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[ontolog] Member Conference Call - Thu 2006-07-20

Conference Call Details

  • Subject: [ontolog] member conference call Thu 2006-07-20
  • Date: Thursday, July 20, 2006
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM PDT / 1:30 PM EDT / 17:30 UTC World Clock
  • Expected Call Duration: 1 ~ 1.5 hour
  • Dial-in Number: 1-641-696-6600 (Iowa)
  • Participant Access Code: "686564#"
  • Agenda Comments:
    • please post any suggested agenda items to the call wiki page and upload any material to be shared to the list, to the wiki or by [[ToolsCollaboration|WebDAV] upload] prior to the meeting
    • VNC session (if needed) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
      • view-only password: "ontolog"
      • view-and-control pw: to be supplied during session as needed
    • Wiki page for this call (i.e. this page) is at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2006_07_20

Attendees

Agenda Ideas (candidate items to be adopted into the agenda for discussion)

  • Bob: tying up all loose ends for the July-2006 Ontolog F2F Meetings
  • Rex: discussion on the two upcoming Aug.2006 scheduled discussion sessions
  • ...(add suggested items here)...

Agenda & Proceedings

1) Welcome & confirmation of agenda

  • Bob Smith took the chair and welcomed everyone.

2) Appointment of secretary to take minutes

3) Roll-call of participants

4) Upcoming meeting & event schedule (near future)

  • Scheduled Ontolog Events:
    • Culmination of our "Ontologizing the Ontolog Body of Knowledge" series of talks & discussions into the 3rd Ontolog F2F - OntologWorkshop_July_2006
      • 2006.07.23~26 - Ontolog F2F Workshop colocated with the 9th Protege International Conference (Stanford, CA) - Organizers: Bob Smith, Kurt Conrad & Rex Brooks ("Org team")
      • Sunday 2006.07.23~26 - Full-day workshop at Stanford
      • Sunday 2006.07.23~26 - community dinner (Il Fornaio Cucina Italiana)
      • 2006.07.24~26 - attending the 9th International Protege Conference sessions (at Stanford)
        • Venue: Sherman Auditorium
      • Tuesday 2006.07.25 - tour and seminar at SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center (Org team & JackPark)
      • Tuesday 2006.07.25 - community dinner / conference banquet
    • Thu 2006.08.10 - SOA Panel Discussion (covering SOA-RM & SOA-RA) - Moderators (organizers): Duane Nickull & Rex Brooks
    • Thu 2006.08.31 - Ontology Applications in Emergency Response Panel Discussion - Moderators (organizers): Rex Brooks & Bob Smith

5) Communications, logistics, & work protocols issues

6) Follow-ups from previous calls - will skip

7) Current Project Status Report - will skip

  • Status CctRepresentation and UblOntology project work
  • status of NHIN-RFI & Health-Ont project work
  • status of OntologTaxoThesaurus project work
    • preparing for next week's work session
    • Denise has put together some slides for next week, Bob will circulate to the team

8) Key Issues discussion:

  • Bob: tying up all loose ends for the July-2006 Ontolog F2F Meetings
    • Sunday 2006.07.23~26 - Full-day workshop at Stanford
      • afternoon sessions - (1) running Denise' prepared agenda with Rex on the whiteboard; (2) A participant driven session with Kurt facilitating.
        • need to post Venue, map & hints for parking
          • Venue: James H. Clark Center; register at the lobby of the auditorium
          • one can park anywhere on Sunday (metered or permit-A spaces included)
    • Sunday 2006.07.23~26 - community dinner (Il Fornaio Cucina Italiana)
      • Kurt has made reservations, 12 people, 6:30pm
    • Tuesday 2006.07.25 - after tour and seminar at SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center (Org team & JackPark)
    • Tues 2006.07.23~26 - community dinner in conjunction Protege conference banquet (7:00~9:30pm, Buca di Beppo restaurant; see: http://protege.stanford.edu/conference/2006/banquet.html)
    • Presentation material
      • Bob will notify all presenters to have slides in by end-of-day Fri 2006.07.21
      • Peter is arranging the phone conference bridge support
      • Kurt will be in charge of video and audio recording (iPod-wav and mini-disc)
    • Workshop Title: "Natural, Semi-Formal, and Formal Ontologies: Bridging the Layers, Limits, and Lacunas" restated at the OntologWorkshop_July_2006 page (for consistency purposes - with the Protege Conference Announcement)
      • Bob will update the OntologWorkshop_July_2006 page with the evolving details (included those that transpired from this call.)
  • Rex: discussion on the two upcoming Aug.2006 scheduled discussion sessions -- discussion poostponed
    • Thu 2006.08.10 - SOA Panel Discussion (covering SOA-RM & SOA-RA) - Moderators (organizers): Duane Nickull & Rex Brooks
    • Thu 2006.08.31 - Ontology Applications in Emergency Response Panel Discussion - Moderators (organizers): Rex Brooks & Bob Smith
  • Discussion:

9) New project proposals - will skip

10) Sponsorship and funding - will skip

11) Other business

12) Next meeting date and adjourn

  • Our next meeting/call will be at the Sun Thu 2006.07.23 Face-to-face meeting! See you there!!
  • this call adjourned 12:00 pm PDT

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minutes captured in real time on this wiki by Peter P. Yim / 2006.07.20-12:02pm PDT