OOR/ConferenceCall 2010 08 20

= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2010-08-20 =

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Friday, 20-Aug-2010
 * Start Time: 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 6:00pm CEST / 5:00pm BST / 16:00 UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1.0~1.5 hours
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 * 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_2010_08_20


 * 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:
 * MikeDean (chair)
 * PeterYim (scribe)
 * PatCassidy
 * KenBaclawski
 * CameronRoss
 * FrankDAgnese
 * MattHettinger
 * MikeUschold
 * JuliaArmstrongDAgnese


 * Expecting:
 * ... if you are coming to the meeting, please add your name above (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. ...
 * ... if you are coming to the meeting, please add your name above (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:
 * ToddSchneider
 * LeoObrst

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


 * review of last meeting's action items
 * Plan out the upcoming "Getting OOR Development Going - Take-III" panel session during which we intend to discuss how we should manage to incorporate various ongoing OOR-related software development efforts, and how best to "fork" from the BioPortal codebase, and stay synergistic - Co-chair: MichaelGruninger & ToddSchneider - Panelists: MikeDean, NatashaNoy, KenBaclawski, AlexGarcia, JohnBateman, MichaelGruninger, ... - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_09_03
 * Plan out the upcoming Joint SIO-OOR-Ontolog Panel Discussion: "Common Logic (CL) Support for OOR" - Chair: JohnSowa - Panelists: JohnBateman, MichaelGruninger, AdamPease, CameronRoss, PatHayes - ConferenceCall_2010_09_10
 * Progress report on the upcoming Joint OOR-Ontolog-NCBO-CreativeCommons "IPR" Panel series [PeterYim, CameronRoss, MarkMusen, JohnWilbanks]
 * session-1: ConferenceCall_2010_09_09
 * session-2: ConferenceCall_2010_09_16
 * session-3: ConferenceCall_2010_09_23
 * possibly get some organization and planning status on the two tracks of the "Content" Panel Sessions ... and picking new labels and dates - PatCassidy (& DeniseBedford ?)
 * get updates on members' OOR-related activities

Agenda & Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:


 * MikeDean takes the chair and welcome everyone
 * PeterYim volunteers to take minutes of the meeting


 * review and adopt agenda
 * note that we have added a in-session chat facility to the meeting

2. Roll Call:


 * see above


 * welcome and intro of new member(s) (as needed)
 * FrankDAgnese
 * from Earth Knowledge in Tucson, Arizona. Referred to us by SusanTurnbull
 * JuliaArmstrongDAgnese
 * MikeUschold - NeOn; ODP; Exemplary Ontologies

3. Status Review and Discussion:


 * Urgent issues:


 * Logistics and Communications
 * new members (or those who haven't already done so) please populate - OOR/ActiveMemberContribution


 * Review of our priority list: ... (skipping discussion this time, due to long agenda)
 * 1. continue to push OOR development and get more contributors ... [All]
 * inclusive of adding CL support to OOR
 * 2. set up policies and process for contributing to OOR work
 * setup clear and easy policies and process to engage developers and have them contribute code ... [champion: MikeDean]
 * clarify IPR issues related to Ontology & OOR and adopt a consensus IPR policy for OOR contributions [champions: PeterYim & CameronRoss]
 * build out "gatekeeping" and move from just having an OOR-sandbox to having available instances of an OOR-sandbox and an OOR-production ... [champion: KenBaclawski]
 * setup clear and easy policies and process to engage content stewards and have them contribute ontologies to our public instance of OOR
 * 3. systematically solicit content contributions [champions: PatCassidy & DeniseBedford]
 * 4. get the work funded ... [champion: KenBaclawski]
 * 5. regularly review requirements and existing standards to make sure we are on track ... [All]
 * 6. continue with efforts in publicity and outreach ... [All]

Key items for discussion at this call:


 * review of last meeting's action items
 * PeterYim to work on rescheduling the planned events - done
 * MichaelGruninger to negotiate with JohnBateman to see if they can work up a date for the "OOR Dev - Take-3" session - done (see below)
 * KenBaclawski to look into why the OOR-sandbox is down right now
 * MikeDean to get the code repository at semwebcentral ready for OOR development and code contribution
 * KenBaclawski to coordinate with MikeDean on getting the OOR code repository initialized with a code base ... and also,
 * LeoObrst to ping Frank van Harmelen again to organize a LarKC presentation
 * [2010.08.06] LeoObrst: Frank has recommended that Michael Witbrock (CycEur) could do the talk for us. Leo has written him ... will find out when he replies
 * MichaelGruninger to contact Bob Young (Loughborough)
 * ToddSchneider and MichaelGruninger to mull over the goals of our "Getting OOR Code Development Going - Take-III" workshop
 * MichaelGruninger will contact MikeUschold to see what synergy we can get out of our OOR work and his "exemplary ontology" effort with ontology patterns
 * PeterYim: engaging NeOn / ODP (Ontology Design Pattern) folks to collaborate in the OOR effort
 * LeoObrst will contact Frank van Harmelen again to arrange for a LarKC (The Large Knowledge Collider) talk
 * Leo has sent message, haven't heard back from Frank
 * PaulAlexander to provide the BioPortal v2.5 update tag number
 * Paul: 2~3 weeks away
 * Tejas: v2.5 (before customizable banner update is in place) is now up


