OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting 2008 03 31

OntologySummit2008: Organizing Committee Conference Call - Thursday 31-Mar-2008    (1CNP)

• This is the 7th conference call of the OntologySummit2008 organizing committee. The session is expected to be a ~1 Hour conference call.    (1CNQ)

• URL for this page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_31    (1CNR)

Conference Call Details    (1CNS)

• Date: Thursday, March 31, 2008    (1CNT)
• Start Time: 12:30am PDT / 3:30pm EDT / 19:30 UTC    (1CNU)
  • ref: World Clock    (1CNV)
• Expected Call Duration: ~ 1.0 Hour    (1CNW)
• Dial-in Number:    (1CNX)
  • from US: +1-605-475-8590 (South Dakota, USA)    (1CNY)
    • Conference ID: "5823120#"    (1CNZ)
  • Direct call from from Skype: +990008275823120    (1CO0)

• Shared-screen support (VNC session), if applicable, will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/    (1CO1)
  • view-only password: "ontolog"    (1CO2)

• RSVP to peter.yim@cim3.com appreciated. (Regrets only)    (1CO3)

Attendees:    (1CO4)

• Attended:    (1CO5)
  • PeterYim    (1CO8)
  • SteveRay    (1COC)
  • BarrySmith    (1CO7)
  • LeoObrst    (1COA)
  • MichelleRaymond    (1COB)
  • MarkMusen    (1CO9)

• Expecting:    (1CO6)

• Regrets:    (1COD)

Agenda Ideas    (1COE)

• review status of "Advisory Committee" and the 'welcome letter'    (1COF)
• postmortem on the 2/28 & 3/27 OOR-Panel sessions and review preparation status for the 2 upcoming ones - 4/3 & 4/10    (1COG)
• status review and action plans for the online discourse    (1COH)
• status review on the F2F-workshop planning and preparation - review agenda    (1COI)
• draft communique preparation status    (1COJ)
• status review on how we are getting the word out    (1COK)

Agenda & Proceedings    (1COM)

1. Meeting called to order:    (1CON)

• SteveRay took the chair and welcomed everyone    (1COO)

• PeterYim volunteered to take minutes of the meeting    (1COP)

• review and adopt agenda    (1COQ)

• note that we have a hard stop at 1:30pm PDT / 4:30pm EDT as the Content Committee will be having their weekly call then. Which mean we have to finish this call in 1 hour or less.    (1COR)

2. Roll Call:    (1COS)

• see above    (1COT)

3. Status / Discussion of developing issues:    (1COU)

• Outstanding Issue Update: (from last call)    (1COV)
  • submit last year's communique to Applied Ontologies Journal [attn: Steve] - Steve contacted MichaelGruninger who will be working on it    (1COW)
  • Leo and Steve will try to provide input by tomorrow, suggest we give Michael a go ahead even if there is no input.    (1CQB)

• Discussions:    (1COX)

• review status of "Advisory Committee" and the 'welcome letter'    (1COY)
  • list of confirmed Advisory Committee members - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008#nid199T    (1COZ)
  • "Advisors Welcome Message" - a "publicity oriented - announcement e-mail" of the Summit F2F    (1CP0)
    • ask all advisors to help circulate this to "their friends"    (1CP1)
    • extend invitations to the overseas advisors to come join us at the F2F workshop    (1CP2)
    • Barry will take care of this "interaction with Advisors"    (1CP3)
      • see Barry's: http://interop.cim3.net/forum//ontology-summit-org/2008-03/msg00048.html    (1CP4)
    • Peter to provide Barry with a email address list of all advisors - done!    (1CP5)
    • Barry: 'welcome letter' has all been sent -- Thanks, Barry!    (1CQD)

• postmortem on the 2/28 & 3/27 OOR-Panel sessions and review preparation status for the 2 upcoming ones - 4/3 & 4/10    (1CP6)
  • see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/JointPanelSession_Strawman    (1CP7)
  • 4/3 speaking order review    (1CP8)
    • we'll go with Doug, Deke, Marcia, Denise, Pat, Mala and Rob    (1CQE)

