ConferenceCall 2005 08 04

= [ontolog] Member Conference Call - Thu 2005-08-04 =

Conference Call Details

 * Subject: [ontolog] member conference call Thu 2005-08-04


 * Agenda Comments:
 * ... build rapport; ... sync up; ... distribute, assign or arbitrate virtual ownership of tasks; ... and use it to deal with emergencies. ... plus, member suggested agenda items.
 * please post any suggested agenda items to the call wiki page and upload any material to be shared to the list, to the wiki or by [[WebDAV] upload] prior to the meeting
 * VNC session (if needed) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
 * view-only password: "ontolog"
 * view-and-control pw: to be supplied during session as needed
 * Wiki page for this call (i.e. this page) is at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_08_04
 * Date: Thursday, Aug. 04, 2005
 * Start Time: 10:30 AM PDT / 1:30 PM EDT World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1 ~ 1.5 hour
 * Dial-in Number: 1-702-851-3330 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
 * Participant Access Code: "686564#"

Attendees

 * Attended:
 * PeterYim
 * KurtConrad
 * JoeChiusano
 * MarkMusen
 * AdamPease
 * BobSmith
 * MonicaMartin
 * EMichaelMaximilien
 * PatCassidy
 * NicolasRouquette
 * ElisaKendall


 * Expecting:
 * RexBrooks
 * ...(add your name here)...


 * Regrets:
 * DuaneNickull
 * CarlReed (in meeting all day)
 * ChrisMenzel

Agenda & Proceedings
1) Welcome & confirmation of agenda


 * KurtConrad took the chair and welcomed everyone.

2) Appointment of secretary to take minutes


 * PeterYim volunteered

3) Roll-call of participants


 * see above
 * welcome to first time regular meeting participants Joe, Michael & Elisa

4) Upcoming meeting & event schedule (near future)


 * Nominal meeting types (on a monthly basis):
 * member regular meeting
 * invited speaker session
 * scheduled discussion
 * project review
 * workshop / work session
 * planning


 * Invited Speaker Schedule for the next 3~6 months
 * August 11, 2005 - JimHendler from the University of Maryland will be doing a "Semantic Web Q & A" with the Ontolog community - see: ConferenceCall_2005_08_11
 * Sep. 8, 2005 - ElisaKendall - on a topic related to UML & Ontologies (proposed by: BrandNiemann / PeterYim) - confirmed
 * Elisa will post the ODM spec to the forum, and solicits the community's review and comment. (also: nice to browse through that prior to the 9/8/05 session.)
 * Sep. 25, 2005 - JonBosak - on a topic related to Community Governance and the OASIS Process (proposed by: KurtConrad / SusanTurnbull) - JonBosak has conflict
 * Oct. 13 2005 - Barry Smith - confirmed (BillMcCarthy)
 * Candidate Nov. 2005 session(s) and beyond -
 * John Sowa (suggested by BillMcCarthy)
 * DougLenat on the Cyc project (suggested by PeterYim)
 * NicolaGuarino on DOLCE, possibly also BillAndersen or ChrisWelty (suggested by PeterYim & PatCassidy)
 * LarryReeker of NIST (suggested by SusanTurnbull)
 * SimonBuckinghamShum of the Compendium Institute ( ? ; ref. post from ScottLHolmes & PeterYim's reponse)
 * JimSpohrer from IBM Almaden Services Research (further to the 2005.06.30 discussion)
 * other suggestions:
 * Monica: suggest inviting someone from the [regrep] group
 * Rex suggsted we should also invite UDDI and XMDR people, and possibly to have all three parties (regrep, uddi & xmdr) on a panel
 * Rex suggestion: Professor Asuman Dogac from Middle East Technical University (Ankhara, Turkey) on Healthcare Ontologies in ebXML Web Services under their Artemis Project
 * Professor Dogac's work has also been previous recommended by BrandNiemann - see: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ExpeditionWorkshop/TowardCoherenceInKnowledgeThroughAllThingsOntological_MakingSenseTogether_2004_12_09#nid6NZ
 * Peter also suggested that we should invite Dieter Fensel to talk to us some time
 * Rex / Peter: XMDR - BruceBargmeyer or someone from his XMDR team
 * PeterYim / ElisaKendall: PatHayes, DeborahMcGuinness
 * To be brought up (at the next discussion):
 * ChrisMenzel: BillAndersen
 * BrandNiemann / MarkMusen / PeterYim: Frank Hartel (NIH/NCI)
 * BrandNiemann / PeterYim: RoyRoebuck