 * Plan out the upcoming "Getting OOR Development Going - Take-III" panel session during which we intend to discuss how we should manage to incorporate various ongoing OOR-related software development efforts, and how best to "fork" from the BioPortal codebase, and stay synergistic - Co-chair: MichaelGruninger & ToddSchneider - Panelists: MikeDean, NatashaNoy, KenBaclawski, AlexGarcia, JohnBateman, MichaelGruninger, ... - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_09_03
 * KenBaclawski already reviewing the v2.5 codebase, Ken, Natasha, Mike ... plus Todd, Michael and Cameron might do some work behind the scene between now and the "Fork" session.
 * Mike: we will fork after the v2.5 I18N customizable interface is available
 * Peter will liaise with Natasha and Paul to see if they can get that ready by Sep-3


 * Plan out the upcoming Joint SIO-OOR-Ontolog Panel Discussion: "Common Logic (CL) Support for OOR" - Chair: JohnSowa - Panelists: JohnBateman, MichaelGruninger, AdamPease, CameronRoss, PatHayes - ConferenceCall_2010_09_10
 * Cameron: have released "Samian Platform" that may provide CL backend for OOR ... developed over eclipse-lab
 * Peter: suggest panelists count on a 15 min presentation; and everyone assume the session will be 2~2.5 Hours


 * Progress report on the upcoming Joint OOR-Ontolog-NCBO-CreativeCommons "IPR" Panel series [PeterYim, CameronRoss, MarkMusen, JohnWilbanks]
 * session-1: an exposition of the state of relevant IPR regimes - ConferenceCall_2010_09_09
 * session-2: what are the IPR issues relating to ontologies & ontology repositories - ConferenceCall_2010_09_16
 * session-3: discussion and consensus on what licensing arrangements would be best suited for the OOR Initiative - ConferenceCall_2010_09_23


 * possibly get some organization and planning status on the two tracks of the "Content" Panel Sessions ... and picking new labels and dates - PatCassidy (& DeniseBedford ?)
 * PatCassidy will start constructing a wiki page on this, followed by a email push
 * Pat: will pick a date later
 * re-focusing: Pat's area first, Denise' later
 * MichaelGruninger will contact MikeUschold to see what synergy we can get out of our OOR work and his "exemplary ontology" effort with ontology patterns
 * [2010.08.06] PeterYim: engaging NeOn / ODP (Ontology Design Pattern) folks to collaborate in the OOR effort
 * ref. AldoGangemi, ValentinaPresutti and MikeUschold's work at: http://ontologydesignpatterns.org/wiki/Main_Page
 * ref. also: [[AndreasHarth]'s talk on the NeOn Toolkit] on 2010.08.06
 * Pat to start a discussion of this on [oor-forum]


 * Review and updates on members' OOR-related activities
 * OOR-sandbox status
 * ref. OOR_SandBox v2.5 now up and running at http://oor-01.cim3.net
 * Site label now reads "BioPortal" (and not "OOR Sandbox")
 * a lot of error when uploaded ontologies are "explored" - at: http://oor-01.cim3.net/ontologies (e.g. 11179-3e3-core; FOAF v0.91), quite a few still "parsing," but there are ontologies that work (e.g. COSMO v0.61-877; Pizza; Time (Math))
 * code repository status
 * Mike: will try to engage JimChatigny to help merge the federation code
 * will continue the discussion on the [oor-dev]
 * NCBO
 * NEU
 * BBN
 * Bremen
 * UToronto
 * Ryerson
 * Mathet
 * Kojeware
 * DataONE
 * MMI
 * SOCoP
 * Use Cases
 * SIO
 * Funding

... some of the items on the page now are from the previous call(s), and will be updated as we progressed on this meeting.


