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- This is the 5th conference call of the organizing committee for the joint NASA-Ontolog "Ontology in Knowledge Management and Decision Support" initiative. The session is expected to be a 1-hour conference call. (1A)
- Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 (1B1)
- Start Time: 9:45am PDT / 12:45pm EDT / 16:45 UTC (1B2)
- Expected Call Duration: 30 minutes (1B3)
- Dial-in Number: (1B4)
- Shared-screen support (VNC session), if applicable, will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/ (1B5)
- view-only password: "ontolog" (1B5A)
- Attended: (1C1)
- Expecting: (1C2)
- Regrets: (1C3)
- postmortem of the 25-Oct-2007 session (1D1)
- Tie down details of the 08-Nov-2007 OKMDS Launch Event (1D2)
- suggest program content for the next 2~3 months or even the entire 6 months of the mini-series (1D3)
- identify "discussion moderators" to champion/focus on particular questions we want to investigate/explore (1D4)
- also, the logistics and mechanics of cross-posting to [KMgov] and [okmds-convene] (1D4A)
- define (ultimate) deliverables of this entire mini-series (1D5)
- ... (1D6)
- ... (please post your agenda ideas here; identify yourself for follow-up purposes) (1D7)
1. Meeting called to order:
(1F1)
- review and adopt agenda (1F4)
2. Roll Call:
(1F5)
3. Issues brought forward:
(1F7)
- postmortem of the 25-Oct-2007 session - ConferenceCall_2007_10_25 (1F8)
- what worked well? (1F8A)
- what didn't? (1F8B)
- everyone appears under their alias in Second Life ... what can we do to improve on the 'networking' when people actually don't know each other by their aliases (1F8B1)
- the gaming world which SL was probably first designed for, is probably not exactly for us (1F8B1A)
- we need some sort of convention about naming people (1F8B1B)
- the "JamieB Tomorrow" example (which JamieClark (James Bryce Clarke) used as his alias) was easy to recognize (1F8B1C)
- the NASA Guest "label" should work well too (1F8B1D)
- what are we going to do differently? (1F8C)
- need to clarify to people that they can get the full OKMDS series programming/content either way ('real life' or 'second life'), people just being on augmented conference call are not at all penalized (1F8C1)
- question: are sessions being archived (or links to the archive available) at the NASA/JPL Second Life site? Would be nice if we can implement that. (1F8C2)
- we need some sort of convention about naming people so as to help the networking (1F8C3)
4. Status of developing issues:
(1F9)
- Outstanding Issue Update: (1F10)
- ref. last week's discussion (Oct-25): (1F11A)
- (suggested) general agenda for the Nov-8 launch event: (1F11B)
- Opening and welcome -- Peter (1F11B1)
- Andrew and Jeanne will set out the agenda and the questions to be discussed to maintain focus as people get used to the environment (1F11B2)
- 5 minutes for pre-brief. This will establish the context and set the focus. (1F11B3)
- 15 to 20 minutes to go around the room asking each person to give a short introduction (NOT a presentation!) about themselves. (1F11B4)
- 30 to 45 minutes for the main presentation done by Andrew and Jeanne. (1F11B5)
- 30 minutes. Open discussion. Issues that were not addressed can be registered with the chat window. (1F11B6)
- Conclusion / Follow-up - ask people to subscribe to discussion list, and actively discuss/debate the issues (1F11B7)
- 1. Initiative Overview (1F11C1)
- 2. First presentation of the series by Andrew and Jeanne (1F11C2)
- 3. Review of organizing process and communication options to ensure full participation by interested individuals - how to join discussion forum, listserv cross-posting?, RSS feeds, podcasts of sessions (1F11C3)
- suggest program content for the next 2~3 months or even the entire 6 months of the mini-series (1F12)
- speaker sessions - candidate speaker, topic, date (for each) (1F12A)
- panel discussions - topic, chair/moderator, candidate panelists (for each) (1F12B)
- Suggestions: (1F12C)
- Peter: SOFI panel - Gordon, Glenn, Yim, Baclawski, Cassidy (1F12C1)
- Peter: Dialog mapping - Conklin, Shum, Park et al. (1F12C2)
- Susan: Morrison on IARPA funded research IC use of knowledge/decision environments (1F12C3)
- Ken: "Living with Uncertainty" - panel on probabilistic reasoning and decision support (1F12C4)
- Ken: ontology-based Dialog Planning for Relational Medicine (1F12C5)
- Jeanne / Andy should probably have some great stuff at NASA we can draw upon (1F12C6)
- General consensus (from participants at this call): (1F13)
- stay focused on our mission - ref. mission statement: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OKMDS#nid152K (1F13A)
- may need to reiterate between our mission statement and the programing to make sure they align (1F13B)
- identify who can be speakers at the intersections (not just the domain experts) (1F13C)
- have people from different community vantage points comment on the experts' presentations (1F13D)
- identify "discussion moderators" to champion/focus on particular questions we want to investigate/explore (1F14)
- online discourse - topic, moderator, candidate (invited) experts to help lead & contribute to the discussion (1F14A)
- Online discourse - need to clarify on the logistics and mechanics of cross-posting to [KMgov] and [okmds-convene] (1F15)
- define (ultimate) deliverables of this entire mini-series (1F16)
- Discussed at the last (Oct-25) call: (1F17)
- Agreed that focus area champions would be conducive to fruitful discussions within and across the many pathways of exploration anticipated; the questions will also help frame the discussions (1F17A)
- Need to determine our deliverables and the form(s) of the anticipated outcome of this mini-seminar series ... candidates include: (1F17B)
- A Communique similar to what was developed by UpperOntologySummit (2006) or Ontology Summit 2007 (1F17B1)
- Scaffold for anticipated emergence of a Community of Practice (1F17B2)
- Partial answers to initial questions with associated community "confidence/ consensus / validation" ratings associated with each question -> precipitating a more refined set of questions to launch a future mini-seminar series (1F17B4)
- Initial "start-up" scenario sketches valued by cross-boundary organizations seeking to lightly organize around shared purpose and uncertain how to proceed - Best Gleanings from the Series as a Primer (1F17B5)
- from J. Seely Brown - Beginnings and Endings are always the most difficult. (1F17B5A)
- Prepare additional 2-3 sessions (dates, presenters, topics) to announce on Nov. 8 (1F17C)
- Discussions: (1F18)
- Susan Turnbull: note that on 16-Nov-2007, there will be a Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference. If you cannot attend the meeting physically, you can attend through Second Life at the following NOAA SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteora/199/138/28 (1F18A)
- Nancy Faget did ask (a) if our friends from NASA/JPL are involved, and (b) to please try telling participants there about our OKMDS mini-series (1F18A1)
- World Usability Day - 08-Nov-2007 too, this year's theme is Healthcare - see: http://worldusabilityday.org (1F18B)
- Ken: starting new project on "Dialog" in healthcare with relational agents ... will be able to report on that later (1F18B1)
5. New Issues:
(1F19)
6. Any Other Business:
(1F20)
7. Action items:
(1F21)
8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:
(1F22)
- Next Meeting: 1-Hour starting Tue 2007.11.06 - 1:00pm EDT / 10:00am PDT (1F23)
- refer to details at the wiki session page (closer to the time) at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OKMDS/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2007_11_06 (1F23A)
- Call adjourned at: 11:28 am PDT (1F24)
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(1F25)
All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.
(1F27)
