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OntologySummit2008: Organizing Committee Conference Call - Thursday 17-Mar-2008
- This is the 5th conference call of the Ontology Summit 2008 organizing committee. The session is expected to be a ~1 Hour conference call.
- URL for this page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_17
Conference Call Details
- Date: Thursday, March 17, 2008
- Start Time: 12:30am PDT / 3:30pm EDT / 19:30 UTC
- ref: World Clock
- Expected Call Duration: ~ 1.0 Hour
- Dial-in Number:
- from US: +1-605-475-8590 (South Dakota, USA)
- Conference ID: "5823120#"
- Direct call from from Skype: +990008275823120
- from US: +1-605-475-8590 (South Dakota, USA)
- Shared-screen support (VNC session), if applicable, will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
- view-only password: "ontolog"
- RSVP to peter.yim@cim3.com appreciated. (Regrets only)
Attendees
- Attended:
- Peter P. Yim
- Barry Smith
- Steve Ray
- Leo Obrst
- Mark Musen (having conflicting meeting until 1pm PDT; will join as soon as that ends)
- Expecting:
- Regrets:
Agenda Ideas
- review status of "Advisory Committee" nominations and invitations
- status review and action plans for the online discourse
- status review on the F2F-workshop planning and preparation - review agenda
- preparation status for the 3 upcoming panel sessions - 3/27, 4/3 & 4/10
- status review on how we are getting the word out
- draft communique preparation status
- ... (please post your agenda ideas here; identify yourself for follow-up purposes)
Agenda & Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:
- Steve Ray took the chair and welcomed everyone
- Peter P. Yim volunteered to take minutes of the meeting
- review and adopt agenda
- note that we have a hard stop at 1:30pm PDT / 4:30pm EDT as the Content Committee will be having their weekly call then. Which mean we have to finish this call in 1 hour or less.
2. Roll Call:
- see above
3. Status / Discussion of developing issues:
- Outstanding Issue Update: (from last call)
- submit last year's communique to Applied Ontologies Journal [attn: Steve] - Steve contacted Michael Grüninger who will be working on it
- question for Mark: when is the next AOJ issue out; do you have a deadline for the submission (to make it into the next issue)?
- Steve will continue to communicate with Michael to get this out ASAP.
- Michael mentioned that he is planning to have it ready by end of this week. (--ppy: from a conversation during the content committee meeting.)
- submit last year's communique to Applied Ontologies Journal [attn: Steve] - Steve contacted Michael Grüninger who will be working on it
- Discussions:
- reveiw status of "Advisory Committee" nominations and invitations
- see latest update -
- Status: http://interop.cim3.net/forum//ontology-summit-org/2008-03/msg00042.html
- list of confirmed Advisory Committee members - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008#nid199T
- all invitations out, except for (f.2) & (f.3);
- accepted - 34 (to be updated)
- declined - 3 (to be updated)
- Barry still working with contact in Japan, Steve's Korean invitation confirmed
- we are now in a position take out the " ... developing" from the list of Advisors.
- discussion: an 'event' for the Advisory Committee
- Barry: we should create a "publicity oriented - announcement e-mail" of the Summit F2F, and ask all advisors to help circulate this to "their friends"
- Barry: any chance of webcasting the F2F workshop? - Steve will find out
- extend invitations to the overseas advisors to come join us at the F2F workshop
- Barry will take care of this "interaction with Advisors"
- status review online discourse
- we need to step up the level of activities here
- move the summary pages up ... under the Ontology Summit 2008: "What's New"
- Michelle to prompt the champions to put out strawman positions and get the various main topic threads going
- Content Committee will start doing weekly calls starting today, on Mondays, right after this organizing committee call
- status review on the F2F-workshop planning and preparation
- Steve: URL for Interoperability Week is now ready, Peter will post to the wiki
- Steve will post Interoperability Week details to [ontolog-invitation]
- Steve: draft agenda now at - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda
- discussion: see - http://interop.cim3.net/forum//ontology-summit-org/2008-03/msg00040.html
- Keynote speaker:
- candidates: Paul A via Mark G (is this the right setting?);
- Barry & Steve: ask Leo and Peter to explore this with Mark
- Mark G responded - chance slim. Peter: Plan-B?
- it was agreed that we will not have a "plenary/keynote" speaker
- Steve: URL for Interoperability Week is now ready, Peter will post to the wiki
- preparation status for the 3 upcoming panel sessions - 3/27, 4/3 & 4/10
- Two sessions planned for "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements" - 3/27 & 4/3
- Title: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements"
- note change of title - ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_03_14#nid1BHT
- co-chairs: 3/27 - Leo Obrst & Fabian Neuhaus ; 4/3: Leo Obrst & Barry Smith
- panelists: ontology developers and stewards (i.e. early-adopter content-provider) telling us their requirements & expectations
- those on 3/27:
- those on 4/3 :
- the plan: see - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/JointPanelSession_Strawman#nid1BFW
- need someone from the CL team on the panel (since Harry D just responded that he could not be available)
- One session planned for "Developing an Ontology of Ontologies" - 4/10
- Title: "Developing an Ontology of Ontologies"
- co-chairs: proposing Mike Dean (Leo) and Chris Menzel (Peter)
- panelists:
- the plan: see - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/JointPanelSession_Strawman#nid1BGD
- Peter to work with the session chairs to develop the event and keep this committee posted
- Two sessions planned for "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements" - 3/27 & 4/3
- status review on how we are getting the word out
- Steve: will get the NIST public affairs office to continue to help us with getting the word out
- Steve: will update everyone at the next call
- Steve: will get the NIST public affairs office to continue to help us with getting the word out
- the OntologySummit2008_Communique
- Leo Obrst and Mark Musen were elected as our co-editors for the Communique and we'll look to them to get an outline and a draft out some time soon
- please do draft work at: OntologySummit2008_Communique/Draft
5. New Issues:
6. Any Other Business:
7. Action items:
8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:
- next Organizing Committee conference call - Mon 2008.03.24 - 1Hr. starting 12:30pm PDT / 3:30pm EDT
- see details (closer to the time) at: OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_17/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_24
- Call adjourned at: 1:32 pm PDT
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notes taken by: Peter P. Yim / 2008.03.17-1:32pm PDT
All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.