ppy/oor_chat-transcript_20111122b.txt


Chat transcript from room: oor_20111122
2011-11-22 GMT-08:00

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[08:28] PeterYim: Welcome to the

 = OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Development Workshop-VI - Tue 2011_11_22 = 

This is our "Getting OOR Development Going - Take VI" workshop which we will devote to the topic of how we should be organized to getting real OOR-related open source software development work going ... (2Z0X) 

Topic: "Getting OOR Development Going - Take VI" 
Session Chair: MikeDean 

Session page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_11_22

 == Proceedings: ==

[08:36] anonymous morphed into Brian Davis

[08:52] PeterYim: === Please list reasons when OOR-dev is being held back ===

[08:52] MikeDean: issues: limited (or no) time and funding

[08:52] ToddSchneider: What to code or fix.

[08:52] MikeDean: issues: architectural uncertainty (being resolved)

[08:53] MichaelGruninger: the current implementation restricts ontologies to be specified in OWL

[08:54] PeterYim: being a totally volunteered project does present a challenge

[08:54] MikeDean: issues: platform distribution/installation changes (being resolved)

[09:27] PeterYim: === please list issues we should discuss at the Nov-29 joint NCBO-OOR session ===

[09:27] MikeDean: status of export/import/upgrade process for NCBO appliance

[09:28] MikeDean: availability of Java, Ruby, or other client stubs for invoking BioPortal REST services

[09:32] ToddSchneider: BioPortal's Roadmap or priorities

[09:33] PeterYim: clearly identify functionalities that either the NCBO or the OOR development team will be pursuing

[09:35] MikeDean: federation (BBN is happy to contribute their earlier code)

[09:44] MikeDean: which specific "WebTools" package(s) is PaulAlexander using

[09:44] PeterYim: I would still hope aligning architecture and API and creating synergies would still be the main focus for that session

[09:28] PeterYim: @Todd - Ray's email address is "Ray Fergerson" <ray.fergerson-at-stanford.edu>

[09:29] MikeDean: NCBO top level project: https://bmir-gforge.stanford.edu/gf/project/ncbo/NCBO

[09:31] MikeDean: Click on BioPortal 2.0 Core and then SVN. You can browse from there or click Access info to checkout (anonymous is sufficient).

[09:43] PeterYim: [action] Peter to start a Nov-29 preparation email thread with Ken, Todd, Ray et al. to tie down the agenda for the 11/29 session

[09:54] PeterYim: next 3 OOR meetings: - (i) Nov-29: Joint OOR-NCBO Architecture-API & Synergies , (ii) Dec-6: regular OOR-Team planning meeting, (iii) Dec-13: OOR-metadata workshop take-V

[09:55] PeterYim: [action] Brian will post wiki link to HarldSolbrig's metadata cross-walk work ... and Michael will invite Harold to present that work on Dec-13 for us

[09:55] PeterYim: - session ended: 9:51am PST --