On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Nancy Wiegand <
wiegand@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Question for Leo and Krishna in #3.
>
> 1. The title that I found somewhere for this session (I can't remember
> where) was:
> Moving Forward with Semantics for Earth Science Data
> 2. The abstract is:
> This last session in the Earth Science mini-series discusses building blocks
> for EarthCube and then presents tutorials on ontologies and GeoSPARQL. At
> the end, the series is summarized with some discussion on next steps in
> working toward semantics for Earth Science data.
> 3. Krishna and Leo -- Should I skip those few slides I made since the
> architecture diagram has changed again and also to give Leo more time?
> Either way is fine with me.
> Nancy
> On 12/6/2012 7:43 PM, Peter Yim wrote:
>
> Thanks a million, Leo. Really appreciate it.
> This initial input has now been posted to the session page:
>
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2012_12_12#nid3IXV>
> ... still awaiting your input, Nancy, Mike & Krishna.
>
> Regards. =ppy
> --
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Obrst, Leo J. <
lobrst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ok, in the meantime, here is a placeholder:
>
> Title: Looking Back at the Earth Science - Ontolog mini-series: What Did We
> Accomplish and Where are We Now?
>
> Abstract: The Earth Science - Ontolog mini-series focused on the current
> status and application of multi-level ontologies towards developing a
> semantically enabled cyberinfrastructure for the Earth Science Community
> (
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?EarthScienceOntolog#nid3CWC). We
> had five sessions in the series, of which this is the final. We addressed
> the value proposition for ontologies and Earth Science, looked at ontology
> development and application for the full lifecycle of Earth Science,
> addressed the deep topic of semantic interoperability and data integration
> for Earth Science, reviewed some of the Earth Science ontologies currently
> available or being worked, and, in this last session, have provided some
> tutorials and overviews for the Earth Science and its ontology-supporting
> community. We end with some prospective next steps.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Obrst, Leo J.
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 8:17 PM
> To: 'Peter Yim'; A.K. Sinha; Nancy Wiegand; Mike Dean
> Subject: RE: last mini-series session (5) - Wed 2012.12.12 - preparation
>
> Krishna,
>
> Do you want to submit a title and preliminary abstract?
>
> Thanks,
> Leo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
peter.yim@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:
peter.yim@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Peter Yim
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 8:11 PM
> To: Obrst, Leo J.; A.K. Sinha; Nancy Wiegand; Mike Dean
> Cc: Peter Yim
> Subject: Re: last mini-series session (5) - Wed 2012.12.12 - preparation
>
> Got it ... No problem, Leo (know you guys are busy.)
>
> That's on the session page now - see:
>
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-
> bin/
wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2012_12_12#nid3IXR>
> Still need a title (if any) for the mini-series wrap-up talk by you
> and Krishna ... plus, of course, the titles and abstracts of Krishna
> and Nancy's talks too, as well as Nancy+Mike's final session title and
> abstract.
>
> Regards. =ppy
> --
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Obrst, Leo J. <
lobrst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Sorry, Peter, swamped.
>
> Title: Semantic Technology: A Tutorial
> Abstract:
> This short tutorial is an introduction to semantic technologies,
>
> ontologies,
>
> and OWL. The focus is on the contributions of semantic technologies and
> ontologies in particular to solving real information technology problems.
>
> The
>
> tutorial does not presuppose any previous detailed technical background in
> these topics, but a general technical background in information technology
>
> is
>
> assumed.
>
> Folks, I have very limited time, given my all-day tutorial next Tues that I
>
> am
>
> still working, along with other pressing work. So I may submit my final
> briefing Wed AM.
>
> Thanks,
> Leo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
peter.yim@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:
peter.yim@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Peter Yim
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 7:52 PM
> To: Obrst, Leo J.; A.K. Sinha; Nancy Wiegand; Mike Dean
> Cc: Peter Yim
> Subject: Re: last mini-series session (5) - Wed 2012.12.12 - preparation
>
> Leo, Krishna, Nancy (& Mike) ...