 * Scheduled Discussions for the next 2 months (DavidWhitten: maybe we should designate a moderator, and then coordinate the event from there, in a fashion similar to speaker events.)
 * August 25, 2005 discussion session - moderator: RexBrooks - subject: Healthcare Informatics - see: ConferenceCall_2005_08_25/Prep
 * Oct. 27 2005 - Discussion on OWL/S, SWSI - FLOWS, and WSMO ... (need proper title) - Moderator: NicolasRouquette
 * Peter and Nicolas will work offline to setup a new page for preparing this session
 * Michael: note also WSDL-S, try Amit Sheth (of Univ. of Georgia) or someone from IBM (contact Michael)
 * candidate panelists: JohnDomingue, MichaelGruninger, ..., NicolasRouquette (moderator)
 * ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_07_28#nidEDP
 * Adam: need OWL & SWRL for OWL ontologies to really be useful
 * NicolasRouquette -- topics lined up?
 * a panel with speaker representating: SUMO, OpenCyc Upper Ontology, DOLCE, ... (suggested by PeterYim)
 * possibly teaming up with SICoP and their CUO-WG; after independent sessions on Cyc and DOLCE
 * Rex: possibility of working with Duane on a follow-up to the last SOA discussion
 * Rex suggsted we should also invite UDDI and XMDR people, and possibly to have all three parties (regrep, uddi & xmdr) on a panel
 * we will not schedule a technical discussion in Sep. 2005
 * candidates for November, 2005
 * Rex: propose "Emergency Response"
 * Kurt: we should revisit "CCTS ontology" for Nov. (even Sep.) - we'll talk to Duane again if he shows up next week; if he doesn't Kurt, will ping Duane.
 * Anders: we should have a "Tools / Testing" discussion
 * Kurt: "on metamodels, idependent of the representation" (at a level that allows us to avoid the language war)
 * Bob: as a segway into things like pi-calculus, tec.
 * PeterYim: "moving from data standards to data-model- and semantic-model-driven eBusiness standards"
 * candidate panelists: BruceBargmeyer, ElisaKendall, AdamPease, MikeDaconta, JimHendler, SteveRay (moderator?)
 * maybe a joint SICoP-Ontolog event, as part of another Collaborative Expedition Workshop?
 * maybe a joint SICoP-Ontolog event, as part of another Collaborative Expedition Workshop?


 * Upcoming Events of interest
 * Aug. 16, 12005 - Collaborative Expedition Workshop #43 (at NSF) - ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum//ontolog-forum/2005-08/msg00007.html
 * Sep. 14, 2005 - 2nd DRM Public Forum (Washington DC) (Rex, Mark & Peter)
 * Sep. 12~16, 2005 - UN/CEFACT Forum - (Lyon, France) (Anders, Bill, Duane)
 * OASIS ebXML registry-repository webinar - Sep. or Oct. (Monica, Joe)

5) Communications, logistics, & work protocols issues

6) Follow-ups from previous calls - ITEM SKIPPED


 * call/meeting to be scheduled with UN/CEFACT-CCTS WG to review Ontolog's comments [attn: DuaneNickull - ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_03_10#nid5JB]


 * possible meeting/call to follow-up with UDEF folks to review Ontolog's comments (suggested by MikeDaconta) [attn: DuaneNickull]


 * Bob and Nicolas will work on the ontological lessons learned in our exercise on RegularConferenceCall scheduling


 * BobSmith: how about the DRM and its Data Sharing Toolkit and associated processes? (as presented at the Collaborative Expedition Workshoon 2005.07.19)
 * ref: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ExpeditionWorkshop/DesigningTheDRM_DataVisibility_2005_07_19#nid2TQP
 * look to Act-II from MikeDaconta / BrandNiemann - scheduled for CEW#43 2005.08.16

7) Current Project Status Report


 * Status CCT-Representation and UBL-Ontology project work - item skipped
 * Requirements issues (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseCases)
 * Formalization issues
 * UBL Liaison update
 * [CCT-Rep] status report


 * Status of Protege-KIF project work
 * Pat is working with Holger on debugging


 * status of NHIN-RFI & Health-Ont project work
 * AHIC Nomination - Aug. 5, 2005 deadline - submitted on Aug. 1, 2005 - ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum//health-ont/2005-08/msg00000.html
 * Vote of thanks to BobSmith for the motion, and for coordinating (and executing most of) the effort. (unanimous)
 * representation and paper submission to FCW Government Health IT Conference - Nov. 17~18, 2005, Washington, D.C.
 * see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/health-ont/2005-07/msg00001.html
 * deadline for abstract submission is Mon 2005.08.08
 * possibility of writing up the 8/25 panel discussion and make that a community submission
 * participation in OMG/HL7 workshop 25~27 Oct. 2005 (washington DC) - abstract deadline 2005.08.12 - see: http://www.omg.org/news/meetings/HC2005/index.htm
 * National Center for Ontological Research (NCOR) Opening - Oct. 27, 2005 (Buffalo, NY) - ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum//ontolog-forum/2005-08/msg00000.html


 * UBL liaison report


 * SICoP liaison report


 * status report from Planning team

8) project work session / discussion

9) New project proposals

10) Sponsorship and funding

11) Other business

12) Next meeting date and adjourn


 * call adjourned 11:39am PDT
 * next call will be on Thu 2005.08.11 starting at 10:30 am PDT
 * that will be the Ontolog Invited Speaker sessioin: "Semantic Web Q&A"
 * with our guest, Professor JimHendler from the University of Maryland
 * See: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_08_11

-- minutes captured in real time on this wiki by PeterYim ppy / 2005.08.04-11:40 am PDT