OntologySummit2007/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting 2007 03 13

OntologySummit2007 Organizing Committee Conference Call - Tuesday 13-Mar-2007    (UVB)

• This session will a 30-minute conference call starting at Tue 13-Mar-2007 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 4:30pm CET / 15:30 GMT/UTC    (UVC)

• Session Chair: OlivierBodenreider    (UVD)

Conference Call Details    (UVE)

• Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2007    (UVF)
• Start Time: 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 4:30pm CET / 15:30 GMT/UTC    (UVG)
  • ref: World Clock    (UVH)
• Expected Call Duration: 30 minutes    (UVI)
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  • Conference ID: "5823120#"    (UVU)
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  • view-only password: "ontolog"    (UVX)

• RSVP to peter.yim@cim3.com appreciated.    (UVY)

Attendees:    (UVZ)

• Attended:    (UW0)
  • OlivierBodenreider* (NLM, NIH)    (UW2)
  • PeterYim (Ontolog, CIM3)    (UW8)
  • BarrySmith* (NCOR, SUNY-Buffalo)    (UW7)

• Expecting: ( * = not yet confirmed whether he/she will be dialing-in)    (UW1)
  • FrankOlken* (NSF)    (UW5)
  • MarkMusen* (NCOR, NCBO, Stanford SMI)    (UW9)
  • NicolaGuarino* (LOA-CNR.IT)    (UWA)

• Regrets:    (UWB)
  • ChrisWelty (IBM Research) - standing regrets for the Tue time slot    (UWC)
  • TomGruber (Tomgruber.org) - standing regrets for the Tue time slot; also, on plane this time    (UWD)
  • IvanHerman (W3C) - can't make it this week    (UWE)
  • SteveRay (NIST)    (UW6)
  • LeoObrst (Ontolog, MITRE)    (UW4)
  • DeborahMcGuinness (Stanford KSL)    (UW3)

Agenda Ideas    (UWF)

• Discuss - what could ensure us that we are bringing "value" to the community-at-large, with this "Ontology Summit 2007" endeavor?    (UX0)
• organizing committee structure and protocol - distributing the workload    (UWG)
• 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    (UWH)
• getting organized to summarize/synthesize the mailing list discussions on the wiki - devoting part of the 15-Mar-2007 Ontolog weekly call to do it with Summit conveners    (UWI)
• Deborah: I suggest that in this and in near term meetings we try to get very tight scope;    (UZK)
• ... (please post here; indentify yourself for follow-up purposes)    (UWJ)

Agenda & Proceedings    (UWK)

... (Agenda Coming)    (UWL)

1. Meeting called to order:    (UWM)

• OlivierBodenreider took the chair and welcomed everyone    (UWN)

• PeterYim volunteered to take minutes of the meeting    (UWO)

2. Roll Call:    (UWP)

• see above    (UWQ)

3. Urgent Issues:    (UWR)

• Having a 'framework' ready, when inputs are returned on our survey.    (UZL)

• getting the community-specific discussions going:    (UXR)
  • see (communities enumerated): http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007_DefinitionsOfOntology#nidTIS    (UXS)
  • and (champions we have in mind): http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2007_01_30#nidSZQ    (UXT)
  • action: ...    (UXU)
    • Ivan: consider asking people to identify what community they belong to    (UXV)
    • Nicola: we catalog, and map out the framework    (UXW)
    • Peter: ask various communities to put together a glossary of their ontology (or ontology-related) vocabulary    (UXX)
    • Steve / Nicola: ask various community representative to where they think they fit in    (UXY)
    • try getting TomGruber to present his view some time soon, that is going to help - Tom has posted, both on 'ontology' and on 'folksonomy'. Thanks, Tom!    (UXZ)
    • Steve: steer away from the word 'ontology' and just ask other communities how they define their 'structures'    (UY0)
    • Olivier / Steve: we should be the USGS (cartographers) rather than the UN (peacekeepers) of 'ontologies' here.    (UY1)
    • Steve / Leo: start putting something up (a draft) so that people have something to talk about    (UY2)
      • cadidates to drive the drafting: LeoObrst, MichaelGruninger, ... with support from Steve, Olivier    (UY3)
      • start from the draft communique wiki page ... and have anyone contribute even small chunks (without major time commitments)    (UY4)
      • maybe someone could start by drafting a table-of-content - Steve?    (UY5)
      • when ready for another round of reviews, someone makes a post to [ontology-summit] list    (UY6)
      • use combination of wiki, spreadsheet (google spreadsheet for collaborative editing, and excel for the purpose)    (UY7)
    • thanks to DeborahMcGuinness, she has volunteered to co-lead the ontology spectrum discussion and writeup.    (UY8)

