Thank you for the input, Carl. (01)
You haven't missed the session yet (as it won't start for another 1:45
hours yet). I'll put your regrets in and hope you'll catch up on it
from the arvhives afterwards. (02)
Enjoy your trip! =ppy
-- (03)
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:59 AM, <creed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sorry I missed the call - am in Europe. The OGC uses UoMs as defined in
> UCUM. By extensions, UCUM is now referenced in several ISO standards as a
> number of OGC standards are also now ISO standards.
>
> Carl Reed
> OGC (04)
>> Re: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2009_09_24
>>
>>
>> = *REMINDER* =
>>
>>
>> Coming up tomorrow (Thursday, 24-Sep-2009) will be our second UoM
>> virtual panel session.
>>
>> Dr. Frank Olken (NSF) & Mr. David Price (Eurostep) will be co-chairing
>> the session, which is entitled: "Strawman for a UoM Ontology
>> Standard." On the panel, we will be having Dr. James "Chip" Masters to
>> talk about the "QUDT: An OWL Ontology for Measurable Quantities,
>> Units, Dimension Systems, and Dimensional Data Types", Dr. Gunther
>> Schadow to tell us about the "UCUM: Unified Code for Units of
>> Measure", Mr. David Leal to bring forth "A Strawman UML Model for our
>> UoM_Ontology_Standard" and Mr. Ed Barkmeyer to help take inventory on
>> the "State of the UoM_Ontology_Standard Initiative."
>>
>> We want to use this session to help identify where this initiative
>> stands now, and what else needs to be done to move our
>> UoM_Ontology_Standard effort forward.
>>
>> As announced earlier, we have also planned a face-to-face workshop for
>> Fri 30-Oct-2009, at NSF (Arlington, Virginia, USA) in the hope that we
>> will be closer to drafting up a candidate standard which we can then
>> move over to a proper SDO (standards development organization)
>> setting, and work that towards adoption. We hope participants in this
>> session will contribute to identifying the process, players and the
>> work plan (especially between now and end October,) to help make our
>> "Quantities and Units of Measure Ontology-based Standard" a reality.
>>
>> If you are part of the UoM_Ontology_Standard team, or are among those
>> who realizes the importance of this effort and want to track its
>> progress, and make a difference on how it should progress, please make
>> sure you come join us tomorrow.
>>
>> *RSVP now*, if you haven't already! ... Kindly add your own name to
>> our expected attendees list (if you are already a member of the
>> Ontolog or the UoM community), or rsvp by email (with your name and
>> affiliation) to <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> to register your attendance.
>>
>>
>> *Conference Call Details*:
>>
>> * Date: Thursday, 24-Sep-2009
>> * Start Time:
>> 10:30am PDT / 1:30pm EDT / 6:30pm CEST / 6:30pm BST / 17:30 UTC
>> o see world clock -
>>
>http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=9&day=24&year=2009&hour=10&min=30&sec=0&p1=224
>>
>> * Expected Call Duration: 2.0~2.5 hours
>> * Dial-in Numbers:
>> o When calling in from a phone, use Conference ID: "4389979#"
>> o from a US telephone (US): +1-218-844-8060
>> o from Europe, call:
>> + UK 0844-581-9148
>> + France 0826-100-280
>> + Germany 01805-00-7642
>> + Italy 848-390-179
>> + ... (more dial-in numbers for the EU available; see session page)
>>
>> Please refer to full agenda and details (including dial-in numbers for
>> more European countries) at the session wiki page
>> at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2009_09_24
>>
>> This event, like all Ontolog virtual events, is open and free of
>> charge. Anyone who is interested, or (better still) who may have
>> something to contribute, is welcome. Please refer to event details on
>> the session page, to which the hyperlink is given at the top of this
>> message, where you will find session agenda, conference call dial-in,
>> slides and other pertinent information. Feel free to pass this
>> invitation along to colleagues who may also find this session to be of
>> interest. ... The session will be presented in the format of an
>> augmented conference call (similar to other Ontolog virtual events);
>> you will only need a phone and Internet access to participate.
>>
>> *RSVP* by emailing both Peter Yim at <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>offline (or
>> add yourself directly to the session page if you are already an
>> Ontolog or OOR community member) so that we can prepare enough
>> resources to support everyone, and to avoid unnecessary delays during
>> the roll call process. ... RSVP now, if you haven't already!
>>
>> This session will be recorded and made available in a publicly
>> accessible archive. Therefore, before participating, please make sure
>> you are cognizant of our IPR policy (ref:
>> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32).
>>
>>
>> Regards. =ppy
>>
>> for and on behalf of the organizers
>> David Price
>> Ed Barkmeyer
>> Frank Olken
>> Howard Mason
>> Peter Yim
>> Steve Ray
>> -- (05)
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:25 PM
>> Subject: Moving Forward on the UoM Standard Ontology initiative - 2
>> upcoming events - Thu 2009.09.24 & Fri 2009.10.30
>> To: uom-ontology-std <uom-ontology-std@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>> Prompted by the active input and contribution from this community, a
>> few of us got together (see:
>>
>http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UoM_Ontology_Standard/GettingOrganized#nid20ZU
>> ) earlier today to see what we could be doing to move the effort
>> forward. I am happy to announce that the following two events have
>> been scheduled:
>>
>> 1. A *virtual panel discussion* session to be held on *Thursday
>> 24-Sep-2009* to (a) hear presentations of pertinent work that we
>> haven't yet had the chance to, (b) take inventory of, and synthesize
>> on what has transpired so far, (c) review possible strawman UoM
>> ontology(ies) that could result, (d) possibly put together an
>> ontology development working group, and (e) discuss how we could/would
>> want to move forward. Please mark your calendars, and track this event
>> from the the developing session page
>> at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2009_09_24
>>
>> 2. A *full-day face-to-face workshop* for developers (the working
>> group) of our "UoM Standard Ontology" (and those in the community who
>> would want to join us as observers of the process) will be held on
>> *Friday 30-Oct-2009*. The plan is to do this at NSF (Arlington,
>> Virginia, US; near the Greater Washington DC Ballston Metro Station).
>> Note that this date is immediately after ISWC 2009 (which will have
>> ended on the afternoon of Thursday 19-Oct-2009 at Chantilly, Virgina,
>> US ... i.e. also in the Greater Washington DC Area). We wanted to
>> rush this announcement out so that folks who are planning to be at
>> ISWC 2009 (for which early registration is closing in two days - see:
>> http://iswc2009.semanticweb.org/ &
>>
>https://ww2.eventrebels.com/er/Registration/StepRegInfo.jsp?ActivityID=4116&StepNumber=1
>> ) and then join us at this workshop afterwards can plan their trip and
>> accommodations accordingly. ... Again, please mark your calendars, and
>> track this event from the developing session page
>> at:
>>
>http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UoM_Ontology_Standard/Workshop_2009_10_30
>>
>> ... Further ideas, suggestions and comments to the above planned
>> events (or to the entire initiative) are always welcome.
>>
>>
>> Thanks & regards. =ppy
>> --
>>
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