[ontolog] Member Conference Call - Thu 2004-08-19 (2WL)
Conference Call Details (2WM)
- Subject: [ontolog] member conference call Thu 2004-08-19 (2WN)
- Agenda Comments: (2WO)
- ... build rapport; ... sync up; ... distribute, assign or arbitrate virtual ownership of tasks; ... and use it to deal with emergencies. ... plus, member suggested agenda items. (2WP)
- please post any suggested agenda items to the call wiki page and upload any material to be shared to the list, to the wiki or by WebDAV upload prior to the meeting (2WQ)
- VNC session (if needed) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/ (2WR)
- Wiki page for this call is at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2004_08_19 (2WU)
- Date: Thursday, August 19, 2004 (2WV)
- Start Time: 10:30 AM Pacific Standard Time (2WW)
- End Time: 11:55 AM Pacific Standard Time (2WX)
- Dial-in Number: 1-702-851-3330 (Las Vegas, Nevada) (2WY)
- Participant Access Code: "0686564#" (2WZ)
Attendees (2X0)
- Attended: (2X1)
- Expecting: (2XC)
Agenda Ideas (2XJ)
- Do some of us want to jointly make an entry for the Semantic Web Challenge 2004 (2XK)
- see LeoObrst's post and http://challenge.semanticweb.org/ (2XL)
- Ontolog's representation at the 9/8/04 "2nd Semantic Technology for eGov Conference" Executive Briefing Panel (2XM)
- discussion from last week's SICoP-Ontolog Joint Call at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2004_08_12#nid074 (2XN)
- Panel organizer, RalphHodgson is looking for ontolog to represent a "connector" role its playing between the ebusiness standards and the semantic technologies communities. Ralph will be joining us at the call to discuss this. (--ppy/2004.08.18_11:00am_PST) (2XO)
- I suggest we select our representative to sit on the panel based on: (--ppy/2004.08.18_11:00am_PST) (2XP)
- availability and willingness of the member (2XQ)
- the candidate's seniority (how long a person has been with the community actively) (2XR)
- how well the candidate knows the ontolog people and its story (those who had been at our 2 face-to-face workshops will have an advantage) (2XS)
- the candidate's contribution to the community (those who are participating in current projects will have an advantage) (2XT)
- Participating in the Federal Health Architecture work (2XU)
- discussion from last week's SICoP-Ontolog Joint Call at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2004_08_12#nid071 (2XV)
Agenda & Proceedings (2XW)
1) Welcome & confirmation of agenda (2XX)
- KurtConrad took the chair and welcomed everyone. (2XY)
2) Appointment of secretary to take minutes (2XZ)
3) Roll-call of participants (2Y1)
4) Upcoming / Standing meeting schedule (this & next month) (2Y3)
- suggested focus (on a monthly basis): (2Y4)
- Ontolog speakers for the next few months (follow-up by) (2Y9)
- MichaelGruninger - September 2004, Thu 2004-09-16 - confirmed (EvanWallace) (2YA)
- ChrisMenzel - October 2004, date? (AdamPease) (2YB)
- ChrisWelty - status? (BillMcCarthy) (2YC)
- MarkMusen - December 9, 2004 (PeterYim) (2YD)
- Bill mentioned that there will be a big Ontology conference in Turin, Italy first week of Nov. 2004. (2YE)
- Possibility of a f2f workshop first week of December 2004 in Northern California -- start thinking (2YF)
- Inted to show up: BobSmith, KurtConrad, AdamPease, PeterYim, ...(please sign up)... (2YG)
5) Communications, logistics, & work protocols issues (2YH)
- reiteration of the process to start a new project. (2YI)
- with default to the OASIS TC process as a reference - see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?HomePage#nid047 (2YJ)
- please also note IPR mandate: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?HomePage#nid036 (2YK)
6) Status CCT-Represenation and UBL-Ontology project work (2YL)
- Requirements issues (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseCases) (2YM)
- Formalization issues (2YN)
- Status (2YO)
8) Status of Protege-KIF project work (2YS)
- Pat will rewrite the program for Protege 2.1, but this probably will only be able to start after the 9/9/04 Semantic Technology conference (2YT)
9) Follow-ups from previous calls (2YX)
- Ontolog's representation at the 9/8/04 "2nd Semantic Technology for eGov Conference" Executive Briefing Panel - 2:45~4pm (formal) and 4~5pm (informal) (2YY)
- discussion from last week's SICoP-Ontolog Joint Call at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2004_08_12#nid074 (2YZ)
- Panel organizer, RalphHodgson is looking for ontolog to represent a "connector" role its playing between the ebusiness standards and the semantic technologies communities. (2Z0)
- I suggest we select our representative to sit on the panel based on: (--ppy/2004.08.18_11:00am_PST) (2Z1)
- availability and willingness of the member (2Z2)
- the candidate's seniority (how long a person has been with the community actively) (2Z3)
- how well the candidate knows the ontolog people and its story (those who had been at our 2 face-to-face workshops will have an advantage) (2Z4)
- the candidate's contribution to the community (those who are participating in current projects will have an advantage) (2Z5)
- The meeting concludes that BillMcCarthy will be our representative; PatCassidy (and possibly BoNewman or AdrianWalker) will be backup (2Z6)
- Susan: Here's the url to the event: http://www.topquadrant.com/conferences/sept8_2004/stgov04.htm (2Z7)
- Susan will also propose to the organizer to make available remote attendance to the Conference (2Z8)
- Peter/CIM3 indicated that they will be happy to host the remote attendance infrastructure support (2Z9)
- Participating in the Federal Health Architecture work (2ZD)
- discussion from last week's SICoP-Ontolog Joint Call at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2004_08_12#nid071 (2ZE)
- (2ZF)
- Peter: no report, probably until after the 8/26 meeting (Interoperability Working Group) that Susan will try to get Peter into. (their next meeting will be on 9/16) (2ZG)
- (2ZK)
- Susan: VHA (Peter Groen) has a host of IP sharing activities. See: (2ZL)
- http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ExpeditionWorkshop/HarvestingBestPracticesUsingCommunitiesofPracticeEA_2004_08_17#nid1QX (2ZM)
- will try to work up a meeting with VA leadership that would include Peter Groen / Marc Wine, VHA, NIST, EPA, GSA and Ontolog representation some time in Sept.2004 (2ZN)
- see VHA background at: http://www1.va.gov/vhaitsharing/ (2ZO)
- Susan: VHA (Peter Groen) has a host of IP sharing activities. See: (2ZL)
10) Sponsorship and funding (2ZS)
- no discussion. item postponed (2ZT)
11) Other business (2ZU)
- Do some of us want to jointly make an entry for the Semantic Web Challenge 2004 (2ZV)
- see LeoObrst's post and http://challenge.semanticweb.org/ (2ZW)
- The general impression is that we are not doing anything that would fit well into what the organizers are looking for. As such, it was decided that we'll pass on the opportunity. (2ZX)
12) Next meeting date and adjourn (2ZY)
- same time next week - Thu 2004.08.26 10:30~11:30am PDT / 1:30~12:30pm EDT (2ZZ)
- Peter will be attending the FHA meeting at the same time, so he will not be here. Kurt will be running the meeting next week (as usual). (300)
- call adjourned 11:39am PDT / 2:39pm EDT (301)
-- minutes captured in real time on this wiki by PeterYim ppy / 2004.08.1_11:43_PDT (302)