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OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2008-07-25

OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Fri 2008.07.25, 1.0~1.5 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC

Conference Call Details

  • Date: Friday, July 25, 2008
  • Start Time: 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC
  • Expected Call Duration: 1.0~1.5 hours
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Attendees

  • Expecting:
    • ... if you are coming to the meeting, please add your name above (plus your affiliation, if you aren't already a member of the community) above, or e-mail <peter.yim@cim3.com> so that we can reserve enough resources to support everyone's participation. ...

Agenda Ideas

  • continue to get updates from the four subgroups
  • discussion on making the best of the "OOR: Synergies and Gaps Panel" session
    • slated for Fri 2008.08.22 2.5-Hrs starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC
    • try to finalize on the panelists for this session
  • (please insert your suggested agenda items here)

Agenda & Proceedings

1. Meeting called to order:

  • review and adopt agenda

2. Roll Call:

  • intros:
    • Carlos Rueda (MMI - Marine Metadata Interoperability project)
    • Ravi Madduri (Argonne Natl Lab)

3. Status Review and Discussion:

  • Urgent issues:
  • Logistics and Communications
  • Progress updates and Discussions:
Further to the discussion at our May-9 call and subsequent announcement, breakout subgroups will report back on their discussions/recommendations in the following four major areas:
  • Resource & Funding - Ken Baclawski
    • need to get something going ...
  • Organization & Process - Peter P. Yim with Leo Obrst & Mike Dean
    • "Getting OOR Development Off The Ground: Identifying Synergies and Gaps" Panel session - Fri 2008.08.22 - 2.5 Hrs starting 9:00am PDT / 12:00pm EDT / 6:00pm CEST / 16:00 UTC - date & time now locked in
      • received responses from Mike Dean, Pat Hayes, Mark Musen, Bruce Bargmeyer, Leo Obrst already, and, between 8/21 & 8/22, 8/22 is the viable or preferred date.)
      • draft agenda: (i) Mike demos his GUI-Prototype (15~20 min.); (ii) panelist comments on how their existing work plugs in (10 min. each); (iii) open discussion (~60 min.); (iv) Reduce to actionable items for immediate future (15 min.)
    • Discussion:
      • finalize on the panelists for this session
        • targeting discussion on: (a) code base contribution, (b) talking about the programatic interface, (c) federation considerations for code development
        • Leo and Mike will put out a message to the [oor-forum] list to guide the panelists in their preparation and to align participants' expectations
        • Leo Obrst will be chairing the session
        • on the panel: Mike Dean, Mark Musen and/or BenjaminDai, Li Ding, Bruce Bargmeyer, ... awaiting confirmation: Pat Hayes, Peter Haase, Elisa Kendall (maybe not, if OMG does not have code to contribute at this point.)
          • possibly LuizBermudez too, depending on whether they could contribute a core piece to the initial codebase
      • Content:
      • who else are we expecting at the session (developers, especially)
      • Action:
        • pairwise coordination between core code contributors, please ... between now and the 8/22 session.
        • Peter: possibility of preparing the (first instance) OOR server platform <oor.cim3.net> and have people (if they want to) demo from that ... but, maybe this could be one of our action items immediately after the 8/22 session

4. New Issues:

5. Any Other Business:

6. Action items:

  • our short-term plan:
    • tasks
    • deliverables
    • Timeline / Milestones:

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:

  • Next Meeting:
    • next OOR-team meeting Fri 2008.08.08 - 1.0~1.5 Hr. starting 12:00noon EDT / 9:00am PDT - see: OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_08_08 (closer to the time)
    • Note: earlier resolution: all team members please (if possible) block out Fridays 1.5 Hr starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 GMT/UTC
  • Call adjourned at: 10:15am PDT

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notes taken by: Peter P. Yim / 2008.07.25-10:19am PDT

All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.


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