ConferenceCall 2005 06 02

[ontolog] Member Conference Call - Thu 2005-06-02    (CRK)

Conference Call Details    (CRL)

• Subject: [ontolog] member conference call Thu 2005-06-02    (CRM)

• Agenda Comments:    (CRN)
  • ... build rapport; ... sync up; ... distribute, assign or arbitrate virtual ownership of tasks; ... and use it to deal with emergencies. ... plus, member suggested agenda items.    (CRO)
  • 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    (CRP)
  • VNC session (if needed) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/    (CRQ)
    • view-only password: "ontolog"    (CRR)
    • view-and-control pw: to be supplied during session as needed    (CRS)
  • Wiki page for this call (i.e. this page) is at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_06_02    (CRT)
• Date: Thursday, Jun. 02, 2005    (CRU)
• Start Time: 10:30 AM PDT / 1:30 PM EDT World Clock    (CRV)
• Expected Call Duration: 1 ~ 1.5 hour    (CRW)
• Dial-in Number: 1-702-851-3330 (Las Vegas, Nevada)    (CRX)
• Participant Access Code: "686564#"    (CRY)

Attendees    (CRZ)

• Attended:    (CS0)
  • KurtConrad    (CVY)
  • PeterYim    (CV9)
  • AdamPease    (CVZ)
  • BobSmith    (CVW)
  • RexBrooks    (CVD)
  • MarcWine    (CVQ)
  • SusanTurnbull    (CVX)

• Expecting:    (CS1)

• Regrets:    (CS2)
  • ChrisMenzel (schedule conflict; will call in if the other meeting finishes early)    (CVA)
  • PaulKoch    (CVB)
  • MichaelUschold    (CVC)
  • JamesDouma    (CVR)
  • BillMcCarthy    (CWK)

Agenda Ideas    (CS3)

Agenda & Proceedings    (CS4)

1) Welcome & confirmation of agenda    (CS5)

• participants went around and introduced themselves    (CW0)
• KurtConrad took the chair and welcomed everyone.    (CS6)

2) Appointment of secretary to take minutes    (CS7)

• PeterYim volunteered    (CS8)

3) Roll-call of participants    (CS9)

• see above    (CSA)

4) Upcoming meeting & event schedule (near future)    (CSB)

• Nominal meeting types (on a monthly basis):    (CSC)
  • member regular meeting    (CSD)
  • invited speaker session    (CSE)
  • scheduled discussion    (CSF)
  • project review    (CSG)
  • workshop / work session    (CSH)
  • planning    (CSI)

• Invited Speaker Schedule for the next 3~6 months    (CSJ)
  • for Jun. 2005 - DavidWhitten & ChrisRichardson from WorldVistA - Thu 2005-06-16 - confirmed (-Need input from speakers / ppy)    (CSK)
    • Marc told us about the institutional vehicle that these VistA group has that is now approved to be the buffer between the government and    (CW4)
  • for July 2005 - AndersTell from Business Collaboration Toolsmiths AB - Thu 2005-07-14 - confirmed (proposed: DuaneNickull)    (CTS)
  • future candidates speakers:    (CSL)
    • LarryReeker of NIST (suggested by SusanTurnbull)    (CSM)
    • SimonBuckinghamShum of the Compendium Institute ( ? ; ref. post from ScottLHolmes & PeterYim's reponse)    (CSN)
    • DougLenat on the Cyc project (suggested by PeterYim)    (CSO)
    • NicolaGuarino on DOLCE, possibly also BillAnderson or ChrisWelty (suggested by PeterYim & PatCassidy)    (CSP)
  • new suggestions:    (CSQ)
    • a panel with speaker representating: SUMO, OpenCyc Upper Ontology, DOLCE, ... (suggested by PeterYim)    (CSR)
      • possibly teaming up with SICoP and their CUO-WG; after independent sessions on Cyc and DOLCE    (CSS)
    • Monica: suggest inviting someone from the [regrep] group    (CST)
    • JonBosak of Sun on OASIS Process - suggested (KurtConrad / SusanTurnbull) at our 2005.03.03 Planning Session - Susan: the 2005.09.23 CEW on implication on governance ... would be ideal. [Kurt will follow up with Jon and Susan]    (CSV)
      • possibility of this rolling into a joint SICoP or CEW-multiple CoP Best Practice event (suggested: SusanTurnbull / 2005.03.03)    (CSW)
    • possibility (suggested by Peter): request MarkMusen to help invite JimHendler to speak in August 2005    (CW5)

