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OpenOntologyRepository: OOR Team Conference Call - Tue 2012_02_07

This is a regular OOR Team meeting. ... please refer to proceedings from the last team meeting at OOR/ConferenceCall_2012_01_10

Conference Call Details

  • Date: Tuesday, 7-Feb-2012
  • Start Time: 8:30am PST / 11:30am EST / 5:30pm CET / 16:30 UTC
  • Expected Call Duration: 1.0~1.5 hours
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  • 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 any additional items below (along with your name for follow-up purposes)

  • postmortem of the last couple of workshops (Architecture-API-X & Metadata-V)
  • OOR: sandbox, devbox, socop-instance status update
  • planning and coordination on upcoming OOR events
  • doing something at Ontology Summit 2012
  • Member activities updates
  • action planning for "content drive" (getting people to upload ontologies)
  • Getting us to a stage when we can run a OOR-production box
  • ...

Agenda & Proceedings

Archives:

1. Meeting called to order:

2. Roll Call:

  • welcome and intro of new member(s) (if applicable)

3. Status Review and Discussion:

4. Key items for review and discussion today

  • postmortem of the last couple of workshops (Metadata-V & Architecture-API-X) ... ref.
    • OOR-Metadata-V - OOR/ConferenceCall_2012_01_17
      • Michael: ORWG presentation and discussion, mainly OMV & CTS2 ... look toward more discussion at a next session
      • Brian: as of this Thu (Feb-9) ORWG is suspending and wrapping into a larger project that will look into the bigger picture of standards (cf. DISR - Defense Information Standard Repository; NCRI (UK's) work; and "Cancer InfoMatrix" - http://www.ncri-onix.org.uk/portal/#S24) ... Brian and Sherri are still going to be involved
    • OOR-Architecture-API-X - OOR/ConferenceCall_2012_01_31
      • Todd walked us through his reverse-engineered architecture of the Nov-2011 version of BioPortal
      • 3 coordinated and branched development (tab-based) effort are starting KenBaclawski+ToddSchneider (workflow & gatekeeping), Mike Dean (federation) & Michael Grüninger (metadata)
        • Ken: still need some clarification from Paul Alexander on getting started on the development of a tab
      • Michael will look into java code generation from OMV
  • planning and coordination on upcoming OOR events
    • re-scheduling metadata (VI?) session: with Mike Bennett on financial metadata - some time in Mar-2012 (either Mar-13) - [MichaelGruninger]
    • re-scheduling Joint IAOA-OOR-Ontolog "Ontologies and Standards" mini-series session-3: on "ISO/IEC 24707 Common Logic and IKL" [MichaelGruninger & JohnBateman] ... will discuss off-line and revert (as OntoIOp is also meeting every other week now)
    • OOR Architecture & API Workshop-XII now scheduled for (either Mar-20) - Ken & Todd
    • next Content workshop ...?
    • ... lining up more?
    • no meeting on Feb-14 & Feb-28
    • we meet on Feb-21 about coding
    • Mar-6 team meeting
  • doing something at OntologySummit2012
    • Todd will champion OOR by injecting it into any track where it makes sense ... also by way of NCOIC involvement
    • Mike will support (technically, especially by way of the socop-oor instance) Nancy and Gary in the collaborative SOCoP-INTEROP / Summit workshop that Nancy is spearheading
    • Ken will work on one presentation (on behalf of OOR), which Todd and Peter will try to slot into one of the sessions - possibility: "OOR and webservices"
    • ... think of something we can engage Duane Nickull on
  • Member activities updates - ref. below ... (item skipped; discussion deferred)
  • action planning for "content drive" ... (item skipped; discussion deferred) (getting people to upload ontologies)
  • Getting us to a stage when we can run a OOR-production box ... (item skipped; discussion deferred)

... Notes below are from previous meeting(s), and will be updated as this meeting progresses.

