Conference Call 2003-05-15

UBL-Ontology Project Conference Call - Thu 2003-05-15    (6LM)

• Conference Call Details:    (6LN)
  • Subject: [ubl-ontology] project conference call    (6LO)
  • Comments/Agenda:    (6LP)
    • Agenda Comments: ... build rapport; ... sync up; ... distribute, assign or arbitrate virtual ownership of tasks; ... and use it to deal with emergencies. ... plus, member suggested agenda items.    (6LQ)
    • Please post you suggested agenda items if you would like to see anything put onto the agenda    (6LR)
    • please post or upload any material to be shared to the list, to the wiki or by ftp upload prior to the meeting    (6LS)
    • VNC session will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc3.cim3.net:5800/    (6LT)
      • view-only password: "ontolog"    (6LU)
      • view-and-control pw: "ontology"    (6LV)
    • During the call, please browse the wiki page at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Conference_Call_2003-05-01    (6LW)
  • Date: Thursday, May 15, 2003    (6LX)
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time    (6LY)
  • End Time: 11:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time    (6LZ)
  • Dial-in Number: 1-702-851-3330 (Las Vegas, Nevada)    (6M0)
  • Participant Access Code: "20030515"    (6M1)

• Attendees:    (6M2)
  • BobSmith    (6M3)
  • AdamPease    (6M4)
  • PeterYim    (6M5)
  • DuaneNickull    (6M6)
  • BillMcCarthy    (6M7)
  • MonicaMartin    (6M8)

•    (6M9)
  • Regrets:    (6MA)
    • KurtConrad    (6MB)

Agenda Ideas    (6MC)

Agenda & Proceedings    (6MD)

1) Welcome    (6ME)

•    (6MF)
  • PeterYim took the chair and welcomed everyone    (6MG)

2) Appointment of secretary to take minutes    (6MH)

•    (6MI)
  • PeterYim also volunteered to take minutes.    (6MJ)

3) Roll-call of participants    (6MK)

•    (6ML)
  • see above    (6MM)

4) Communication logistics & work protocols -- Any outstanding issue?    (6MN)

•    (6MO)
  • ToolsCollaboration page is up, as requested    (6MP)

5) Status / development on proposed methodologies, language & tools    (6MQ)

   Ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Methodology    (6MR)

•    (6MS)
  • no new updates    (6MT)
  • becoming a use case for OWL could be a downstream goal for us    (6MU)
    • AdamPease: use of OWL still awkward as it only allow binary relations now    (6MV)

6) Status of analysis and formalization of UBL models    (6MW)

   a. Invoice (Adam Pease)    (6MX)

•    (6MY)
  • no update (AdamPease is still on the road)    (6MZ)

   b. PO (BillMcCarthy)    (6N0)

•    (6N1)
  • Bill had run into some problem navigating the UBL release, PeterYim suggested that he posts the issues on the forum -- since UBL-LC chair TimMcGrath is on the forum too and has agreed to answer questions for us.    (6N2)

   c. Shipping (JohnYunker)    (6N3)

•    (6N4)
  • no update    (6N5)

   d. Mapping to one or more upper ontologies (Leo's 04.03 posting)    (6N6)

•    (6N7)
  • this is pretty much close, for now. SUMO is it!    (6N8)

7) Status on use cases write-ups    (6N9)

   a. PO / Invoice reconciliation (BillMcCarthy / MikeDaconta)    (6NA)

•    (6NB)
  • no update    (6NC)

   b. Address structure (SueProbert / PeterYim)    (6ND)

•    (6NE)
  • see updated draft use case    (6NF)
  • see country-based address examples from UBL-LCSC / TimMcGarth    (6NG)

   c. Map to other representations (JohnYunker / PeterYim / SueProbert)    (6NH)

•    (6NI)
  • no update    (6NJ)
  • but JohnYunker had suggested    (6NK)

8) Update on upcoming "Tutorial on Ontology / SUMO / intro to Protégé" scheduled for May 29, 2003 (AdamPease)    (6NL)

•    (6NM)
  • announced on our project wiki page    (6NN)
  • AdamPease will make a post to grab people's attention some time this week    (6NO)

9) Continuation of Sponsorship and Funding Discussion    (6NP)

•    (6NQ)
  • BobSmith / AdamPease suggested that doing a conference with tutorial could be one means    (6NR)
    • One sugestion (AdamPease) : a face-to-face meeting for September this year?    (6NS)
    • another suggestion (PeterYim) would be to do that along with March 2004's Stanford AI event    (6NT)
    • all agreed we should put a stake in the ground and get some planning going. BobSmith will start and moderate a thread on this.    (6NU)

10) Tasking    (6NV)

   a. Previous assignments    (6NW)

   b. New assignments    (6NX)

11) Any Other Business    (6NY)

•    (6NZ)
  • DuaneNickull and JohnYunker suggested that Duane's company may donate their ebXML registry -- the "Yellow Dragon Registry" (the IP that used to be XML Global's, but since updated) for the use by the [ontolog-forum]    (6O0)
    • See sample registry at: http://www.yellowdragonsoft.com:8080/ydregistry/index.jsp    (6O1)
    • DuaneNickull will start a thread on the forum to further explore this matter.    (6O2)

12) Next Meeting Date & Adjourn    (6O3)

•    (6O4)
  • Call adjourned at 11:66am    (6O5)
  • Next call will be held same time next week: Thu 2003-05-22_10:30~11:30am PDT    (6O6)

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 Minutes taken by PeterYim on the wiki in real time
 ppy / 2003-05-15_11:18 PDT    (6O7)