>
> One more time, I need (at the least) talk/session titles from you
> guys, urgently!
>
> * Nancy and Mike - session title and abstract
> * Krishna - talk-1 title and abstract
> * Nancy - talk-2 title and abstract
> * Leo - talk-3 title and abstract
>
> Without them, I can't even announce the event yet.
>
> Can you provide that now, if you please.
>
> Thanks. =ppy
> --
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Obrst, Leo J. <
lobrst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Sorry, Krishna, I didn't get back until about 4 pm (I never know when
>
> I'll
>
> be available after project interaction). Unfortunately, I don't have a lot
> of time.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Leo
>
> From: Obrst, Leo J.
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 4:05 PM
> To: 'A.K. Sinha'; Peter Yim
> Cc: Nancy Wiegand; Mike Dean; Dave Kolas; EarthScienceOntolog Mini-
>
> series
>
> Planning
> Subject: RE: last mini-series session (5) - Wed 2012.12.12 - preparation
>
>
>
> Krishna,
>
>
>
> I will be off-site tomorrow morning until probably 1-2 pm. Maybe after
>
> 2
>
> pm?
>
> I'm also preparing a day-long tutorial for next Tuesday, so am short on
> time. I'll update the tutorial a bit like Mike has suggested (I have the
> material, just didn't know whether it fit for ½ hr). Also, I suggest Dave
> introduce SPARQL; that way I don't have to.
>
>
>
> Also, Krishna, it might be best, if you have the time, to prepare a first
> draft of the summary slides, then I can chime in.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Leo
>
> From: A.K. Sinha [mailto:
pitlab@xxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 9:36 AM
> To: Peter Yim
> Cc: Nancy Wiegand; Mike Dean; Dave Kolas; Obrst, Leo J.;
>
> EarthScienceOntolog
>
> Mini-series Planning
> Subject: Re: last mini-series session (5) - Wed 2012.12.12 - preparation
>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am back from my travels and will get all the info. for my talk done by
> this weekend. It has the makings of a a very nice finale. Leo, lets plan
>
> our
>
> summary activities tomorrow
>
> Have not heard from Cliff Jacobs as yet.
>
> Krishna
>
> at 2:21 PM, Peter Yim <
peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thank you, Nancy. That looks like a wonderful program.
>
> (Just want to make sure) Given the time slots you have assigned, are
> you planning to do away with the open Q+A and discussion (for
>
> previous
>
> events, that segment have always been quite productive, and highly
> appreciated) in favor of giving the speakers a more time to present?
> (If not, you might have to cut down the speaking time slots.) Please
> confirm, Nancy
>
> Will everyone (below*) please get me the titles and abstracts before
> cob next Mon (Dec-3), and make a note that slides** are due cob Mon
> Dec-10. (**slides to be in pdf format, all slides numbered, and
> metadata populated - see:
>
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi->
> bin/
wiki.pl?VirtualSpeakerSessionTips#nidBMG
>
> * Nancy and Mike - session title and abstract
> * Krishna - talk-1 title and abstract
> * Nancy - talk-2 title and abstract
> * Leo - talk-3 title and abstract
> * Dave - talk-4 title and abstract (please also check/edit your
> namesake page at -
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?DaveKolas>
> )
>
> * Leo and Krishna - mini-series wrap-up segment abstract and plan ...
> including the (NSF) guest speaker name/role/bio.
>
> Repeating Leo's solicitation [attn: all on the mini-series organizing
> committee]
>
> For next steps, we invite suggestions and slides.
>
> I shall look forward to a great finale of this mini-series. Thanks to
> all who are contributing to it!
>
>
> Best regards. =ppy
> --
>
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Obrst, Leo J. <
lobrst@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> wrote:
>
> Nancy, some comments below.