• Discussion:    (UY9)
  • Good News! - Olivier advises that NLM has officially confirmed that we may list them as a 'co-sponsor'. (Thank you, Olivier!)    (UZM)
  • 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?    (UYA)

• assigning wiki editors    (UYB)
  • volunteers: CharlesTurnitsa, KurtConrad, BobSmith, KenBaclawski, SteveRay, DeborahMcGuinness, PeterYim ... (need more, hopefully from our community champions)    (UYC)
  • protocol & editor coordination - Peter: suggest we try to engage the conveners and devote a good part of the 15-Mar-2007 Ontolog weekly call to do it    (UYD)

4. Outstanding Issues:    (UYE)

• Completed Task Report:    (UYF)
  • "tag line" for the "Ontology Summit 2007" initiative announced. see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/2007-03/msg00028.html    (UYG)

• Surveying participants & getting constituency champions' perspectives    (UYH)
  • Peter: please review and comment on draft-2 of survey questions (for process proposal-2):    (UYI)
    • draft-2 questionnaire: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007_Process/Draft2#nidUFO    (UYJ)
    • Peter is posted to the [ontology-summit-org] list on 2007.03.12, a list of folks who could represent perspectives of various constituencies. Input solicited from organizing committee members.    (UYK)
    • Peter is still working on the survey; he will move ahead and release the survey; and then personal contact to targeted champions to get their inputs. Help to spread this workload appreciated.    (UYL)
  • Peter: we'll give people 7~10 days to respond    (UZ6)
  • Barry / Olivier: if people provide elaborate answers, we'll request them to summarize it in bullet points    (UZ7)

• Outstanding Issue Update:    (UYM)
  • organizing committee structure and protocol    (UYN)
    • Barry: splitting the championship role - suggestions/candidates:    (UZ8)
      • Folksonomy: TomGruber    (UZ9)
      • Taxonomy: DeniseBedford    (UZA)
      • Metadata: FrankOlken    (UZB)
      • Semantic Web: IvanHerman    (UZC)
      • Information Models: ?    (UZD)
        • Peter: e.g. the UML people    (UZE)
        • Barry: e.g. Oil & Gas work Matthew West is doing should be in this category    (UZF)
          • Peter our objective is to develop a typology (rather than telling people how they should use the word "ontology")    (UZG)
            • Barry suggested we still consider establishing a "controlled vocabulary"    (UZH)
      • Olivier / Barry: try to engage FrankHartel (Peter suggest Olivier contacts Frank as a champion), also ChristopherChute; Peter re-iterates the solicitation for suggestions to his constituency/champion post    (UZI)

•    (UZJ)
  • pending responses    (UYO)
    • organizing committee / keynote: DieterFensel, TimBernersLee    (UYP)
    • conveners: Chiara F, Thomas B (pending - ref: "key participant" role confirmation)    (UYQ)
  • Public Relations & The Press - Steve taking this on    (UYR)
    • Steve already working on a pre-event press release; hopefully one or two articles out before the F2F    (UYS)
  • scheduling and programming for the Apr. 23 & 24, 2007 face-to-face meetings and symposium    (UYT)
    • Monday am: "The Framework" (Agreeing to the final picture) - Co-chairs: LeoObrst / MichaelGruninger?    (UYU)
    • Monday pm: "Populating the Framework" (Endorsing the picture) - Co-chairs: ChrisWelty / TomGruber    (UYV)
    • (Tueday early am: NIST Interoperability Week Plenary)    (UYW)
    • Tueday am: Finalizing the Communique - Co-Chair: OlivierBodenreider / FrankOlken?    (UYX)
    • Tueday pm: The Symposium (public meeting) - Chair: SteveRay    (UYY)
      • Keynote: TomGruber    (UYZ)
      • Panel: ... (tbd)    (UZ0)
        • ... we'll try to feature people who can represent the different perspectives of the various constituencies and those who made substantive contribution in the discourse.    (UZ1)

5. New Issues:    (UZ3)

• drafting the communique    (UZ4)
• solicitng "co-sponsorship" - please endorse the initiative; they have to choose on the conclusion - Peter to do it.    (UZ5)

6. Any Other Business:    (UWU)

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:    (UWV)

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

• Next Meeting: (candidate) unless otherwise re-scheduled (which we likely will) our next meeting will be a 30-minute conference call starting at Tue 20-Mar-2007 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 4:30pm CET / 15:30 UTC. (ref: world clock)    (UWX)

• Call adjourned at: 8:00 am PDT    (UWY)

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 notes taken by: PeterYim / 2007.03.13-8:05 PDT
 All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.    (UWZ)