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OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2010-12-17 (2K8O)

Conference Call Details: (2K8P)

Date: Friday, 17-Dec-2010 (2K8Q)
Start Time: 9:00am EDT / 6:00am PDT / 3:00pm CET / 2:00pm BST / 14:00 UTC (2K8R)
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Expected Call Duration: 1.0~1.5 hours (2K8T)
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In-session chat-room url: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/oor (2K98)

RSVP to peter.yim@cim3.com appreciated, ... or simply just by adding yourself to the "Expected Attendee" list below (if you are a member of the team.) (2K99)

This session, like all other Ontolog events, is open to the public. Information relating to this session is shared on this wiki page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_12_17 (2K9A)

Please note that this session may be recorded, and if so, the audio archive is expected to be made available as open content, along with the proceedings of the call to our community membership and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR policy. (2K9B)

Attendees (2K9C)

Attended: (2K9D)
- LeoObrst (chair) (2K9G)
- PeterYim (2K9H)
- YefimZhuk (2KIY)
- YuriyMilov (2KIZ)
- JouniTuominen (2KIW)
- MikeDean (2K9F)
- ToddSchneider (2KBX)

Expecting: (2K9E)
(2K9I)
- ... if you are coming to the meeting, please add your name above (plus your affiliation, if you aren't already a member of the community) above, or e-mail <peter.yim@cim3.com> so that we can reserve enough resources to support everyone's participation. ... (2K9J)

Regrets: (2K9K)
- KenBaclawski (2KJ0)

Agenda Ideas: (2K9L)

report from SERES2010/ISWC2010 (Nov-2010 Shanghai, China) (2KDK)
postmortem of the "(Post-BioPortal fork) OOR Architecture and API - Take-II" session - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_11_19 (2KDL)
review and adopt the "OOR IPR Policy" - ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository_IPR#nid2K83 (2K9M)
- review and adopt "Additional Community Action" - ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository_IPR#nid2K8F (2K9N)
Announcing new OOR.NET domain comes online (courtesy of CIM3) ... future OOR instances are welcome to use this domain alias (2K9O)
- our OOR-sandbox at http://oor-01.cim3.net is now (also) accessible as http://sandbox.oor.net (2K9P)
Architecture-API progress review (2K9Q)
OOR team/collaborator/contributor status review and 2011 plan - please bring your 2011 plans along to share with the rest of the team (2K9R)
what can this team contribute to the upcoming OntologySummit2011 ? (2K9W)
PeterYim: I just (finally!) made contact with the "Content Repository" folks - ref. http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/duraspace/2010/12/14/open-repositories-2011-collaboration-and-community-the-social-mechanics-of-repository-systems/ (2KBZ)
... (2K9S)

... please insert any additional item above (along with your name for follow-up purposes) (2K9T)

Agenda & Proceedings (2K9U)

1. Meeting called to order: (2KDM)

LeoObrst takes the chair and welcome everyone (2KDN)
review and adopt agenda (2KDO)
note that we are running an in-session chat facility during this meeting. Please login there (with your WikiWord name.) (2KDP)
PeterYim volunteered to take notes (2KJ1)

2. Roll Call: (2KDQ)

see above (2KDR)

welcome and intro of new member(s) (as needed) (2KDS)

3. Status Review and Discussion: (2KDT)

Urgent issues: (2KDU)

Review and update our "Most Critical Task(s) At Hand" list (2KDV)
- ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository#nid17YH (2KDW)

1. Prepare and adopt an OOR system architecture (2KDX)
- define and adopt a set of API's (2KDY)
- define and adopt the set of ontology metadata (as an extension of OMV) that authors of the ontology are required to provide when they upload ontologies to the OOR (2KDZ)
2. continue to push OOR development and get more contributors (2KE0)
- get our code repository at semwebcentral operational (2KE1)
- add CL support to OOR (2KE2)
3. set up policies and process and policies for contributing to OOR work (2KE3)
- setup clear and easy policies and process to engage developers and have them contribute code (2KE4)
- clarify IPR issues related to Ontology & OOR and adopt a consensus IPR policy for OOR contributions (2KE5)
- build out "gatekeeping" and move from just having an OOR-sandbox to having available instances of an OOR-sandbox and an OOR-production (2KE6)
- setup clear and easy policies and process to engage content stewards and have them contribute ontologies to our public instance of OOR (2KE7)
4. systematically solicit content contributions (2KE8)
5. get the work funded (2KE9)
6. regularly review requirements and existing standards to make sure we are on track (2KEA)
7. continue with efforts in publicity and outreach (2KEB)

