OOR/UseCases ConferenceCall 2008 09 12

OpenOntologyRepository_UseCases subgroup conference call, Fri 2008.09.12, 1.0 Hr. call starting 12 noon EDT    (1LR9)

Conference Call Details:    (1LRA)

• Date: Friday, Sept 12, 2008    (1LRB)
• Start Time: 12:00noon EDT    (1LRC)
• Expected Call Duration: 1.0 hr    (1LRD)
• Dial-in Number:    (1LRE)
  • from a US telephone (US): +1-605-475-8590 (South Dakota, USA)    (1LRG)
    • PIN: "5823120#"    (1LRH)

• Please note that this session will be recorded, and the audio archive is expected to be made available as open content to our community membership and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR policy.    (1LU7)

Attendees    (1LRI)

• Attended:    (1LSV)
  • K_Goodier    (1LRF)
  • PeterYim    (1LSR)
  • ToddSchneider    (1LTX)
  • HaroldSolbrig    (1LSW)
  • Gail Hodge    (1LTY)
  • Duane Young    (1LTZ)
  • Ani Sen    (1LU0)
  • KenBaclawski    (1LU1)
  • Denise Warzel    (1LU2)

• Expecting:    (1LRJ)

• Regrets:    (1LRK)
  • MikeDean    (1LSS)

Agenda Ideas    (1LRL)

• K: Discuss the CENDI NKOS session held in Washington DC Sept. 11, 2008    (1LR6)
  • see: http://nkos.slis.kent.edu for minutes and agenda    (1LR7)
  • ref.: Presentation on the Open Ontology Repository Initiative (FrankOlken, National Science Foundation) - slides    (1LR8)

Agenda & Proceedings    (1LSU)

Notes from the call    (1LU3)

• Todd asked, and Gail briefly introduced CENDI    (1LU4)

• Frank presented on OOR - slides    (1LU6)
  • note also JohnSowa's response at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/2008-09/msg00007.html    (1LUA)

• The OOR was very well-received. K indicated there were questions raised by the audience on how "goodness" would be judged. Gail Hodge confirmed there was lots of interest my NKOS and CENDI members in the metadata needed to describe a given resource.    (1LW6)

• The conference provides new sources for candidate content that could participate with OOR -    (1LW7)

•    (1LW8)
  • e.g., Sue Ellen Wright's data categories terminology definitions - see: www.isocat.org    (1LU5)

•    (1LW9)
  • see MarciaZeng's presentation (to be posted next week)    (1LU8)
    • note also her earlier presentation at Ontolog leading to OntologySummit2008 - see: ConferenceCall_2008_04_03    (1LU9)

•    (1LWA)
  • also see, the science terminology locator - http://cendi.gov/projects/termlocator.html    (1LUB)

•    (1LWB)
  • SKOS - inviting comments (more to be posted next week)    (1LUC)

• Session recording: click here ... (25 min 19 sec; 2.9 MB; mp3 format)    (1LST)