 * [2010.08.06] PatCassidy: do we want a wiki page for each Ontology on the OOR
 * PeterYim: that should be on the OOR - gatekeeping, metadata capturing, other services that can make use of the metadata, user comments, etc.
 * we should coordinate with NatashaNoy (Stanford-NCBO) and KenBaclawski (NEU) ... they are working on filling a lot of the similar requirements and needs
 * PatCassidy: we may still want a portal page where everybody goes to even before going to the OOR
 * PeterYim: MikeUschold is doing a similar thing with the ODP people (AldoGangemi and ValentinaPresutti) on their wiki ... we should be teaming up with them instead
 * PatCassidy: I'll try to find out more on what is supported now (btw ... the OOR-sandbox is down right now!)


 * PatCassidy will consider supporting IAOA resource pointer effort

New Issues:



Any Other Business:



Action items:


 * LeoObrst to ping Michael Witbrock (CycEur) to organize a LarKC presentation
 * MichaelGruninger to contact Bob Young (Loughborough) to possibly engage him on the "CL for OOR" session
 * PaulAlexander to provide the BioPortal v2.5 update tag number when the I18N customization UI piece is ready
 * PeterYim will liaise with Natasha and Paul to see if they can get that ready by Sep-3
 * MikeDean: will try to engage JimChatigny to help merge the federation code

Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * Next Meeting:
 * our next meeting will be the "Getting OOR Development Going - Take-III" panel session - see details session page at: OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_09_03
 * Note: earlier resolution: all team members please (if possible) block out Fridays 1.5 Hr starting 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT / 16:00 GMT/UTC 


 * Call adjourned at: 10:42 am PDT

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2010.08.20-10:42am PDT 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/ConferenceCall_2008_12_12
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_01_09
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_01_23
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_02_06
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_03_06
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_03_20
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_04_03
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_05_01
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_05_15
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_05_29
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_06_12
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_06_26
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_07_10
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_07_24
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_08_14
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_09_04
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_09_18
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_10_02
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_11_13
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_12_11
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_01_08
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_01_22
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_02_05
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_03_05
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_03_19
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_04_16
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_04_30
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_05_21
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_06_11
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_07_09
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_07_23
 * OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_08_06
 * 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
 * Team mailling list:
 * OOR-Team discussion: [ oor-forum ]''' message archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/
 * OOR-Users discussion and support: [ oor-users ]''' message archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-users/
 * Developers mailling list: [ oor-dev ] message archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-dev/


 * the 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 Development 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
 * 2009_02_19 - Thursday: Joint Ontolog-OOR Panel Discussion: "Getting OOR Development Off the Ground (Take-2): the work begins" - Chair: ToddSchneider; Panelists: MarkMusen, NatashaNoy, MikeDean, PaulBuitelaar / AndreasHarth, MathieuDaquin, KenBaclawski, MichaelGruninger - ConferenceCall_2009_02_19
 * 2009_07_16 - Thursday: Joint Ontolog-OOR Panel Discussion: "Integrated tools for ontology development and management: A field guide to the Stanford technology" - Chair: MarkMusen - Panelists: TaniaTudorache, TimRedmond, NatashaNoy - ConferenceCall_2009_07_16
 * 2009_07_30 - Thursday: Joint Ontolog-OOR Panel Discussion: "BioPortal and related Ontology Repository Implementations and Development" (Take-3) - Chair: NatashaNoy - Panelists: CarlosRueda, PaulAlexander, JohnGraybeal, MikeDean, StephenGranite, AlexGarcia, KenBaclawski - ConferenceCall_2009_07_30
 * 2010_02_19 - Friday: OOR Panel Discussion: "Coordinating our Open Ontology Repository Software Development" - Chair: MikeDean - Panelists: JimChatigny, MichaelGruninger, KenBaclawski, NatashaNoy - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_02_19
 * 2010_04_01 - Thursday: Joint OOR-Ontolog Panel Session: "OOR Use Cases - Take-3" - Chair: KenBaclawski &amp; ToddSchneider - Panelists: ToddSchneider, MatthewHettinger, KenBaclawski and MaximoGurmendez - ConferenceCall_2010_04_01
 * 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/2008-01/ (~5 months exchanges starting from Jan-2008)
 * 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
 * OpenOntologyRepository_ResearchActivity
 * OpenOntologyRepository_Development
 * OOR Project site at SemWebCentral - http://oor.semwebcentral.org
 * Public sandbox instance of OOR (OOR-sandbox) - http://oor-01.cim3.net/ontologies
 * OOR_SandBox
 * NCBO-OOR development documentation - http://www.bioontology.org/wiki/index.php/NCBO-OOR_Development