UpperOntologySummit/UosConvenerMeeting 2006 03 10

UpperOntologySummit - Conveners Conference Call 2006-03-10    (LCR)

Call Details    (LCS)

• Date: Friday, Mar. 10, 2006    (LCT)
• Start Time: 20:00 UTC / 12:00 PM PST / 3:00 PM EST / 9:00PM CET (World Clock)    (LCU)
• Expected Call Duration: ~1.5 hour    (LCV)
• Dial-in Number: 1-641-696-6600 (Iowa, US)    (LCW)
• Participant Access Code: "87376#"    (LCX)

Attendees    (LCY)

• Attended:    (LCZ)
  • SteveRay (chair)    (LD1)
  • PeterYim    (LD3)
  • PatCassidy    (LD2)
  • AdamPease    (LD8)
  • JohnBateman    (LDB)
  • LeoObrst    (LD5)
  • DougLenat    (LDJ)
  • MatthewWest    (LD4)

• Expecting:    (LD0)
  • MichaelGruninger    (LD6)
  • NicolaGuarino    (LD7)
  • ChrisMenzel    (LD9)
  • JohnSowa    (LDA)
  • BillAndersen    (LDC)
  • JimSchoening    (LDD)
  • MillsDavis    (LDE)
  • BrandNiemann    (LDF)
  • DagobertSoergel    (LDG)
  • AldoGangemi    (LDH)
  • ChrisWelty    (LDI)
  • JerryHobbs    (LDK)
  • JohnWalker    (LDL)
  • KurtConrad    (LDM)
  • MarkMusen    (LDN)
  • RyanKohl    (LDO)
  • SergeiNirenberg    (LDP)
  • WernerCeusters    (LDQ)
  • MichaelUschold    (LDR)
  • MariaZemankova    (LDS)
  • BarrySmith    (LDT)

• Regrets:    (LDU)

Agenda (items to be discussed) Ideas    (LDV)

• goal of this call: reach consensus on the UOS meeting agenda    (LDW)

• ...(please add suggested items here)...    (LDX)

Agenda & Proceedings    (LDY)

1) Welcome & confirmation of agenda    (LDZ)

• SteveRay takes the chair and welcomed everyone.    (LE0)

2) Appointment of secretary to take minutes    (LE1)

• PeterYim volunteered to take notes    (LE2)

3) Roll-call of participants - see above    (LE3)

4) Discussion: reach consensus on the UOS meeting agenda    (LE4)

• Steve:    (LEI)
  • reiterating what we want to achieve at UOS - public message pronouncement to the public Wed 3/15 pm    (LEJ)
  • Wed 3/15 am dialog on applications with potential funders and adopters    (LEK)
  • Tue 3/14 - technical meetings to come to consensus among custodians and conveners    (LEL)

• /UosConvenerMeeting_2006_03_14    (LE5)
  • extending each of the 7 or 8 custodians' time slot to 15 minutes each    (LF0)
  • extending the entire meeting to 6:00pm    (LF1)
  • allocating time to review the presentations by MillsDavis and DougLenat that will be covering global aspects of UO (for everyone), and to coordinating among the 7 or 8 custodians to streamline the individuals presentations during the 3/15pm UOS public meeting.    (LF2)

• /UosApplicationDialogMeeting_2006_03_15    (LE6)
  • allocate time for custodians to show actual applications - slots set aside for DougLenat, AdamPease, MatthewWest and NicolaGuarino    (LF3)
  • have a UO custodian panel to "potential funder" panel dialog segment    (LF4)
  • have a UO custodian panel to "potential user (adopter)" panel dialog segment - we'll try to convince developers of ontological applications the merit of extending from axiomatized (common) public upper ontologies rather than reinventing their own    (LF5)
  • Open discussion of the potential of upper ontologies    (LF6)

• UpperOntologySummitMeeting_2006_03_15    (LEM)
  • MillsDavis (20 min) & DougLenat (25 min) alloted to bring auidence from value proposition of Ontologies to Upper Ontologies    (LF7)
    • they are speaking on behalf of entire community - conveners to get a chance to discuss this at the Tue 3/14pm meeting    (LF8)
  • each of the 7 or 8 custodians will be speaking for 10 minutes    (LF9)
  • all conveners may possibly have one-on-one interview opportunities with the press (NIST already passed their names on)    (LFA)

• also agreed:    (LFB)
  • accept above compromise in terms of the agenda    (LFC)
  • LeoObrst to update the 3/14 agenda accordingly    (LFD)
  • SteveRay will contact BrandNiemann to update the 3/15am agenda accordingly    (LFE)
  • SteveRay to update the 3/15pm agenda accordingly    (LFF)
  • PeterYim will post to the [uos-convene] list once all the agendas have been updated    (LFG)

• earlier draft, input and alternative agendas can be found at: /MeetingPreparationArchives    (LIB)

5) Next meeting date and adjournment    (LE7)

• Next meeting will be session 1 on Tue 2006.03.14 at 7:30am when we get together for breakfast at NIST, prior to the /UosConvenerMeeting_2006_03_14 meeting    (LE9)
• call adjourned 1:05 pm PST / 4:05 pm EST    (LEA)

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 above minutes captured on this wiki by PeterYim    (LEB)