OpenOntologyRepository: "OOR Funding" Workshop-II - Tue 2012_08_21 (3DXR)
Topic: "Rethinking our Funding Strategy" - Brainstorm Session (3DXS)
Session Chair: KenBaclawski (Northeastern University) (3DXT)
- Abstract (3E9D)
- Agenda (3E9E)
- Prepared [ slides] (3E9F)
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- [ transcript of the online chat] during the session ... (coming!) (3E9H)
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Conference Call Details: (3E9J)
- Date: Tuesday, 21-Aug-2012 (3E9K)
- Start Time: 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 5:30pm CEST / 15:30 UTC (3E9L)
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Attendees (3EA9)
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- KenBaclawski (chair) (3EAD)
- PeterYim (scribe) (3EAE)
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please insert any additional items below (along with your name for follow-up purposes) (3EAK)
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Abstract: (3EAM)
Topic: "Rethinking our Funding Strategy" - Brainstorm Session (3EAN)
While the core OOR team has kept the momentum on the Open Ontology Repository Initiative going ever since it begun in early 2008 (Big THANKS, Everyone!), the overall OOR initiative, has not had any funding even up to now, and had relied totally on volunteered effort. The progress on OOR could have been more expedient and predictable, if the entire initiative, and some of the core work, has some sort of funding to allow it to engage resources for getting things done when needed. (3EAO)
This is a renewed effort on getting OOR funded. KenBaclawski, who co-lead an earlier proposal effort (our response to NSF solicitation 07-601) will continue to provide leadership and help facilitate the process. (3EAP)
We will use this workshop to strategize and brainstorm on how we should approach this very important question going forward. (3EAQ)
The plan for this session is to use the time of this session as fairly open discussion on the issue. There will not be formal presentations. The chair will try to help focus our discussion. (3EAR)
Resources: (3EBA)
- The OpenOntologyRepository Initiative - http://www.oor.net (3EBB)
- Index page to the various OOR instances - http://oor.net (3EBC)
- Earlier OOR Funding efforts (3EBD)
- response to solicitation - nsf07601 & nsf-08575 (3EBE)
- OpenOntologyRepository_Proposal/Nsf_07601 ... (open) (3EBF)
- http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-nsf07601/ ... (proposal team-only) (3EBG)
- http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/community/project/OOR/nsf07601/ ... (proposal team-only) (3EBH)
- response to solicitation nsf08575 - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_11_14#nid1OLT (3EBI)
- response to solicitation - nsf07601 & nsf-08575 (3EBE)
Agenda: (3EAS)
Session Format: this is a virtual session conducted over an augmented conference call (3EAU)
- 1. Opening - chair (3EAV)
- 2. Framing the issues - chair (3EAW)
- 3. Q & A and open discussion [ All ] (3EAX)
- 4. Summary / Next steps / Announcements - (chair) (3EAY)
Proceedings: (3EAZ)
Please refer to the above (3EB0)
IM Chat Transcript captured during the session: (3EB1)
see raw transcript [ here]. (3EB2)
(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. (3EB3)
-- begin in-session chat-transcript -- (3EB4)
-- end of in-session chat-transcript -- (3EB5)
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4.1 Action items: (3EBK)
- ... (3EBL)
4.2 Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn: (3EBM)
- Next Meetings: (3EBN)
- Note: no OOR meeting (next week) on Tue 2012_08_28 (3EBO)
- 2012_09_04 - Tuesday: regular monthly OOR Project Team Member Conference Call - OOR/ConferenceCall_2012_09_04 (3EBP)
- 2012_09_11 - Tuesday: OOR Architecture & API Workshop-XIII: "Enumerating OOR Use Cases" - Co-chairs: KenBaclawski & ToddSchneider - OOR/ConferenceCall_2012_09_11 (3EBQ)
- 2012_09_18 - OOR Content Workshop-IV: "Capturing FOIS Ontology Content" - Co-chair: MichaelGruninger & MikeDean - OOR/ConferenceCall_2012_09_18 (3EBR)
- ... please mark your calendars and come to these events! (3EBS)
- Call adjourned at: ___ am PDT (3EBU)
-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2012.08.21-___am PDT All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings. (3EBT)