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OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2008-09-05
OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Fri 2008.09.05, ~1.0 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC
Conference Call Details
- Date: Friday, Sep. 5, 2008
- Start Time: 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC
- ref: World Clock
- Expected Call Duration: 1.0~1.5 hours
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Attendees
- Attended:
- Expecting:
- Katherine Goodier
- Frank Olken (may have to call in late)
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- ... 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. ...
- Regrets:
- Bruce Bargmeyer
- Luis Bermudez (possibly also JohnGraybeal)
- Carlos Rueda
Agenda Ideas
- continue to get updates from the four subgroups
- short term activity and action plans
- Ontology/OOR co-sponsored panel and speaker series - ideas
- (please insert your suggested agenda items here)
Agenda & Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:
- Leo Obrst takes the chair and welcomed everyone
- Peter P. Yim volunteers to take minutes of the meeting
- review and adopt agenda
2. Roll Call:
- see above
3. Status Review and Discussion:
- Urgent issues:
- Logistics and Communications
- Outstanding Issue review/update: (from last call)
- populate - OOR/ActiveMemberContribution
- 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:
- Short-term Planning - Mike Dean with Leo Obrst, Mark Musen, Bruce Bargmeyer & Peter P. Yim
- pairwise or small group collaboration, with regular report back
- small group grant proposals with an OOR focus and label
- Resource & Funding - Ken Baclawski
- crucial we get something institutionalized
- the new grant cycle is here and deadlines are coming by
- sustainability and the thoughts about an endowment - we need a fundraising champion with the right expertise
- recognizing this as a gap is helpful
- Ken: suggest we start a list of research areas the OOR project need, so people can get ideas and know who is planning to do what
- Ken will go ahead and set this up on the wiki - see: OpenOntologyRepository_Funding
- Use Cases & Requirements - K_Goodier with Ravi Sharma, Peter P. Yim, Todd Schneider & Frank Alvidrez
- Peter / Ken: Ontolog starting a mini-series called "Emerging Ontolog Work Product Showcase" mini-series
- the first session of the series will be on Thu 2008.09.25
- we probably want to encourage OOR members to participate in that series, and also target all presenters at the series to be early adopters of OOR
- Peter / Ken: Ontolog starting a mini-series called "Emerging Ontolog Work Product Showcase" mini-series
- Organization & Process - Peter P. Yim with Leo Obrst & Mike Dean
- joint OOR-Ontolog panel series ... to continue the exploration, discussion and outreach ...
- see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_08_21/WhatsInStore#nid1LOJ
- Leo: combining this with Ken's "research area" listing would be great
- Co-champions: Michelle Raymond, Mike Dean, Ken Baclawski ... and possibly Paul Buitelaar (Peter to ping him)
- thoughts: re-casting sub-groups - to discuss at the next meeting
- joint OOR-Ontolog panel series ... to continue the exploration, discussion and outreach ...
4. New Issues:
5. Any Other Business:
6. Action items:
- get pertinent NSF grant links (and deadlines) from Frank Olken
- our short-term plan:
- tasks
- deliverables
- Timeline / Milestones:
7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:
- Next Meeting:
- next OOR-team meeting will be on Fri 2008.09.19 - 1.0 Hr. starting 9:00am PDT / 12:00pm EDT / 6:00pm CEST / 16:00 UTC
- please refer to developing details on the session page at: OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_09_19
- 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
- next OOR-team meeting will be on Fri 2008.09.19 - 1.0 Hr. starting 9:00am PDT / 12:00pm EDT / 6:00pm CEST / 16:00 UTC
- Call adjourned at: 10:08 am PDT
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notes taken by: Peter P. Yim / 2008.09.05-10:08am PDT
All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.
Resources
- homepage - OpenOntologyRepository - http://OpenOntologyRepository.org
- proceedings of our previous meetings
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_01_23
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_02_13
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_03_05
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_03_14
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_03_21
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_04_04
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_04_18
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_05_09
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_05_23
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_06_06
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_06_20
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_07_11
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_07_25
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_08_08
- OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_08_29
- OOR Charter - To promote the global use and sharing of ontologies by: 1. establishing a hosted registry-repository; 2. enabling and facilitating open, federated, collaborative ontology repositories; 3. establishing best practices for expressing interoperable ontology and taxonomy work in registry-repositories.
- "Ontology Repository" Definition - "An ontology repository is a facility where ontologies and related information artifacts can be stored, retrieved and managed"
- OpenOntologyRepository_Scope - documentation related to this OOR initiative's mission, charter, objectives, goals, terms of reference, definitions, scope, ... etc.
- OpenOntologyRepository_Requirement - documentation related to the requirements of the "open ontology repository" we are planning to implement through this OOR initiative.
- OpenOntologyRepository_Approach - documentation related to this OOR initiative's approach, and the process we will be using.
- OpenOntologyRepository_Architecture - documentation related to the architecture of the "open ontology repository" we are planning to implement through this OOR initiative.
- OpenOntologyRepository_Plan
- OOR/ActiveMemberContribution
- [ oor-forum ] discussion archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/oor-forum/
- the four joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussions:
- 2008_02_28 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "Ontology Registry and Repository Technology & Infrastructure Landscape" - Co-chairs: Leo Obrst & Frank Olken; Panelists: Bruce Bargmeyer, Mike Dean, Mark Musen, Farrukh Najmi & Peter P. Yim - ConferenceCall_2008_02_28
- 2008_03_27 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements - Session-1" - Chair: Leo Obrst & Fabian Neuhaus; Panelists: William Bug, Evan Wallace, JohnLMcCarthy, Ken Baclawski, Peter Benson & Rex Brooks - ConferenceCall_2008_03_27
- 2008_04_03 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements - Session-2" - Chair: Leo Obrst & Fabian Neuhaus; Panelists: Doug Lenat, Deke Smith, Marcia Zeng, Denise Bedford, Pat Hayes, Mala Mehrotra & Rob Raskin - ConferenceCall_2008_04_03
- 2008_04_10 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "Developing an Ontology of Ontologies for OOR" - Co-chairs: Barry Smith & Michael Grüninger; Panelists: Michael Grüninger, Peter Haase, Natasha Noy & Elisa Kendall - ConferenceCall_2008_04_10
- the OOR-dev: Synergies & Gaps panel session:
- 2008_08_22 - Friday: OOR Panel Discussion: "Getting OOR Development Off the Ground: Identifying Synergies & Gaps" (Take-1) - Chair: Leo Obrst; Panelists: Mike Dean, Mark Musen, Li Ding, Bruce Bargmeyer & Bill Andersen - ConferenceCall_2008_08_22
- OntologySummit2008 homepage
- OntologySummit2008_Communique
- OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda
- The OOR Project Presentation (delivered at the Ontology Summit 2008 face-to-face workshop)
- [ ontology-summit ] discussion archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/
- Our key content pages:
- OpenOntologyRepository_Scope
- OpenOntologyRepository_Organization
- OpenOntologyRepository_Process
- OpenOntologyRepository_Policy
- OpenOntologyRepository_IPR
- OpenOntologyRepository_Requirement
- OpenOntologyRepository_UseCases
- OpenOntologyRepository_Architecture
- OpenOntologyRepository_Approach
- OpenOntologyRepository_Roadmap
- OpenOntologyRepository_Plan
- OpenOntologyRepository_Funding
- OOR Project site at SemWebCentral - http://oor.projects.semwebcentral.org