * Mary Beth Weber (Rutgers University)
 * RexBrooks
 * FabianNeuhaus
 * KenBaclawski
 * RaviSharma
 * MichaelGruninger
 * PatHayes
 * MarkMusen
 * Son Doan (NII, Japan)
 * Harold Solbrig (Apelon)
 * DeborahMacPherson
 * BruceBray
 * FrankOlken
 * JohnGraybeal


 * Others we were expecting (and may have joined after the roll call):
 * Venkata Ramayya (Boeing)
 * ToddSchneider
 * Annette Tingle (NASA, SAIC)
 * DavidHarris
 * NabonitaGuha
 * Frank Byrum (Earl Technology Group)
 * Onnalee Gomez (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)
 * Anoop Kumar (Tuft University)
 * Peter Schad NIH/NCI, SAIC)
 * ... 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. ...


 * Regrets:
 * LeoObrst
 * DougHolmes
 * BarrySmith

Background
This is our 3rd Ontology Summit, a joint initiative by NIST-Ontolog-NCOR (along with other co-organizers and co-sponsors.) In an earlier thread on the Ontolog Forum back in Dec-2007, we announced the plan for this initiative for Spring 2008. That and subsequent solicitation for topic and planning support were answered with positive and enthusiastic contribution from the community. The theme adopted by the community for Ontology Summit 2008 is: "Toward an Open Ontology Repository."

We are launching "Ontology Summit 2008" here. This will be three months of virtual discourse that culminates in a two-day face-to-face workshop (April 28 & 29, 2008 at Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA) as part of the NIST Interoperability Week 2008 program. At this launch, we will be introducing the "Ontology Summit 2008" objective, organization, process, deliverables and preliminary plans to you, and we welcome your ideas and participation.

See: OntologySummit2008 (home page for the project)

Agenda & Proceedings:
Ontology Summit 2007 Project Launch


 * Session Format: this is a virtual session conducted over an augmented conference call
 * 1. Opening - SteveRay
 * 2. we'll go around with a self-introduction of participants (10~15 minutes)
 * 3. Background and the Ontology Summit 2008 objectives
 * 4. The organization, Process and Deliverables
 * 5. Support infrastructure and Administrivia
 * 6. Q & A and open discussion on what the community wants to achieve in this Summit (All ~30 min.)
 * 7. Conclusion / Follow-up (SteveRay - 5 minutes)

Topic: Ontology Summit 2008 Launch

 * Abstract:


 * The theme of the 2008 Ontology Summit is the vision of an Open Ontology

Repository. This vision forms the basis of the Open Ontology Repository community, and this year's summit will support the effort to produce such a repository (or set of repositories) by serving as a venue - both virtual and face-to-face - in which many of the issues relating to the design, implementation, and ongoing use of an ontology repository can be discussed and ultimately resolved. In particular, these issues will include the themes of the 2006 and 2007 Ontology Summits (Upper Ontologies, and a framework for classification of ontologies, respectively), and this year's summit will thus also provide an opportunity to revisit the conclusions reached at those two prior meetings.


 * The 2008 Ontology Summit begins with today's launch event that begins a series

of topical online discussions, all of which come together with a face-to-face meeting on April 26-27, 2008 in Gaithersburg, MD at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).


 * Prepared slides can be accessed by pointing your web browsers to:
 * http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/OntologySummit2008/2008-02-07_LaunchEvent/2008-Ontology-Summit-Launch_20080207.ppt
 * Links to additional relevant resources:
 * see: OntologySummit2008 (the 'project' homepage for this endeavor)
 * OntologySummit2007 (the homepage for our endeavor last year)
 * UpperOntologySummit (the homepage for our 2006 endeavor)
 * Homepage of the OpenOntologyRepository (OOR) Initiative - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository
 * this is a parallel (but separate and distinct) initiative with considerable overalpping membership between the communities. We shall be looking for a lot synergies that we can leverage between this Summit and the OOR work.
 * (... insert additional material and resources here.)

Questions, Answers & Discourse:

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 * Participant input captured from the chat session:

KenBaclawski: The OOR begins with "Open" but I haven't seen any discussion of what this means. Is it entirely obvious? Many important ontologies are highly restricted. How do such ontologies affect openness? Is this an issue that should be addressed somewhere?

Son Doan: Thank you very much. It is very interesting for us. I will tell to our group about this event.


 * ... More Questions
 * For those who have further questions or remarks on the topic, please [mailto:ontology-summit@ontolog.cim3.net post them to the [ontology-summit]] so that everyone in the community can benefit from the discourse.


 * Session ended 2008.07.07 11:43 am PST

An Open Invitation
If you do find this initiative interesting or useful, we cordially invite you to join us in the "Ontology Summit 2008" virtual discourse that will be taking place in the next 3 months or so, and to the face-to-face workshop that will be held on 28 & 29-April-2008 as part of the NIST Interoperability Week in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.


 * To participate in OntologySummit2008 virtual discourse, please refer to details here


 * Registration for the face-to-face workshop (Mon & Tue 2008.04.28 & 29) will be announced later. Please be on the look out for it!

Audio Recording of this Session

 * To download the audio recording of the session, click here
 * the playback of the audio files require the proper setup, and an MP3 compatible player on your computer.
 * Conference Date and Time:	07-Feb-2008 10:40am~12:43pm Pacific Standard Time
 * Duration of Recording:	1 Hour 01 Minutes
 * Recording File Size:	       7.0 MB (in mp3 format)
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