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OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2008-08-29

OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Fri 2008.08.29, ~1.0 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC

Conference Call Details

  • Date: Friday, Aug. 29, 2008
  • Start Time: 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC
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Attendees

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Agenda Ideas

  • postmortem of the 2008.08.22 OOR-dev:Synergies & Gaps panel session - ref. ConferenceCall_2008_08_22
  • continue to get updates from the four subgroups
  • short term activity and action plans
  • (please insert your suggested agenda items here)

Agenda & Proceedings

1. Meeting called to order:

  • review and adopt agenda

2. Roll Call:

3. Status Review and Discussion:

  • Urgent issues:
  • Logistics and Communications
  • postmortem of the 2008.08.22 OOR-dev: Synergies & Gaps panel session - ref. ConferenceCall_2008_08_22
    • what worked?
      • Todd: good ideas presented;
      • Bruce: went well;
    • what didn't?
      • Todd: some overlaps that need to be clarified and decision on next step
    • Discussion:
      • Mike: next step toward
      • Bruce: engage XMDR and BioPortal
      • Benjamin:
      • Peter: starting things new? no (b) open vs SDLC
      • Todd (b) yes ... evolutionary ... architecture
      • Mike: yes ... with module hierarchy ... architecture, packaging
    • Follow-ups:
      • Bruce: will try to pull an effort together XMDR, BioPortal, LexGrid and SemanticMediaWiki ... and will report back to the group
      • Benjamin: yes ... we (BioPortal, team at Stanford) may even meet physically with the XMDR folks (in Berkeley)
      • Benjamin: Upcoming plans for BioPortal 2.1 includes a large potential set of features. Two areas of interest include enabling OWL concept synonym search and bulk upload of mappings.
    • Leo: the important thing is that *we are aligned in terms of the OOR vision*; and we do have that!
  • 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
    • please use the OOR label in your grant proposals (or collaborative grant proposals) as much as possible - we want to keep the "Brand" visible
    • appreciations to the BioPortal team for using the label "BioPortal OOR" in their v2.0 announcement
    • Frank Olken: funding opportunities at NSF (... please edit and elaborate, Frank)
      • research proposals: 08-575 III, due Oct-30-2008 medium upto $1.2M; Nov-2008 large
      • infrastructure for research (with a research component)
      • CRI
      • ABI
      • ... link from Frank (to be added) ...
  • Organization & Process - Peter P. Yim with Leo Obrst & Mike Dean
    • pairwise or small group collaboration, with regular report back
    • small group grant proposals with an OOR focus and label

4. New Issues:

    • Sept. 11, 2008 CENDI/NKOS Workshop at the World Bank, Frank and Harold will be presenting.

5. Any Other Business:

6. Action items:

  • Leo to post a list of questions to [oor-forum] to prepare everyone for the 8/22 panel discussion session
  • our short-term plan:
    • tasks
    • deliverables
    • Timeline / Milestones:

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:

  • Next Meeting:
    • next OOR-team meeting will be on Fri 2008.09.05 - 1.0 Hr. starting 9:00am PDT / 12:00pm EDT / 6:00pm CEST / 16:00 UTC
    • 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: 9:51 am PDT

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notes taken by: Peter P. Yim / 2008.08.29-9:57am PDT

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

Audio Recording of this 2008.08.29 OOR Team Conference Call session

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  • Conference Date and Time: 29-Aug-2008 9:06am~9:51pm PDT
  • Duration of Recording: 45 Minutes
  • Recording File Size: 5.2 MB (in mp3 format)
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