OOR/ConferenceCall 2008 07 11

= OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2008-07-11 =

OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Fri 2008.07.11, 1.0~1.5 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC

Conference Call Details:

 * Date: Friday, July 11, 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:
 * LeoObrst (chair)
 * PeterYim
 * AlexGarcia
 * BruceBargmeyer
 * MichelleRaymond
 * RaviSharma
 * RexBrooks


 * Expecting:
 * K_Goodier
 * PatHayes
 * ... 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:
 * MikeDean (on vacation)
 * KenBaclawski
 * MarkMusen

Agenda Ideas

 * continue to get updates from the four subgroups
 * lock in a date for the "OOR: Synergies and Gaps Panel" session
 * was slated for Fri 2008.08.15 2.5-Hrs starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC
 * request from the RPI team to reconsider the date (as they have a conflict on Aug-15)
 * (please insert your suggested agenda items here)

Agenda & Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:


 * LeoObrst takes the chair and welcomed everyone
 * PeterYim volunteers to take minutes of the meeting


 * review and adopt agenda

2. Roll Call:


 * see above


 * AlexGarcia intro:
 * representing and acting as a liaison to the Bremen folks here.
 * involved in the OASIS project and Woundontology projects
 * can contribute some usecases
 * extending OMV to fit their use


 * OASIS project (Open architecture for Accessible Services Integration and Standardization). We are working on the website. This comes from a paper we are currently working on.


 * Although the extensions we propose for the Ontology Metadata Vocabulary (OMV) [4] are, in principle, domain independent, our main interest lies in supporting repositories with a particular focus on supportive applications for elderly and disabled people. As part of the OASIS project (Open architecture for Accessible Services Integration and Standardization) [5], we are currently developing a repository for ontologies aiming to describe spatial-temporal scenarios as well as medical and technological information related to elderly and disabled populations, i.e. users with special needs. The OASIS project introduces an ontology-driven, open reference system, which will enable interoperability, seamless connectivity and sharing of content across services and ontologies in all domains relevant to applications for the elderly. Within this context we are working on a repository of ontologies that provides structured access and easy-to-extend descriptions of the ontologies it hosts. We envision that different services of the system will be able to search and select the ontologies and services as needed; our infrastructure enables thus a high degree of serendipity.

3. Status Review and Discussion:


 * Urgent issues:


 * Outstanding Issue review/update: (from last call)
 * populate - OOR/ActiveMemberContribution


 * Logistics and Communications


 * Progress updates and Discussions:


 * Further to the discussion at our May-9 call and subsequent announcement, breakout subgroups will report back on their discussions/recommendations in the following four major areas:


 * Short-term Planning - MikeDean with LeoObrst & PeterYim


 * Resource & Funding - KenBaclawski


 * Use Cases & Requirements - K_Goodier with RaviSharma, PeterYim, ToddSchneider & FrankAlvidrez
 * AlexGarcia:
 * Bremen will contribute whenever possible. Alex will be the liaison
 * can contribute some usecases (like the woundontology, which has just started collaborative development on CODS)


 * Organization & Process - PeterYim with LeoObrst & MikeDean
 * "Getting OOR Development Off The Ground: Identifying Synergies and Gaps" Panel session - Fri 2008.08.22 - 2.5 Hrs starting 9:00am PDT / 12:00pm EDT / 6:00pm CEST / 16:00 UTC - date & time now locked in
 * received responses from MikeDean, PatHayes, MarkMusen, BruceBargmeyer, LeoObrst already, and, between 8/21 & 8/22, 8/22 is the viable or preferred date.)
 * draft agenda: (i) Mike demos his GUI-Prototype (15~20 min.); (ii) panelist comments on how their existing work plugs in (10 min. each); (iii) open discussion (45~60 min.); (iv) Reduce to actionable items for immediate future (15 min.)
 * Peter: suggest some offline work among the panelists between now and then
 * Michelle: will try to interest folks from DOJ who did their taxonomy/repository to join us at the session, and possibly contribute code in the future

4. New Issues:

5. Any Other Business:

6. Action items:


 * our short-term plan:
 * tasks
 * deliverables
 * Timeline / Milestones:

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * Next Meeting:
 * next OOR-team meeting Fri 2008.07.25 - 1.0~1.5 Hr. starting 12:00noon EDT / 9:00am PDT - see: OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_07_25 (closer to the time)
 * Note: earlier resolution: all team members please (if possible) block out Fridays 1.5 Hr starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 GMT/UTC


 * Call adjourned at: 9:45 am PDT

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.07.11-09:56am 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 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/
 * the four 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
 * OntologySummit2008 homepage
 * OntologySummit2008_Communique
 * OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda
 * [ ontology-summit ] discussion archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/
 * 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
 * OOR Project site at SemWebCentral - http://oor.projects.semwebcentral.org