ConferenceCall 2004 09 02

[ontolog] Member Conference Call - Thu 2004-09-02    (32D)

Conference Call Details    (32E)

• Subject: [ontolog] member conference call Thu 2004-09-02    (32F)

• Agenda Comments:    (32G)
  • ... build rapport; ... sync up; ... distribute, assign or arbitrate virtual ownership of tasks; ... and use it to deal with emergencies. ... plus, member suggested agenda items.    (32H)
  • 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    (32I)
  • VNC session (if needed) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/    (32J)
    • view-only password: "ontolog"    (32K)
    • view-and-control pw: to be supplied during session as needed    (32L)
  • Wiki page for this call is at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2004_09_02    (32M)
• Date: Thursday, Sep. 02, 2004    (32N)
• Start Time: 10:30 AM Pacific Standard Time    (32O)
• End Time: 11:55 AM Pacific Standard Time    (32P)
• Dial-in Number: 1-702-851-3330 (Las Vegas, Nevada)    (32Q)
• Participant Access Code: "0686564#"    (32R)

Attendees    (32S)

• Attended:    (32T)
  • PeterYim    (32U)
  • MonicaMartin (can only attend partially)    (32V)
  • BobSmith    (32W)
  • PatCassidy    (32X)

• Expecting:    (32Y)

• Regrets:    (32Z)
  • AlanStitzer (due to hurricane Frances)    (330)
  • SusanTurnbull (meeting conflict)    (331)
  • KurtConrad (phone system won't let me in 2004.09.02 12:02)    (332)

Agenda Ideas    (333)

• suggest we skip the regular call next week, reason below. (--ppy/2004.09.01)    (334)
  • members encouraged to participate (physically or vitrually) at the 2nd Semantic Technology for eGov Conference (Wed & Thu 2004.09.08~09)    (335)

Agenda & Proceedings    (336)

1) Welcome & confirmation of agenda    (337)

• BobSmith took the chair and welcomed everyone.    (338)

2) Appointment of secretary to take minutes    (339)

• PeterYim volunteered    (33A)

3) Roll-call of participants    (33B)

• see above    (33C)

4) Upcoming / Standing meeting schedule (this & next month)    (33D)

• suggested focus (on a monthly basis):    (33E)
  • Week 1: Continue planning work    (33F)
  • Week 2: Guest speaker    (33G)
  • Week 3: Project review    (33H)
  • Week 4: Workshop    (33I)

• Ontolog speakers for the next few months (follow-up by)    (33J)
  • MichaelGruninger - September 2004, Thu 2004-09-16 - confirmed (EvanWallace)    (33K)
    • Peter waiting Michael for his talk title and abstract    (33L)
  • ChrisMenzel - October 2004, date? (AdamPease)    (33M)
  • ChrisWelty - status? (BillMcCarthy)    (33N)
  • MarkMusen - December 9, 2004 - confirmed (PeterYim)    (33O)

5) Communications, logistics, & work protocols issues    (33P)

• no discussion on this item    (33Q)

6) Follow-ups from previous calls    (33R)

• updates from the 2004.08.26 FHA (Federal Health Architecture) meeting    (33S)
  • Susan was at the meeting    (33T)
  • Brand and Lee Jones will be meeting, and    (33U)
    • we should wait after that meeting to advance to the next step (i.e. getting onto the FHA meeting agenda for Ontolog to present our case.)    (33V)

7) Status CCT-Representation and UBL-Ontology project work    (33W)

• [CCT-Rep] status report    (33X)
• Requirements issues (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseCases)    (33Y)
• Formalization issues    (33Z)
• UBL Liaison update    (340)

8) Status of Protege-KIF project work    (341)

• no new development    (342)
• The import program is ready    (343)
  • if [cct-ont] has new KIF code, Pat is ready to import them.    (344)

9) New project proposals    (345)

• "Ontolog Review of Books"    (346)
  • idea started by BobSmith (on Monica's comment about trying to catch up)    (347)
  • PatCassidy suggested the project title    (348)
  • Peter suggests building from and promoting the use of our RecommendedReading page in the process    (349)
  • Peter: let's work with the OASIS TC process.    (34A)
    • Get 3 people, draft a charter, and specify a time for a kick-off meeting ...    (34B)

10) Sponsorship and funding    (34C)

• we should work on "cost of ignorance"    (34D)
  • Pat looking for more info ref a Gartner quote that says billions are wasted for lack of semantic interoperability    (34E)
    • Bob will try to help    (34F)

• we also need case studies, which gives economic benefits on using ontologies    (34G)

• Bob: maybe we should spend one session just on these    (34H)

11) Other business    (34I)

• 2nd "Semantic Technologies for E-Government" Conference next week - Wed & Thu 2004.09.08~09    (34J)
  • program & details (including remote participation), see: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/wiki.pl?SICoP/SICoPConference_2004_09_08    (34K)
  • note that registration will close on Fri 2004.09.03. Last chance, if you plan to be there and haven't yet registered. Goto http://www.topquadrant.com/conferences/sept8_2004/stgov04.htm#Registration    (34L)

• Bob: Semantic Annotation Conference in Japan    (34M)

• Business Process related work of interest    (34N)
  • PSL - ref. MichaelGruninger's talk coming up 2004.09.16    (34O)
  • Dieter Jenz recently published CCTS ontology, which forms a component of their Business Process Management Ontology - see: http://lists.ebxml.org/archives/ebxml-dev/200407/msg00205.html    (34P)
  • original work on Language Action Perspective from Flores, Winograd and Action Technologies. see: http://www.actiontech.com/about_us/Chronology.html    (34Q)

12) Next meeting date and adjourn    (34R)

• next call will be on Sep. 16, 2004, with MichaelGruninger speaking.    (34S)

• call adjourned 11:28 am PDT    (34T)

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 minutes captured in real time on this wiki by PeterYim
 ppy / 2004.09.02 11:29am PDT    (34U)