OntologySummit2009: Organizing Committee Conference Call - Thursday 18-Dec-2008 (1Q6E)
- This is the 1st conference call of the OntologySummit2009 organizing committee. The session is expected to be a brief (45 min. to 1-Hr. conference call so organizing committee members can get to know each other and to set the stage for the community-wide brainstorming and planning meeting that follows. (1Q6F)
- URL for this page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2009/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2009_12_18 (1Q6G)
Conference Call Details (1Q6H)
- Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008 (1Q6I)
- Start Time: 9:30am PST / 12:30pm EST / 6:30pm CET / 17:30 UTC (1Q6J)
- see world clock for other time zones (1Q6K)
- Expected Call Duration: ~1.5 hours (1Q6L)
- Dial-in Number: (1Q6M)
- Shared-screen support (VNC session), if applicable, will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/ (1Q70)
- view-only password: "ontolog" (1Q71)
- if you plan to be logging into this shared-screen option (which the speaker may be navigating), and you are not familiar with the process, please try to call in 5 minutes before the start of the session so that we can work out the connection logistics. Help on this will generally not be available once the presentation starts. (1Q72)
- people behind corporate firewalls may have difficulty accessing this. If that is the case, please download the [ slides] [ below] and running them locally. The speaker(s) will prompt you to advance the slides during the talk. (1Q73)
- For those who cannot join us, or who have further questions or remarks on the topic, please post them to the [ontology-forum] listserv so that everyone in the community can benefit from the discourse. (1Q7C)
- Please review our Virtual Session Tips and Ground Rules - see: VirtualSpeakerSessionTips (1Q7D)
- RSVP to peter.yim@cim3.com appreciated. (1Q7E)
- 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. (1Q7G)
Attendees (1Q7H)
- Attended: (1Q7I)
Agenda Ideas (1Q7J)
- Ontology Summits - Overview and what has come before (1Q7K)
- getting ready for the OntologySummit2009 community-wide planning meeting today - ref. ConferenceCall_2008_12_18 (1Q7L)
- getting to know one another (1Q7M)
- who are on our Organizing Committee and Advisory Committee? (1Q7N)
- which organization are on our Co-Organizer and Co-Sponsor rosters? (1Q7O)
- determine date/time of next call, and possibly institutionalizing that as a weekly call (1Q7P)
... (please post your agenda ideas here; identify yourself for follow-up purposes) (1Q7Q)
Agenda & Proceedings (1Q7R)
1. Meeting called to order: (1Q7S)
- review and adopt agenda (1Q7V)
2. Roll Call: (1Q7W)
3. Discussions: (1Q7Y)
- getting to know one another - (go around) self-introductions (1Q83)
- Ontology Summits - Overview and what has come before (1Q7Z)
- going over the summit theme and description - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2009#nid1Q2F (1Q95)
- meeting agrees the description looks fine, and suggest possibly tweaking with the following: (1Q9A)
- PeterYim: could we slip in standards to be unstood by both humans and machine (1Q96)
- LeoObrst & FabianNeuhaus: representing standards in a logical language allows for them to be expressed precisely, unambiguously and allow for automated consistency, validity checks etc. (1Q97)
- PeterBenson: beware of the use of "information" - let's mull over this on the [ontology-summit-org] list (1Q9B)
- PeterBenson & PeterYim: maybe the original tag line: "Ontologies as the Next Generation Standards" is actually better (1Q9C)
- getting ready for the OntologySummit2009 community-wide planning meeting today - ref. ConferenceCall_2008_12_18 (1Q80)
- who are on our Organizing Committee and Advisory Committee? (1Q81)
- which organization are on our Co-Organizer and Co-Sponsor rosters? (1Q82)
5. New Issues: (1Q84)
6. Any Other Business: (1Q85)
7. Action items: (1Q86)
8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn: (1Q87)
- determine date/time of next call, and possibly institutionalizing that as a weekly call (1Q88)
- Mondays 12 noon EST 1-Hr. (1Q9L)
- Call adjourned at: 10:29 am PST (1Q89)
-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.12.18-10:309 am PST All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings. (1Q8A)