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OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Fri 2009-11-13

OpenOntologyRepository team conference call, Fri 2009-11-13, 1.0~1.5 Hr. call starting 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 6:00pm CET / 5:00pm GMT / 17:00 UTC

Conference Call Details

  • Date: Friday, November 13, 2009
  • Start Time: 12:00pm EST / 9:00am PST / 6:00pm CEST / 5:00pm BST / 17:00 UTC
  • Expected Call Duration: ~1.5 hours
  • Dial-in Number:
    • from a US telephone (US): +1-218-844-8060 (domestic long distance cost will apply)
    • When calling in from a phone, use Conference ID: "4389979#"
    • from Europe, call:
      • Austria 0820-4000-1577
      • Belgium 070-35-9992
      • France 0826-100-280
      • Germany 01805-00-7642
      • Ireland 0818-270-037
      • Italy 848-390-179
      • Spain 0902-886-056
      • Switzerland 0848-560-327
      • UK 0844-581-9148
    • callers from other countries please dial into either one of the US or European numbers
  • RSVP to peter.yim@cim3.com appreciated, ... or simply just by adding yourself to the "Expected Attendee" list below (if you are a member of the team.)
  • Please note that this session may be recorded, and if so, the audio archive is expected to be made available as open content, along with the proceedings of the call to our community membership and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR policy.

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

please insert below (along with your name for follow-up purposes)

  • review and postmortem on the 2009.10.15 joint OOR-Ontolog panel session on "OOR Sandbox and OOR Requirements - Comparative Analysis" - ref. ConferenceCall_2009_10_15
    • good session; Ken & Yavuz described some progress at NEU since that date
  • review and reports from ISWC-2009 in general
    • and OOR activities (workshop presentation, poster presentation, luncheon, ...) in particular - ref. OOR/ISWC2009
    • Ken: "governance" (gatekeeping, provenance, ...) stood out as one item that people are interested in ... maybe that's one thing the semantic web isn't addressing properly now
  • Bart Gajderowicz presented the OOR initiative to the Toronto SemWeb Meetup
  • OOR-SOCoP collaboration, and a report on MikeDean's presentation at the SOCoP workshop on 2009.11.12
  • OOR-sandbox installation progress review
  • Discussion on the role OOR can play in Ontology Summit 2010
  • progress review on planned OOR-related events
  • reports on member activities that are OOR-related
  • ...

Agenda & Proceedings

1. Meeting called to order:

  • review and adopt agenda

2. Roll Call:

  • (where applicable) ... welcome and intro of new member(s)

3. Status Review and Discussion:

  • Urgent issues:
    • none
  • Review of our priority list:
    • 1. continue to push OOR development and get more contributors
    • 2. set up policies and process and policies for contributing to OOR work
      • build out "gatekeeping" and move from just having an OOR-sandbox to having available instances of an OOR-sandbox and an OOR-production
    • 3. systematically solicit content contributions
    • 4. get the work funded
    • 5. regularly review requirements and existing standards to make sure we are on track
  • Key items for discussion at this call:
    • review and postmortem on the 2009.10.15 joint OOR-Ontolog panel session on "OOR Sandbox and OOR Requirements - Comparative Analysis" - ref. ConferenceCall_2009_10_15
    • review and reports from ISWC-2009 in general
      • and OOR activities (workshop presentation, poster presentation, luncheon, ...) in particular - ref. OOR/ISWC2009
    • OOR-SOCoP collaboration, and a report on MikeDean's presentation at the SOCoP workshop on 2009.11.12 - SOCoP/Workshop_2009_11_12
    • on 2009.11.10, Bart Gajderowicz presented the OOR initiative to the Toronto Semantic Web Meetup
    • Discussion on the role OOR can play in Ontology Summit 2010
  • progress review on planned OOR-related events
    • note that, other than regular team meetings, we do not have any virtual OOR events on deck at this moment!
  • Ken: tracking relevant standards
    • Link to the published ISO metadata standards Not all are free, but most of them are free (after agreeing to a license) including ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata registries (MDR) and ISO/IEC TR 20943 Procedures for achieving MDR content consistency.
  • new page added: OpenOntologyRepository_Development
    • Ken will help initialize ... soliciting all other work group who are doing OOR-related development to register their work on that page too
    • we need more presence from the BioPortal team at our OOR meetings so that we can co-evolve the software (rather than learning about the outcome when BioPortal releases)
  • OOR-sandbox installation progress review
    • Ken / Peter: we should be close to rolling out <oor-01f> with the latest BioPortal (v2.2.x) code
    • down the line, we need to put someone onto making OOR "easy to install"
    • Bart might want to make an install some time in January (but would need support from his school)
    • Michael: we do have an immediate plan to install; will only be using the instance(s) the OOR team will stand up
  • Ontology Summit plans
    • what role can OOR (would want to) play?
      • Mike: "OOR" as a means/tool to educate
    • Mike: if outreach and "educating the public" is part of the agenda, the folks who used to be on W3C's Best Practices and Deployment Working Group and Education and Outreach Interest Group will be good candidates to engage
  • OOR Outreach
    • SOCoP engagement
    • OMG collaboration.
  • Funding and proposals
    • Ken Baclawski submitted an proposal to STCI, jointly with Peter P. Yim and MikeDean.
    • Peter P. Yim is involved in proposals that have OOR as one aspect, to the INTEROP and STCI programs with Mark Musen
    • Carlos Rueda has submitted a proposal that has OOR as a key aspect.
  • Short term activity and action plans

4. New Issues:

  • Peter: start thinking about driving the "content" front

5. Any Other Business:

6. Action items:

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:

  • Next Meeting:
    • next regular team call Thu 2009.12.11 Ontolog-OOR panel session - see details session page at: OOR/ConferenceCall_2009_12_11
      • no meeting on Fri 2009.11.27 due to the long "Thanksgiving" holiday weekend in the US
    • Note: earlier resolution: all team members please (if possible) block out Fridays 1.5 Hr starting 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT / 16:00 GMT/UTC
  • Call adjourned at: 10:43 am PDT

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notes taken by: Peter P. Yim / 2009.11.13-10:43am PDT

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

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