OntologySummit2007/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting 2007 03 20

= OntologySummit2007 Organizing Committee Conference Call - Tuesday 20-Mar-2007 =


 * This session will a 30-minute conference call starting at Tue 20-Mar-2007 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 4:30pm CET / 15:30 GMT/UTC


 * Session Chair:

Conference Call Details

 * Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2007
 * Start Time: 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 4:30pm CET / 15:30 GMT/UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 30 minutes
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Attendees:

 * Attended:
 * OlivierBodenreider (NLM, NIH)
 * PeterYim (Ontolog, CIM3)
 * LeoObrst (Ontolog, MITRE)


 * Expecting: ( * = not yet confirmed whether he/she will be dialing-in)
 * BarrySmith* (NCOR, SUNY-Buffalo)
 * DeborahMcGuinness* (Stanford KSL)
 * FrankOlken* (NSF)
 * MarkMusen* (NCOR, NCBO, Stanford SMI)
 * NicolaGuarino* (LOA-CNR.IT)


 * Regrets:
 * ChrisWelty - standing regrets for the Tue time slot
 * TomGruber - standing regrets for the Tue time slot; also, on plane this time
 * IvanHerman - (on trip)
 * SteveRay (on travel out-of-the-country)

Agenda Ideas

 * follow-ups now that the survey is out?
 * Discuss - what could ensure us that we are bringing "value" to the community-at-large, with this "Ontology Summit 2007" endeavor?
 * organizing committee structure and protocol - distributing the workload
 * getting organized to get dialogs from representatives of other constituencies (other than formal ontologists) going - review/add/comment on list of people who could represent various constituencies and contribute to providing their input and perspectives
 * getting organized to summarize/synthesize the mailing list discussions on the wiki - devoting part of the 15-Feb-2007 Ontolog weekly call to do it with Summit conveners
 *  ... (please post here; indentify yourself for follow-up purposes)

Agenda & Proceedings
... (Agenda Coming ... what's captured here is mainly from last week)

1. Meeting called to order:


 * OlivierBodenreider took the chair and welcomed everyone


 * PeterYim volunteered to take minutes of the meeting

2. Roll Call:


 * see above

3. Urgent Issues:


 * follow-ups on the "Ontology Summit 2007 Survey"
 * cover-message/invitation at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/2007-03/msg00040.html
 * survey form at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/survey/summit72.html
 * please pass it along to related communities, post to other lists, blog about it, ... etc.
 * ref: http://interop.cim3.net/forum//ontology-summit-org/2007-03/msg00033.html
 * posted the invitation also to: KM-List (gsa.gov), [protege-discussion]
 * blog posts seen at:
 * by Robert David Steele of oss.net: http://www.citizens-party.org/?p=122


 * Discussion:
 * What could ensure us that we are bringing "value" to the community-at-large (or even the world-at-large), with this "Ontology Summit 2007" endeavor? How do we keep conveners engaged?


 * assigning wiki editors
 * volunteers: CharlesTurnitsa, KurtConrad, BobSmith, KenBaclawski, SteveRay, DeborahMcGuinness, PeterYim ... (need more, hopefully from our community champions)
 * protocol & editor coordination - Peter: suggest we try to engage the conveners and devote some part of the 22-Feb-2007 Ontolog weekly call to do it

4. Outstanding Issues:


 * Completed Task Report:
 * the survey is now out - ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/2007-03/msg00040.html
 * Peter will ping the various community champions for their survey response, and to solicit their help to synthesize and elaborate on the input representing their constituencies
 * survey responses close on 25-Mar-2007 (or shortly thereafter). We will then:
 * post the raw collected data (with organizations, e-mail addresses, phone numbers and expertise self-assessment removed) for the conveners to view, discussion and make suggestions
 * we will analyse and synthesize the collected data (KenBaclawski has volunteered to work with PeterYim on this, so far)


 * Outstanding Issue Update:
 * LeoObrst and MichaelGruninger will drive the "framework" (dimensions, typology, ...)
 * DeborahMcGuinness also volunteered to help write this up
 * ChrisWelty & TomGruber to drive the categorization
 * OlivierBodenreider & FrankOlken will drive the communique
 * ALL: please do all internal exchanges and discussions over the [ontology-summit-org] list (so everyone else is posted, as all these task are so interrelated)
 * ALL: we'll try to engage all conveners in the process by using the [ontology-summit] list (this will help the adoption of the proposed farmework, categorization & communique eventually, which we will need)
 * we need to try to come to conclusions (or at least very close to it) even BEFORE the face-to-face


 * outstanding - (not discussed at this call)
 * organizing committee structure and protocol
 * pending responses
 * organizing committee / keynote: DieterFensel, TimBernersLee
 * conveners: Chiara F, Thomas B (pending - ref: "key participant" role confirmation)
 * Public Relations & The Press - Steve taking this on
 * Steve already working on a pre-event press release; hopefully one or two articles out before the F2F


 * Reviewed:
 * scheduling and programming for the Apr. 23 & 24, 2007 face-to-face meetings and symposium
 * Monday am: "The Framework" (Agreeing to the final picture) - Co-chairs: LeoObrst / MichaelGruninger
 * Monday pm: "Populating the Framework" (Endorsing the picture) - Co-chairs: ChrisWelty / TomGruber
 * (Tueday early am: NIST Interoperability Week Plenary)
 * Tueday am: Finalizing the Communique - Co-Chair: OlivierBodenreider / FrankOlken
 * Tueday pm: The Symposium (public meeting) - Chair: SteveRay / NicolaGuarino?
 * Keynote: TomGruber
 * Panel: ... (tbd)
 * ... we'll try to feature people who can represent the different perspectives of the various constituencies
 * also: a diverse representation (geographically)
 * and, most importantly, by merit ... based on quality and substantive contribution in the virtual discourse and synthesis phase.
 * travel funding - checking MITRE, NSF (for speaker travel)?


 * Adopted at this meeting:
 * SteveRay & NicolaGuarino will be invited to co-chair the 24-Mar-2007 Summit Symposium
 * the 6-step / draft-2 process is now formally adopted - ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007_Process/Draft2

5. New Issues:

6. Any Other Business:

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * ALL: we will continue the discussion of today's agenda items on the [ontology-summit-org] list


 * Next Meeting: (candidate) unless otherwise re-scheduled (which we likely will) our next meeting will be a 30-minute conference call starting at Tue 27-Mar-2007 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 4:30pm CET / 15:30 UTC. (ref: world clock)


 * Call adjourned at: 9:11am PDT

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2007.03.20-09:33 PDT All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.