• status review online discourse    (1CP9)

• status review on the F2F-workshop planning and preparation    (1CPA)
  • Steve: Registration Announcement and URL for Interoperability Week is now ready, Peter will post to the wiki    (1CPB)
    • Peter: done; see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008#nid1BRH    (1CPC)
  • Steve: draft agenda now at - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda    (1CPD)
    • it was agreed that we will not have a "plenary/keynote" speaker    (1CPE)
    • Barry: any chance of webcasting the F2F workshop? - Steve will find out    (1CPF)
      • Steve: it'll cost $3600 ... will pass, since we have audio recording, and slides. We can do a bit more on still pictures.    (1CRR)
  • structuring the discussion ... unifying plot through the communique    (1CPH)
  • distinction between the intellectual content and the pragmatics of the future OOR-team implementation effort    (1CPI)
  • OOR team may need to meet about funding (which would be totally independent of the summit agenda)    (1CPJ)
  • informal gathering on Monday evening?    (1CPK)
  • Mark: how would time be spent at the F2F on each of the topics    (1CPL)
    • Michelle: (a) report on what has transpired, (b) possibly invited presentations from key player(s), (c) open discussion (which would be 50% of the total time alloted; or at least 30~45 min.)    (1CPM)
  • Mark to Steve: can we start at 8:00am .. .not so much for the start time, but rather, can we fit everything in    (1CPN)
  • Time allotment: architecture - 2:00Hrs; state-of-art, quality & gatekeeping and ontology of ontology - each 1:15; all time squeezed out goes to the breaks (because they are among the most important parts of the F2F)    (1CRS)
  • we could revisit the session order and time allotment again after the 4/10 ont-of-ont OOR-Panel (say, on our 4/14 organizing committee call.)    (1CRU)
  • idea: we could split the architecture session with lunch in between.    (1CRV)
  • Mark: we should have demos; if not at the sessions, maybe in the evenings, during the Tuesdays breaks, during lunch, etc.    (1CRT)
    • Steve will pursue this and bring back suggestions next week.    (1CRW)

• the OntologySummit2008_Communique    (1CPO)
  • LeoObrst and MarkMusen were elected as our co-editors for the Communique and we'll look to them to get an outline and a draft out some time soon    (1CPP)
  • please do draft work at: OntologySummit2008_Communique/Draft    (1CPQ)
  • develop a narrative how these all connect:    (1CPR)
    • what is the state-of-the-art in ontology repositories    (1CPS)
    • where are ontologies and where are mappings of ontologies    (1CPT)
    • what the gateway folks can come up with (entry requirement) -- criteria, validation, certification, ...    (1CPU)
    • methodology    (1CPV)
    • requirements from content providers    (1CPW)
    • to make it serious, we need to develop an ontology of ontologies    (1CPX)
    • OOR roadmap to realization    (1CPY)
  • Barry: Mark & Leo should communicate what they expect from the content champions (Mark: we'll email)    (1CPZ)
    • Leo: forthcoming ... hopefully this week.    (1CRX)

• status review on how we are getting the word out    (1CQ0)
  • Steve: will get the NIST public affairs office to continue to help us with getting the word out    (1CQ1)
    • Steve: will have a draft of the Interoperability Week press release within the next couple of days - will circulate that to the organizing committee list.    (1CQ2)

5. New Issues:    (1CQ3)

6. Any Other Business:    (1CQ4)

7. Action items:    (1CQ5)

8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:    (1CQ6)

• next Organizing Committee conference call - Mon 2008.04.07 - 1Hr. starting 12:30pm PDT / 3:30pm EDT    (1CQ7)
  • see details (closer to the time) at: /OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_04_07    (1CQ8)

• Call adjourned at: 1:33 pm PDT    (1CQ9)

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 notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.03.31-1:33 pm PDT
 All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.    (1CQA)