ConferenceCall 2012 05 17

Joint DATA.GOV-ONTOLOG "Big Open Data" Session - Thu 2012_05_17    (3ANP)

Session Topic: "Implementing 'Big Open Data' in government through Open Collaboration - case examples and possibilities"    (3ANQ)

Session Co-chair: GeorgeThomas (HHS), JesseWang (SMWcon-Spring2012 / Vulcan) & PeterYim (Ontolog / CIM3) - [ slides]    (3ANR)

Panelists:    (3ANS)

• JoelNatividad (Ontodia) - "NYCFacets: Metadata, Extrametadata & Crowdknowing" - [ slides]    (3AY6)
• WilSmith (Vulcan) - " ___ " - [ slides]    (3AY7)
• StephenLarson (1mind4research.org) - "NeuroLex: A Semantic Wiki for Neuroscience" - [ slides]    (3AY8)
• JonWeers (Nrel.gov) - " OpenEI " - [ slides] ,    (3BBF)
• BernadetteHyland (3RoundStones) - "Using Linked Open Data to Managed Chronic Asthma and COPD" - [ slides]    (3AY9)
• JohnErickson (RPI) - " ___ " - [ slides] ... (invited)    (3AYA)
• PeterYim, KenBaclawski, MikeDean, LeoObrst (OOR) - "Leveraging an Open Ontology Repository" - [ slides]    (3AYB)

• JeanneHolm, ChrisMusialek and AndrewNicklin will return (after last week's panel) to participate as discussants on the panel today (no briefing)    (3B55)

Archives:    (3AYC)

• Abstract    (3AYD)
• Agenda    (3AYE)
• Prepared presentation material (slides) can be accessed by clicking on each of the title links below:    (3AYF)
  • [ [ 0-Thomas] ] . [ [ 1-Natividad] ] . [ [ 2-Smith] ] . [ [ 3-Larson] ] . [ [ 4-Weers] ] . [ [ 5-Hyland] ] . [ [ 6-Erickson] ] . [ [ 7-Yim-Baclawski-Dean-Obrst] ]    (3AYG)
• [ Audio recording of the session] [ _:__:__ ; mp3 ; ___ MB ] ... (coming!)    (3AYH)
• [ transcript of the online chat] during the session ... (coming!)    (3AYI)
• Additional Resources    (3AYJ)

Conference Call Details    (3AYK)

• Date: Thursday, 17-May-2012    (3AYL)
• Start Time: 9:30am PDT / 12:30pm EDT / 6:30pm CEST / 5:30pm BST / 16:30 UTC    (3AYM)
  • ref: World Clock    (3AYN)
  • we will be starting promptly, so, please dial-in 5 minutes prior to the scheduled start-time!    (3BBG)
• Expected Call Duration: ~2.0 hours    (3AYO)

• Dial-in:    (3AYP)
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• Shared-screen support (VNC session), if applicable, will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/    (3AYV)
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• In-session chat-room url: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/ontolog_20120517    (3AYZ)
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• Discussions and Q & A:    (3AZ3)
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• Please review our Virtual Session Tips and Ground Rules - see: VirtualSpeakerSessionTips    (3AZ8)

• RSVP to peter.yim@cim3.com appreciated, ... or simply just by adding yourself to the "Expected Attendee" list below (if you are a member of the team.)    (3AZ9)

• 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?ConferenceCall_2012_05_17    (3AZA)

• 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.    (3AZB)

Attendees    (3AZC)

• Attended:    (3AZD)
  • ...    (3AZE)

• Expecting:    (3AZF)
  • GeorgeThomas (co-chair)    (3AZG)
  • JesseWang (co-chair)    (3AZH)
  • PeterYim (co-chair)    (3AZI)
  • JoelNatividad    (3AZJ)
  • WilSmith    (3BBH)
  • StephenLarson    (3B52)
  • JonWeers    (3BBI)
  • BernadetteHyland    (3AZM)
  • JohnErickson    (3BBJ)
  • KenBaclawski    (3B2R)
  • MikeDean    (3B53)
  • LeoObrst    (3B54)
  • JeanneHolm    (3AZO)
  • ChrisMusialek    (3AZP)
  • AndrewNicklin    (3AZQ)
  • SamiBaig    (3AZR)
  • JoanneLuciano    (3B1H)
  • ShivaSaberi    (3B1W)
  • MarthaPrzysucha    (3B2F)
  • LisaHartigan    (3B2L)
  • PaulenaMeyer    (3B5N)
  • TedThibodeauJr    (3B6G)
  • CharlesEngle    (3BBN)
  • FeliciaSweet    (3BBO)
  • AmandaVizedom    (3BC2)
  • BoNewman    (3BC4)
  • JohnGregory    (3BC5)
  • RaviSharma    (3BC9)
  • JackPark    (3BCA)
•    (3AZS)
  • (please add yourself to the list if you are a member of the community, or, rsvp to <peter.yim@cim3.com>)    (3AZT)

• Regrets:    (3AZU)
  • TimDarr    (3AZV)

Abstract:    (3AZW)

Implementing 'Big Open Data' in government through Open Collaboration - case examples and possibilities    (3AZX)

