OOR/ConferenceCall 2008 04 04

= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Wed 2008-04-04 =


 * OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Wed 2008.04.04, 1.0~1.5 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Friday, April 4, 2008 
 * Start Time: 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1.0~1.5 hours
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Attendees:

 * Attended:
 * MikeDean (chair)
 * PeterYim
 * KenBaclawski
 * MichelleRaymond
 * FabianNeuhaus
 * RexBrooks
 * GerryCreager
 * RaviSharma


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


 * Regrets:
 * BruceBargmeyer
 * LeoObrst

Agenda Ideas

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


 * PeterYim: postmortem on the 3/27 & 4/3 joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 panel discussions, and status review on the upcoming 4/10 session


 * PeterYim: further discussion on this OOR-team's deliverable at the OntologySummit2008 workshop (28~29-Apr-2008) at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD, USA), and other things we might want to do when we meet face-to-face there.

Agenda and Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:


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


 * review and adopt agenda

2. Roll Call:


 * see above

3. Status Review and Discussion:


 * What's New:


 * 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 3/27 & 4/3 joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 panel discussions
 * See the "OOR: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements" session proceedings at:
 * ConferenceCall_2008_03_27 &
 * ConferenceCall_2008_04_03
 * Peter: the diversity of perspectives and the collaborative spirit are absolutely commendable.
 * reminding OOR-Panelists to send in their 2-slide summaries
 * reminding content people to send in their 3 top requirements per Leo's request
 * Michelle: will cull the discussions and fold "requirements" into the [repository-architecture] topic thread
 * Peter: I invited RobRaskin (NASA/JPL - SWEET ontologies & [[PlanetOnt].org]) to the team, and he has agreed. We'll be seeing him at the 4/28~29 face-to-face.
 * DougLenat (on his 4/3 talk) alluded to the Large Knowledge Collider (LarKC) project from the EU, we should consider making contact with the people driving this initiative to explore possible synergies. Anyone close to them?
 * MikeDean tasked to make contact the LarKC people as he deems appropriate


 * status review on the upcoming 4/10 session
 * things are coming along fine. See developing agenda at ConferenceCall_2008_04_10


 * PeterYim: further discussion on this OOR-team's deliverable at the OntologySummit2008 workshop (28~29-Apr-2008) at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD, USA), and other things we might want to do when we meet face-to-face there. ... (discussion from last meeting)--v
 * 'target something we can "show" from this OOR effort at the OntologySummit2008 workshop
 * Bruce: I will be out of pocket 3/25 to 4/12
 * Farrukh: this is too short a time to get a demo together; maybe we should only consider developing a demo scenario, and present the OOR-team's Strategy, Plans and Roadmap
 * Rex: is it possible to show something tangible too?
 * Farrukh: let's present the 'what', not the 'how'
 * presenting the vision at the summit F2F
 * Bruce: let's present something we have accomplished rather than something we are planning to accomplish
 * Michelle: will clarify time allocation at F2F - put in a 1.5-Hr request <--adopted
 * Peter: suggest we put together task force to handle the preparation of this OOR-team presentation (mainly the implementation folks) - Bruce, Mike, Mark, Farrukh, Evan & Peter
 * Peter: alternate suggestion for the task force to handle the preparation of this OOR-team presentation (mainly the co-chairs) - Leo, Frank Fabian, Barry, Pat
 * Bruce: propose to have Leo and Peter to champion this presentation effort, and Leo to be the lead speaker <--adopted
 * updated/2008.03.21 with Bruce's concurrence - LeoObrst, MikeDean and PeterYim to champion this presentation effort, and Leo to be the lead speaker
 * Leo: I could kick off the presentation in the overview, and then have individual speakers for each section (we'll be looking for volunteers) <--adopted
 * Leo: start asking all panelists (in the 4 sessions) to come up with a 2-slide summary <--adopted
 * all speakers are requested to send in a 2-slide summary of their brief (in addition to the slide deck they use during the briefing) for use in a presentation that the OOR-team will be making at the OntologySummit2008 face-to-face workshop
 * Ravi: two threads here - (a) summary of what's going on, (b) how we are thinking about the roadmap to implementation
 * Leo: summarizing - (i) Overview, rationale and motivations, (ii) existing efforts, and how they satisfy the rationale, (iii) what people need, and how they satisfy the rationale, (iv) summarizing that into requirements, and how they satisfy the rationale, & (v) the roadmap to developing/delivering that in an OOR implementation effort, and how they satisfy the rationale <--adopted
 * maybe we call call (i) Value proposition (which is business speak)
 * therefore, we need more time, let's ask for 1.5 Hours
 * Bruce: emphasize why an OOR is needed ... more so than telling people that we know how to get there
 * Farrukh: we need to clarify that we are NOT advocating a single central repository ... federation is where we are going
 * new! - the summit organizing committee is bringing up the possibility of making arrangements (or alloting time) for doing demos again! MarkMusen suggested that this is one of the things that we can do much better at a F2F than doing virtually. Given that, what can/should this team come up with.
 * Peter: ALL, please watch out on the [ontology-summit] & [oor-forum] list for more details as the organizing committee decides on whether or not, and how, we will be serving demos
 * Mike: if so, suggest we setup a page where people could register their intent to show demos
 * Ravi: need to communicate with NIST ref. firewall issues that may affect the demos
 * GerryCreager mentioned that he is working on coming to the F2F, and its possible for him to run a demo of their current work (which JohnGraybeal has alluded to this group before.)


 * Resources and Funding: - mostly from previous discussions


 * 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).
 * Peter: Mark G already responded that funding chances are low, but possibility of collaboration with HALO ontologies hosted on OOR
 * Fabian: the climate at NIST (now that they are hosting the summit on this particular theme) would be conducive ... we should ping Steve on this.
 * we should set aside some off-line time to discuss this when some of us are at the summit F2F
 * Mike will help see if Todd Hughes and other relevant program managers could join us there at the summit F2F.
 * idea: [OT] have a bulletin board to help bring together BOF gatherings


 * 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 joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 panel discussion sessions (3/27 & 4/3)


 * Organization & Process <--will defer the discussion after the summit workshop
 * need to clearly identify team membership: active members vs. observers; and, more importantly, who are voting (decision making) members?
 * Active members: those who will be (a) building the OOR, and (b) those who will be early adopters with content (open ontologies) AND specific requirement input to provide -- does that sound good? (Yes: Peter, Bruce, Fabian)
 * will need to deliberate on this when we have more people on the call ... and/or doing it through the mailing list
 * how shall we organize ourselves? ... sub-workgroups? how many? <--(discussion deferred to next meeting)
 * relationship to Ontolog? sponsors? funders?
 * discussion postponed until we have a clearer approach toward funding)


 * 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:


 * Next Meeting:
 * resolution: all team members please (if possible) block out Fridays 1.5 Hr starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 GMT/UTC
 * Next meeting - Fri 2008.04.18 1-Hr. starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 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_04_18
 * this will be the last conference call before the summit F2F (4/28~29)


 * Call adjourned at: 10:17 am PST

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.04.04-10:20am PDT 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/ConferenceCall_2008_03_05
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_03_14
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_03_21
 * 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/