  • planning and coordination on upcoming OOR events
  • Getting us to a stage when we can run a OOR-production box ...(we will skip this stock agenda item at today's call.)
  • action planning for facilitating code contribution (organizing ourselves so various sub-teams can actually get to work on coding) ...(we will skip this stock agenda item at today's call.)
  • action planning for "soliciting" content (getting people to upload ontologies) ...(we will skip this stock agenda item at today's call.)
  • Getting us to a stage when members can contribute code ... how, ETA?
    • (discussion 2011.05.06):
      • an adopted Architecture & API is definitely crucial, but that's not all
    • All team members are encouraged to mull over how we can get to that state effectively
      • in particular ... how do we make this a "successful" community-driven, open source project!?
    • (discussion 2011.06.03) ...
  • code development on an Eclipse IDE for all?
  • Code repository - considering "git" or github?
  • Getting us to a stage when we can run a OOR-production box ... what's still needed, ETA?
    • ...

Member activities updates:

  • Review: members and OOR-related activities (2012.02.07)
    • OOR-sandbox status
    • code repository status
    • NCBO
    • NEU
    • Raytheon-BBN
    • Bremen
    • UToronto
    • Ryerson
    • Mathet
    • SOCoP_INTEROP
    • DataONE
    • NeOn (KMi and STL)
    • ONKI
    • KBSI
    • MMI
    • Use Cases
    • Architecture
    • API
    • Gatekeeping
    • production OOR instance
    • SIO
    • Funding
    • ICOM / DERI

Action planning for "soliciting" content (getting people to upload ontologies)

5. Funding progress:

6. Any Other Business:

7. Action items:

8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:

  • Next Meetings:
    • no OOR meetings on Feb-14 & Feb-28
    • we meet on Feb-21 about coding, and check progress on getting implementing our first tabs
    • 2012_03_06 - next Regular OOR Team meeting - first Tuesday of the month - OOR/ConferenceCall_2012_03_06
    • next Metadata workshop (VI) on Tue 2012.03.13
    • next Architecture API workshop (XI) on Tue 2012.03.20
  • Call adjourned at: 9:39 am PST

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notes taken by: Peter P. Yim / 2012.02.07-11:45am PST

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

Resources

  • the OOR-IPR mini-series:
    • 2010_09_09 - Thursday: Joint OOR-Ontolog-NCBO-CC-IAOA-OASIS Panel Discussion - "IPR issues in Ontology and the OOR" session-1: an exposition on relevant IPR regimes - Keynote speaker: George Strawn - Chair: Peter P. Yim - Panelists: JamieClark, John Wilbanks, Bruce Perens - ConferenceCall_2010_09_09
    • 2010_09_16 - Thursday: Joint OOR-Ontolog-NCBO-CC-IAOA-OASIS Panel Discussion - "IPR issues in Ontology and the OOR" session-2: what are the IPR issues relating to open ontology repositories (and ontologies in general)? - Chair: Mark Musen - Panelists: Cameron Ross, Alan Rector, John F. Sowa, Bruce Perens, John Wilbanks, Peter P. Yim - ConferenceCall_2010_09_16
    • 2010_09_30 - Thursday: Joint OOR-Ontolog-NCBO-CC-IAOA-OASIS Panel Discussion - "IPR issues in Ontology and the OOR" session-3: discussion and consensus on licensing arrangements for the OOR Initiative, and positions we might take on related IPR issues - chair: Leo Obrst - Panelists: Peter P. Yim, Mike Dean, Bruce Perens, JamieClark - ConferenceCall_2010_09_30
  • the Joint IAOA-OOR-Ontolog "Ontologies and Standards" mini-series:
    • 2011_10_20 - Thursday: Joint IAOA-OOR-Ontolog "Ontologies and Standards" mini-series session-1: Introducing the ISO NP 17347 "Ontology Integration and Interoperability (OntoIOp)" Standardization Effort - Co-chairs: John Bateman & Michael Grüninger - ConferenceCall_2011_10_20
    • 2011_11_03 - Thursday: Joint IAOA-OOR-Ontolog "Ontologies and Standards" mini-series session-2: Invited Speaker: Elisa Kendall on "Ontology-Related Metadata Standards" - Co-chairs: Michael Grüninger & John Bateman - ConferenceCall_2011_11_03
    • 2011_12_15 - Thursday: Joint IAOA-OOR-Ontolog "Ontologies and Standards" mini-series session-3: "ISO/IEC 24707 Common Logic and IKL" - Co-chairs: Michael Grüninger & John Bateman - ConferenceCall_2011_12_15



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