Key items for review and discussion today: (2KED)

report from SERES2010/ISWC2010 (Nov-2010 Shanghai, China) (2KEE)

review and adopt the "OOR IPR Policy" - ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository_IPR#nid2K83 (2KEF)
- Motion to adopt the candidate OOR-IPR policy (moved: PeterYim, second: LeoObrst) - motion carried unanimously (2KJ2)
- we now have an OOR IPR policy ... Hooray! (2KJ3)
review and adopt "Additional Community Action" - ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository_IPR#nid2K8F (2KEG)
- Motion to adopt the two candidate "Additional Community Actions" (moved: PeterYim, second: LeoObrst) - motion carried unanimously (2KJ4)
- these actions will go into our 2011 workplan. (2KJ5)

Announcing new OOR.NET domain comes online (courtesy of CIM3) ... future OOR instances are welcome to use this domain alias (2KEH)
- our OOR-sandbox at http://oor-01.cim3.net is now (also) accessible as http://sandbox.oor.net (2KEI)

postmortem of the "(Post-BioPortal fork) OOR Architecture and API - Take-II" session - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_11_19 (2KEJ)

Architecture-API progress review (2KEK)

OOR team/collaborator/contributor status review and 2011 plan - please bring your 2011 plans along to share with the rest of the team (2KEL)
- ... SOCoP / INTEROP (2KEM)
- DataONE (2KEN)

what can this team contribute to the upcoming OntologySummit2011 ? (2KEO)
- Theme: "Making the Case for Ontology" (2KJ6)
- ToddSchneider will help drive (2KJ7)

PeterYim: I just (finally!) made contact with the "Content Repository" folks - ref. http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/duraspace/2010/12/14/open-repositories-2011-collaboration-and-community-the-social-mechanics-of-repository-systems/ (2KEP)

items below are from previous meeting discussions ... and will be updated as this meeting progresses ... (2KEQ)

OOR system architecture (2KER)
- action items - will discuss in depth along with API & CL-support discussion which we will try to set up asap (2KES)
  - Ken and Todd will try to get together offline and talk about this within the next couple of weeks (2KET)
  - candidate architecture team: MikeDean, KenBaclawski, ToddSchneider, ImmanuelNormann, TillMossakowski, CameronRoss, MichaelGruninger, AdamPease, NatashaNoy, ... (2KEU)
  - (also desirable to be at the meeting:) AlexGarcia, MathieuDaquin, MikeUschold, JohnBateman, JohnSowa, PatHayes, PatCassidy, MarkMusen, LeoObrst, PeterYim, ... (2KEV)
  - tentatively ... devoting the Oct-15 meeting for this - architecture, API, metadata (OMV extension), ... no presentations; only serious discussions! (2KEW)

OOR APIs (2KEX)
- ref. the "OOR common resources" discussion thread - starting from: Cameron's post (2KEY)
- action items - (2KEZ)

Ontology metadata requirement (2KF0)
- action items - (2KF1)

Code Repository (2KF2)
- ETA of the oor.semwebcentral.org going into operation with baseline code? - [Mike: by 2010.10.15] (2KF3)
- do we consider github (as suggested by NatashaNoy on 2010.09.17)? (2KF4)
- action items - (2KF5)

4. Member activities updates: (2KF6)

JouniTuominen shared this paper - "A Network of Ontology Repositories" - http://www.seco.tkk.fi/publications/submitted/viljanen-et-al-onki-nor-2010.pdf ... which he will also add to the Architecture subpage from their group (2KJ8)

5. Funding progress: (2KF7)

6. Any Other Business: (2KF8)

7. Action items: (2KF9)

8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn: (2KFA)

Next Meeting: (2KFB)
- no meeting on Fri 2010.12.30 ... Happy Holidays, everyone! (2KFC)
- our next regular team call, Fri 2011.01.07 - 16:30 UTC (ref. worldclock) (2KFD)
  - PeterYim: on reviewing our doodle poll (below) I moved the 17:00 UTC start-time (we discussed at the meeting) to 16:30 UTC (so we conform better with the community input.) (2KJ9)
- developing session page will be at OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_01_07 (2KJA)
- Question (from Peter): is most of the EU back to work yet? (2KIX)
- Note: earlier resolution: all team members please (if possible) block out Fridays 1.5 Hr starting 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT / 16:00 GMT/UTC (2KFE)
- ref. our doodle poll (see: http://doodle.com/a2snxkpkd8hhxek4 ), looks like we can settle in on two new meeting times - a 6:00am PT (14:00 UTC) and an 8:30am PT (16:30 UTC) ... (2KFF)

Call adjourned at: 7:16 am PST (2KFG)

Transcript of the online chat during the session: (2KFH)

