ConferenceCall 2004 11 24

[ontolog] Member Conference Call - Wed 2004-11-24    (47C)

Conference Call Details    (47D)

• Subject: [ontolog] member conference call Wed 2004-11-24    (47E)

• Agenda Comments:    (47F)
  • ... build rapport; ... sync up; ... distribute, assign or arbitrate virtual ownership of tasks; ... and use it to deal with emergencies. ... plus, member suggested agenda items.    (47G)
  • we are planning to devote a good portion of this session(s) to finalizing the powerpoint and whitepaper that the Ontolog Community will be presenting at the Dec. 1, 2004 EIDX "Semantic Harminization" session. All those involved in the [CCT-Rep] project, and those who are planning to be there at the session, please make sure you can come to this call. All others members of the community are encouraged to join us in crafting and finalizing the pitch we're going to make.    (47H)
  • 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    (47I)
  • VNC session (if needed) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/    (47J)
    • view-only password: "ontolog"    (47K)
    • view-and-control pw: to be supplied during session as needed    (47L)
  • Wiki page for this call is at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2004_11_24    (47M)
• Date: Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004    (47N)
• Start Time: 10:30 AM Pacific Standard Time    (47O)
• End Time: 11:55 AM Pacific Standard Time    (47P)
• Dial-in Number: 1-702-851-3330 (Las Vegas, Nevada)    (47Q)
• Participant Access Code: "686564#"    (47R)

Attendees    (47S)

• Attended:    (47T)
  • KurtConrad    (47U)
  • EvanWallace    (47V)
  • PeterYim    (47W)
  • PeterDenno    (47X)
  • BobSmith    (47Y)
  • BrandNiemann    (47Z)
  • AdamPease    (480)

• Expecting:    (481)
  • AlanStitzer    (482)
  • MonicaMartin    (483)

• Regrets:    (484)
  • PatHeinig    (485)

Agenda Ideas    (486)

• review of the draft white paper we plan to release on Dec. 1 2004 (at the EIDX panel)    (487)
• review of the draft presentation we plan to make at the Dec. 1 2004 EIDX "Semantic Harmonization" panel    (488)

•    (489)
  • what is convincing?    (48A)
  • what needs work/clarification ?    (48B)
  • how can we make our case more compelling?    (48C)

• review of PeterDenno's work so far ... and incorporating some of that to help make our case.    (48D)

Agenda & Proceedings    (48E)

1) Welcome & confirmation of agenda    (48F)

• KurtConrad took the chair and welcomed everyone.    (48G)

2) Appointment of secretary to take minutes    (48H)

• PeterYim volunteered    (48I)

3) Roll-call of participants    (48J)

• see above    (48K)

4) Upcoming meeting & event schedule (near future)    (48L)

• suggested standing schedule (on a monthly basis):    (48M)
  • Week 1: Continue planning work    (48N)
  • Week 2: Guest speaker    (48O)
  • Week 3: Project review    (48P)
  • Week 4: Workshop    (48Q)

• Dec. 1. 2004 2:00-5:00pm PST (Menlo Park) EDIX "Semantic Harmonization" presentation & panel    (48R)
  • To be there: PeterYim, AdamPease, KurtConrad, LeoObrst (remote), SteveRay (remote), AlanStitzer (remote) ...    (48S)
    • (add your name above) - we need all the support we can get to make our case    (48T)
  • (from JonBosak): Onsite attendees will need to register in advance at http://www.comptia.org/events/get_event.aspx?eventid=EIDX200412    (48U)
    • Use the promotional code CTIA1204 to waive the $550 conference fee    (48V)
  • PeterYim to setup the remote access call page on this wiki    (48W)

• Thu Dec. 9, 2004 - MarkMusen will be the Ontolog Invited Speaker at our regular Conference Call session    (48X)

• Thu Dec. 9, 2004 - SusanTurnbull's Collaborative Expedition Workshop #37 (at NSF)    (48Y)
  • the CEW#37 will be joining us for MarkMusen's talk    (48Z)
  • all are invited to CEW#37. Refer to details at: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ExpeditionWorkshop/TowardCoherenceInKnowledgeThroughAllThingsOntological_MakingSenseTogether_2004_12_09    (490)
    • RSVP to Renee.Hughes@gsa.gov or 202-501-4083.    (491)

5) Communications, logistics, & work protocols issues    (492)

6) Follow-ups from previous calls    (493)

7) Current Project Status Report    (494)

• Status of Protege-KIF project work    (495)

• Status CCT-Representation and UBL-Ontology project work    (496)
  • Requirements issues (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseCases)    (497)
  • Formalization issues    (498)
  • UBL Liaison update    (499)
  • [CCT-Rep] status report    (49A)

8) CctRepresentation project work session    (49B)

• ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CctRepresentation/CctRep_Recommendation    (49C)

• Review of EIDX presentation drafts:    (49D)

•    (49E)
  • AdamPease's draft: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/wip/eidxbriefing--AdamPease_20041124a.ppt    (49F)
  • BoNewman & KurtConrad's input: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/wip/businessvaluematrix--KurtConrad_20041124a.pdf    (49G)

•    (49H)
  •    (49I)
    • Kurt facilitated a very extensive and productive discussion, along the lines of the above Business Value Matrix (above), among all who were at the call.    (49J)

• Powerpoint uploaded by PeterDenno (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/CCT-Representation/wip/UBLTool-NIST.ppt)    (49K)
  • (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/CCT-Representation/wip/UBLTool-NIST.pdf)    (49L)

9) Next meeting date and adjourn    (49M)

• call adjourned 12:20pm PDT    (49N)

• next call will be on Wed 2004.12.01 starting at 2:00pm PDT - at the EIDX "Semantic Harmonization" Presentation & Panel Discussion    (49O)
  • refer to details at: (details to be posted soon) - Peter will post details to the ontolog-forum list for everyone.    (49P)

• Happy Thanksgiving! (for those in the US)    (49Q)

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 minutes captured in real time on this wiki by PeterYim
 ppy / 2004.11.24 12:23pm PDT    (49R)