Workspace for the "Synergies and Gaps" Discussion

This is the workspace for the strawman and preparation for the 2008.08.22 panel discussion session on "Getting OOR Development Off the Ground: Identifying Synergies & Gaps"

• Session Chair: Leo Obrst;
• Panelists: Mike Dean, Mark Musen, Li Ding, Bruce Bargmeyer, Bill Andersen

Ref. team discussion http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_08_08#nid1KGW

Developing Session Page (with call details agenda, proceedings, etc.) at: ConferenceCall_2008_08_22

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Organizing team conference call of Tue 2008.08.12

Call Details:

• Date/time: Tue 2008.08.12 - 1.0~1.5 Hrs. starting 3:00pm EDT / 12:00pm PDT
• Dial-in No. +1-605-475-8590
• Conference ID: "5823120#"
• Attendees: Leo Obrst, Mike Dean & Peter P. Yim

Agenda & Proceedings:

• 0. Where we we stand - take inventory.

• 1. Sync'ing up on expectations for the 2008.08.22 panel discussion session on "Getting OOR Development Off the Ground: Identifying Synergies & Gaps"
  • moving from "discussion" to "action"
    • we need "code" now ... and, of course, implementation commitments
      • identify existing software that can be packaged into OOR modules
      • identifying programmatic interfaces to existing repositories that can be used in federation
  • making sure CL is in the loop
  • "showing the federation of existing repositories" would be a major milestone - BioPortal, XMDR, SemanticMediaWiki, etc.

• 2. key points to the post for the [oor-forum] list to provide preparation guidelines for the panelists and participants.
  • share the vision/expectations (ref. point 1 above)
  • Panelists to address:
    • (a) describe capabilities and services that the existing software have
    • (b) willingness to share design, code and resources on an ongoing basis
    • (c) the programmatic interface that would support federating the software module as a part of OOR
    • (d) each panelists' perspective on "synergies and gaps"
  • lay out the logistics:
    • panelists' talk title - by Thu 2008.08.15
    • slides from everyone by end-of-day next Tue 2008.08.19
  • ask all OOR team members and the rest of the community to come join us; and also tell us what else do they want to get from this session

• 3. Logistics
  • make sure the EU repository people gets the 8/22 session announcement
  • Peter will follow-up with the panelists on the logistics

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