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 notes taken by: PeterYim / 2010.12.17-7:18 PST
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Resources (2KFL)

homepage - OpenOntologyRepository - http://OpenOntologyRepository.org (2KFM)
proceedings of our previous meetings (2KFN)
OOR Charter - To promote the global use and sharing of ontologies by: 1. establishing a hosted registry-repository; 2. enabling and facilitating open, federated, collaborative ontology repositories; 3. establishing best practices for expressing interoperable ontology and taxonomy work in registry-repositories. (2KHA)
"Ontology Repository" Definition - "An ontology repository is a facility where ontologies and related information artifacts can be stored, retrieved and managed" (2KHB)
OpenOntologyRepository_Scope - documentation related to this OOR initiative's mission, charter, objectives, goals, terms of reference, definitions, scope, ... etc. (2KHC)
OpenOntologyRepository_Requirement - documentation related to the requirements of the "open ontology repository" we are planning to implement through this OOR initiative. (2KHD)
- OpenOntologyRepository_UseCases (2KHE)
OpenOntologyRepository_Approach - documentation related to this OOR initiative's approach, and the process we will be using. (2KHF)
OpenOntologyRepository_Architecture - documentation related to the architecture of the "open ontology repository" we are planning to implement through this OOR initiative. (2KHG)
OpenOntologyRepository_Plan (2KHH)
OOR/ActiveMemberContribution (2KHI)
Team mailling list: (2KHJ)
- OOR-Team discussion: [ oor-forum ]''' message archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/ (2KHK)
- OOR-Users discussion and support: [ oor-users ]''' message archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-users/ (2KHL)
- Developers mailling list: [ oor-dev ] message archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-dev/ (2KHM)
the OOR-IPR mini-series: (2KHN)
- 2010_09_09 - Thursday: Joint OOR-Ontolog-NCBO-CC-IAOA-OASIS Panel Discussion - "IPR issues in Ontology and the OOR" session-1: an exposition on relevant IPR regimes - Keynote speaker: GeorgeStrawn - Chair: PeterYim - Panelists: JamieClark, JohnWilbanks, BrucePerens - ConferenceCall_2010_09_09 T (2KHO)
- 2010_09_16 - Thursday: Joint OOR-Ontolog-NCBO-CC-IAOA-OASIS Panel Discussion - "IPR issues in Ontology and the OOR" session-2: what are the IPR issues relating to open ontology repositories (and ontologies in general)? - Chair: MarkMusen - Panelists: CameronRoss, AlanRector, JohnSowa, BrucePerens, JohnWilbanks, PeterYim - ConferenceCall_2010_09_16 T (2KHP)
- 2010_09_30 - Thursday: Joint OOR-Ontolog-NCBO-CC-IAOA-OASIS Panel Discussion - "IPR issues in Ontology and the OOR" session-3: discussion and consensus on licensing arrangements for the OOR Initiative, and positions we might take on related IPR issues - chair: LeoObrst - Panelists: PeterYim, MikeDean, BrucePerens, JamieClark - ConferenceCall_2010_09_30 T (2KHQ)
the Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussions: (2KHR)
- 2008_02_28 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "Ontology Registry and Repository Technology & Infrastructure Landscape" - Co-chairs: LeoObrst & FrankOlken; Panelists: BruceBargmeyer, MikeDean, MarkMusen, FarrukhNajmi & PeterYim - ConferenceCall_2008_02_28 T (2KHS)
- 2008_03_27 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements - Session-1" - Chair: LeoObrst & FabianNeuhaus; Panelists: WilliamBug, EvanWallace, JohnLMcCarthy, KenBaclawski, PeterBenson & RexBrooks - ConferenceCall_2008_03_27 T (2KHT)
- 2008_04_03 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements - Session-2" - Chair: LeoObrst & FabianNeuhaus; Panelists: DougLenat, DekeSmith, MarciaZeng, DeniseBedford, PatHayes, MalaMehrotra & RobRaskin - ConferenceCall_2008_04_03 T (2KHU)
- 2008_04_10 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "Developing an Ontology of Ontologies for OOR" - Co-chairs: BarrySmith & MichaelGruninger; Panelists: MichaelGruninger, PeterHaase, NatashaNoy & ElisaKendall - ConferenceCall_2008_04_10 T (2KHV)
the OOR Development panel sessions: (2KHW)