• Scheduled Discussions for the next 2 months    (CSX)
  • June 2005 - Service Sciences - Moderator: BillMcCarthy - Thursday ConferenceCall_2005_06_30    (CTT)
    • potenial to setup a panel - George Brown (IMS* / POSE - Intel / ASU); MonicaMartin (BP) & DuaneNickull (SOA)    (CVS)
      • *suggested by SteveRay as something to explore    (CVT)
  • see: OntologDiscussion    (CSZ)
  • David: maybe we should designate a moderator, and then coordinate the event from there, in a fashion similar to speaker events.    (CSY)
  • more work/discussion on OWL    (CT0)
    • Adam: need OWL & SWRL for OWL ontologies to really be useful    (CT1)
  • NicolasRouquette has a couple of topics lined up too ... we'll talk about those when he is at the call.    (CT2)
  • Rex: possibility of working with Duane on a follow-up    (CW6)

• Upcoming Events of interest    (CT3)
  • First Quarterly Data Reference Model Public Forum in conjunction with the Sixth Emerging Components Conference on Monday, June 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia, MITRE-1 Building Auditorium, 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA.    (CTU)
    • see invitation from SusanTurnbull: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2005-05/msg00034.html    (CTV)
    • and details at: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?DataReferenceModelPublicForum_2005_06_13    (CTW)
    • SusanTurnbull: four workshops planned for the summer, and a 2nd DRM Public Forum in September 2005    (CW1)
      • Susan invites Ontolog suggestion and participation    (CW7)

5) Communications, logistics, & work protocols issues    (CT4)

• Regular call time revisited:    (CVM)
  • received one more input lately - from SteveRay:    (CVN)
    • Steve: "...if you held your regular Ontolog sessions on any of Monday, Tuesday or Friday afternoons, I would be a regular attendee. (Of course I can't promise attendance for every meeting, but it works much better for my schedule). ..."    (CVO)

6) Follow-ups from previous calls    (CT5)

7) Current Project Status Report    (CT6)

• Status CCT-Representation and UBL-Ontology project work    (CT7)
  • Requirements issues (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseCases)    (CT8)
  • Formalization issues    (CT9)
  • UBL Liaison update    (CTA)
  • [CCT-Rep] status report    (CTB)

•    (CW2)
  • BrandNiemann's request for comments as a follow-up on the 2004.12.01 semantic hatrmonization panel, relating to SUMO, UDEF, ebXML etc.    (CW3)
    • deadline for input will be Sat 2005.06.04 5:00pm PDT    (CW8)
    • Peter will roll things up for submission to Mike (or if Adam' is the only input, then Adam will do it.)    (CWB)

• Status of Protege-KIF project work    (CTC)
  • no report    (CWC)

• status of NHIN-RFI & Health-Ont project work    (CTD)
  • Report on the convener's call 2005.05.31 - ref: NhinRfi/ConferenceCall_2005_05_31    (CTX)
  • scheduling a call session with MarcWine    (CVP)
  • next regular meeting: next Thu 2005.06.09, let's devote that to mainly discussing "what's next" for our [health-ont] effort - BobSmith to chair.    (CTY)

• UBL liaison report    (CTE)
  • no report    (CWD)

• SICoP liaison report    (CTF)
  • Ref. BrandNiemann's solicitation for "Semantic Interoperability Architecture" Pilot    (CTZ)
    • see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2005-05/msg00032.html    (CU0)

• ONTAC-WG Liaison    (CU1)
  • no report    (CWE)

• status report from Planning team    (CTG)
  • shooting for next Thu 2005.06.09 11:45am PDT (after the regular call)    (CW9)

8) project work session / discussion    (CTH)

• no discussion    (CWF)

9) New project proposals    (CTI)

• Follow-up from previous proposals: (need 3 conveners, a charter and work plan to get started here)    (CU2)
  • ORB - Ontolog Review of Books (and Stuff) - BobSmith / PatCassidy    (CU3)
  • wiki/ontolog editor plugin - ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_05_19#nidCPR    (CU4)
  • ontolog calendar & ontolog's internal ontology project - ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_05_19#nidCPU    (CU5)

• responding to the FEA call for contribution and comments to the DRM    (CVU)
  • agian, check out (and try to attend) hte 2005.06.13 "DRM Public Forum" - see: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?DataReferenceModelPublicForum_2005_06_13    (CVV)
  • Susan: in addition to ad hoc comments from individuals, I would welcome an organized review and comment effort from Ontolog (maybe not as formal as the NHIN-RFI response). Try to schedule the comments so that they could be brought up during the monthly DRM public workshops.    (CWA)

10) Sponsorship and funding    (CTJ)

•    (CWG)
  • no discussion    (CWH)

11) Other business    (CTK)

•    (CWI)
  • no discussion    (CWJ)

12) Next meeting date and adjourn    (CTL)

• call adjourned 10:40 PST    (CTM)
• next call will be on Thu 2005.06.09 starting at 10:30am PST    (CTN)

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