>
> Thanks,
> Leo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Wiegand [mailto:
wiegand@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 11:49 AM
> To: Peter Yim
> Cc: Obrst, Leo J.; A.K. Sinha; Mike Dean; Dave Kolas; gary Berg-Cross;
>
wiegand@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: last mini-series
>
> OK, according to Peter's delineation:
>
> Session A - (about 1 1/2 hours) Again, this could change if anyone
>
> wants:
>
> 1. Krishna goes first because his building blocks talk is general
> regarding all
> of EarthCube. He said his talk is about 15 min.
> 2. Then, because Krishna's talk doesn't focus on semantics, I could
>
> give
>
> a
>
> short transition talk (with the slides I sent yesterday) to bring the
> focus to
> semantics and also
> to transition between the general building blocks talk and the next 2
> talks,
> that is, to lead into Leo's talk on ontologies and Dave's talk on query
> languages (GeoSPARQL). (This could be 10 min.)
> 3. Then Leo gives a tutorial (check my mention of this on slide 6
>
> because
>
> I
> still don't know what the topic possibilities are here for what Leo will
> talk
> about. Everything should flow.) This could be 30 min.
>
> [Leo] Yes, I am open to suggestions. If the audience is considered very
> ontology-savvy, it will be different than an intro to ontologies to
> neophytes. I can't directly tie it to earth science, since I have no
> background in that, but could suggest approaches that might relate
>
> to
>
> that.
>
> 4. Then Dave talks on GeoSPARQL. This could be 30 min.
>
> Session B -(about 20 min.)
> Then there's the wrap-up by Leo and Krishna
> I put in a possible slide to be included in a wrap-up as to what's next.
> But,
> everyone's input is needed for that ahead of time.
>
> What is still needed:
> --I need to know from all of you if the above overall set-up is OK.
> --I need to know what Leo might talk about.
> --We all need to have an email exchange on what the wrap-up will be.
>
> I
>
> assume Leo and Krishna are going to summarize the mini-series. Is
>
> that
>
> right? But, we all need to formulate what we are going to do next
> regarding
> semantics in EC, e.g., have meetings, write proposals, go to the
>
> existing
>
> domain workshops, whatever.
>
> [Leo] Yes, Krishna and I will have a brief summary of the mini-series.
>
> For
>
> next steps, we invite suggestions and slides.
>
> Thank you,
> Nancy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Wiegand [mailto:
wiegand@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 11:49 AM
> To: Peter Yim
> Cc: Obrst, Leo J.; A.K. Sinha; Mike Dean; Dave Kolas; gary Berg-Cross;
>
wiegand@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: last mini-series
>
> OK, according to Peter's delineation:
>
> Session A - (about 1 1/2 hours) Again, this could change if anyone
>
> wants:
>
> 1. Krishna goes first because his building blocks talk is general
> regarding all of EarthCube. He said his talk is about 15 min.
> 2. Then, because Krishna's talk doesn't focus on semantics, I could
> give a short transition talk (with the slides I sent yesterday) to
> bring the focus to semantics and also
> to transition between the general building blocks talk and the next 2
> talks, that is, to lead into Leo's talk on ontologies and Dave's talk
> on query languages (GeoSPARQL). (This could be 10 min.)
> 3. Then Leo gives a tutorial (check my mention of this on slide 6
> because I still don't know what the topic possibilities are here for
> what Leo will talk about. Everything should flow.) This could be 30
> min.
> 4. Then Dave talks on GeoSPARQL. This could be 30 min.
>
> Session B -(about 20 min.)
> Then there's the wrap-up by Leo and Krishna
> I put in a possible slide to be included in a wrap-up as to what's
> next. But, everyone's input is needed for that ahead of time.
>
> What is still needed:
> --I need to know from all of you if the above overall set-up is OK.
> --I need to know what Leo might talk about.
> --We all need to have an email exchange on what the wrap-up will be. I
> assume Leo and Krishna are going to summarize the mini-series. Is that
> right? But, we all need to formulate what we are going to do next
> regarding semantics in EC, e.g., have meetings, write proposals, go to
> the existing domain workshops, whatever.
>
> Thank you,
> Nancy
>
>
>