This is the second of two sessions jointly organized by the US federal data.gov initiative and Ontolog; with the support from NYC-open-data, SMWcon-Spring2012, and OOR.    (3AZY)

The two sessions on 'Big Open Data' follows quite naturally from a few very exciting recent events, notably:    (3AZZ)

• (a) the recent US federal government's thrust toward developing and leveraging 'Big Data'    (3B00)
• (b) the 3-month long OntologySummit2012 series of events that just finished a few weeks ago that was focused around the theme 'Ontology for Big Systems' and    (3B01)
• (c) New York City's award of their 'Big Apps 3.0' grand prize to NYCfacets (developed by a member of this community) and the City's 'open data' initiative that followed.    (3B02)

During today's session, we will look more closely on the technology and the implementation details that will make 'Big Open Data' work in government open data initiatives, and discuss how open collaborative community efforts can help.    (3B03)

Agenda:    (3B04)

Implementing 'Big Open Data' in government through Open Collaboration - case examples and possibilities    (3B05)

• Session Format: this is a virtual session conducted over an augmented conference call    (3B06)

• 1. Opening (chair) - GeorgeThomas [5~10 min.] ... [ slides ]    (3B07)
• 2. Panel briefings [10 min. each, unless otherwise specified]    (3B08)
  • JoelNatividad - "NYCFacets: Metadata, Extrametadata & Crowdknowing"    (3B09)
  • WilSmith -    (3B0A)
  • StephenLarson - "NeuroLex: A Semantic Wiki for Neuroscience"    (3B0B)
  • JonWeers -    (3BBK)
  • BernadetteHyland - "Using Linked Open Data to Managed Chronic Asthma and COPD"    (3B0C)
  • JohnErickson -    (3B0D)
  • PeterYim, KenBaclawski, MikeDean, LeoObrst - "Leveraging an OpenOntologyRepository"    (3B0E)
• 3. Panel discussion - reactions from the panelists [5~10 min.]    (3B0F)
• 4. Q & A and open discussion [All: ~10 min.] - (moderated by PeterYim) -- please refer to process above    (3B0G)
• 5. Wrap-up / Announcements - (chair)    (3B56)

Proceedings:    (3B0H)

Please refer to the above    (3B0I)

IM Chat Transcript captured during the session:    (3B0J)

 see raw transcript [ here].    (3B0K)

 (for better clarity, the version below is a [ re-organized and lightly edited chat-transcript].)
 Participants are welcome to make light edits to their own contributions as they see fit.    (3B0L)

 -- begin in-session chat-transcript --    (3B0M)

 -- end of in-session chat-transcript --    (3B0N)

... More Questions    (3B31)

• For those (who are members of the Ontolog community) who have further questions or remarks on the topic, please post them to the [ontolog-forum] so that everyone in the community can benefit from the discourse.    (3B32)
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Audio Recording of this Session    (3B0O)

• To download the [ recording of the session], click [ here]    (3B0P)
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• Conference Date and Time: 17-May-2012 9:36am~___am PDT    (3B0R)
• Duration of Recording: _ Hour __ Minutes    (3B0S)
• Recording File Size: ___ MB (in mp3 format)    (3B0T)
• suggestions:    (3B0U)
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Additional Resources:    (3B0X)

• the US federal Data.gov initiative - http://data.gov    (3B0Y)
• Cities.data.gov initiative - http://cities.data.gov    (3B0Z)
• The 'NYCfacets' app - http://nyc.pediacities.com/facets/    (3B10)
  • announcement on NYCFacets winning the Grand Prize at NYCBigApps 3.0    (3B11)
• NYC Open Data - http://nyc.gov/datastandards or http://nycopendata.pediacities.com/wiki/index.php/NYC_Open_Data    (3B12)
• webcast of the White House 'Big Data' event of 29-Mar-2012 - http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_videos.jsp?cntn_id=123607&media_id=72174    (3B13)
  • initiatives and related program solicitations highlighted during the above event can be found on the NSF press release at: http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123607    (3B14)
  • a presentation of the upcoming NITRD 'Big Data Challenge' at the 13-Apr-2012 OntologySummit2012_Symposium - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2012_Symposium#nid397A    (3B15)
• SMWcon-Spring2012 - http://smwcon.projecthalo.com/index.php/SMWCon_Spring_2012    (3B16)
• OpenOntologyRepository (OOR) - http://oor.net    (3B17)
• OntologySummit2012: "Ontology for Big Systems"    (3B1X)
  • read the OntologySummit2012_Communique - the collaboratively authored work product by the OntologySummit community that took 3 months in rigorous discourse to develop    (3B1Y)

• Last week's session - "Fostering 'Big Open Data' in government through Open Collaboration" - ConferenceCall_2012_05_10    (3B18)

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For the record ...    (3B19)

How To Join (while the session is in progress)    (3B1A)

• 1. Call in from a phone or from skype: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2012_05_17#nid3AYP    (3B1B)
• 2. Open chat in a new browser window: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/summit_20120517    (3B1C)
• 3. Download presentations for each speaker here: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2012_05_17#nid3AYF    (3B1D)
  • or, 3.1 (access our shared-screen vnc server, if you are not behind a corporate firewall)    (3B1E)