- 2008_08_22 - Friday: OOR Panel Discussion: "Getting OOR Development Off the Ground: Identifying Synergies & Gaps" (Take-1) - Chair: LeoObrst; Panelists: MikeDean, MarkMusen, LiDing, BruceBargmeyer & BillAndersen - ConferenceCall_2008_08_22 T (2KHX)
- 2009_02_19 - Thursday: Joint Ontolog-OOR Panel Discussion: "Getting OOR Development Off the Ground (Take-2): the work begins" - Chair: ToddSchneider; Panelists: MarkMusen, NatashaNoy, MikeDean, PaulBuitelaar / AndreasHarth, MathieuDaquin, KenBaclawski, MichaelGruninger - ConferenceCall_2009_02_19 T (2KHY)
- 2009_07_16 - Thursday: Joint Ontolog-OOR Panel Discussion: "Integrated tools for ontology development and management: A field guide to the Stanford technology" - Chair: MarkMusen - Panelists: TaniaTudorache, TimRedmond, NatashaNoy - ConferenceCall_2009_07_16 T (2KHZ)
- 2009_07_30 - Thursday: Joint Ontolog-OOR Panel Discussion: "BioPortal and related Ontology Repository Implementations and Development" (Take-3) - Chair: NatashaNoy - Panelists: CarlosRueda, PaulAlexander, JohnGraybeal, MikeDean, StephenGranite, AlexGarcia, KenBaclawski - ConferenceCall_2009_07_30 T (2KI0)
- 2010_02_19 - Friday: OOR Panel Discussion: "Coordinating our Open Ontology Repository Software Development" - Chair: MikeDean - Panelists: JimChatigny, MichaelGruninger, KenBaclawski, NatashaNoy - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_02_19 T (2KI1)
- 2010_04_01 - Thursday: Joint OOR-Ontolog Panel Session: "OOR Use Cases - Take-3" - Chair: KenBaclawski & ToddSchneider - Panelists: ToddSchneider, MatthewHettinger, KenBaclawski and MaximoGurmendez - ConferenceCall_2010_04_01 T (2KI2)
- 2010_09_10 - Friday: Joint SIO-OOR-Ontolog Panel Discussion: "Common Logic (CL) Support for OOR" - Chair: JohnSowa - Panelists: JohnBateman-TillMossakowski, MichaelGruninger, CameronRoss, AdamPease, PatHayes - ConferenceCall_2010_09_10 T (2KI3)
- 2010_09_17 - Friday: OOR Panel Discussion - "Getting OOR Development Going - Take-IV" Workshop - Co-chairs: ToddSchneider & MichaelGruninger - Panelists: ToddSchneider, MikeDean, NatashaNoy, ImmanuelNormann, KenBaclawski, MichaelGruninger - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_09_17 T (2KI4)
- 2010_10_15 - Friday: OOR Project Team Member Conference Call - discussion on the (post-BioPortal fork) OOR Architecture and API - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_10_15 T (2KI5)
- 2010_11_19 - Friday: OOR Panel Discussion - "(Post-BioPortal fork) OOR Architecture and API - Take-II" - Co-chairs: KenBaclawski & MichaelGruninger - Panelists: KenBaclawski+ToddSchneider, AldoGangemi+AlessandroAdamou, JouniTuominen+KimViljanen, EricChan - OOR/ConferenceCall_2010_11_19 T (2KI6)
OntologySummit2008 homepage (2KI7)
- OntologySummit2008_Communique (2KI8)
- OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda (2KI9)
- The OOR Project Presentation (delivered at the OntologySummit2008 face-to-face workshop) (2KIA)
[ ontology-summit ] discussion archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/2008-01/ (~5 months exchanges starting from Jan-2008) (2KIB)
Our key content pages: (2KIC)
- OpenOntologyRepository_Scope (2KID)
- OpenOntologyRepository_Organization (2KIE)
- OpenOntologyRepository_Process (2KIF)
- OpenOntologyRepository_Policy (2KIG)
- OpenOntologyRepository_IPR (2KIH)
- OpenOntologyRepository_Requirement (2KII)
- OpenOntologyRepository_UseCases (2KIJ)
- OpenOntologyRepository_Architecture (2KIK)
- OpenOntologyRepository_Approach (2KIL)
- OpenOntologyRepository_Roadmap (2KIM)
- OpenOntologyRepository_Plan (2KIN)
- OpenOntologyRepository_Funding (2KIO)
- OpenOntologyRepository_ResearchIssues (2KIP)
- OpenOntologyRepository_ResearchActivity (2KIQ)
- OpenOntologyRepository_Development (2KIR)
OOR Project site at SemWebCentral - http://oor.semwebcentral.org (2KIS)
Public sandbox instance of OOR (OOR-sandbox) - http://sandbox.oor.net/ontologies (previously http://oor-01.cim3.net/ontologies) (2KIT)
- OOR_SandBox (2KIU)
- NCBO-OOR development documentation - http://www.bioontology.org/wiki/index.php/NCBO-OOR_Development (2KIV)

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