Workspace for the "Synergies and Gaps" Discussion     (1)

• Session Chair: Leo Obrst;     (1B)
• Panelists: Mike Dean, Mark Musen, Li Ding, Bruce Bargmeyer, Bill Andersen     (1C)

Organizing team conference call of Tue 2008.08.12     (1F)

• Date/time: Tue 2008.08.12 - 1.0~1.5 Hrs. starting 3:00pm EDT / 12:00pm PDT     (1F2)
• Dial-in No. +1-605-475-8590     (1F3)
• Conference ID: "5823120#"     (1F4)
• Attendees: Leo Obrst, Mike Dean & Peter P. Yim     (1F5)

• 0. Where we we stand - take inventory.     (1F7)

• 1. Sync'ing up on expectations for the 2008.08.22 panel discussion session on "Getting OOR Development Off the Ground: Identifying Synergies & Gaps"     (1F8)
  • moving from "discussion" to "action"     (1F8A)
    • we need "code" now ... and, of course, implementation commitments     (1F8A1)
      • identify existing software that can be packaged into OOR modules     (1F8A1A)
      • identifying programmatic interfaces to existing repositories that can be used in federation     (1F8A1B)
  • making sure CL is in the loop     (1F8B)
  • "showing the federation of existing repositories" would be a major milestone - BioPortal, XMDR, SemanticMediaWiki, etc.     (1F8C)
  •     (1F8D)

• 2. key points to the post for the [oor-forum] list to provide preparation guidelines for the panelists and participants.     (1F9)
  • share the vision/expectations (ref. point 1 above)     (1F9A)
  • Panelists to address:     (1F9B)
    • (a) describe capabilities and services that the existing software have     (1F9B1)
    • (b) willingness to share design, code and resources on an ongoing basis     (1F9B2)
    • (c) the programmatic interface that would support federating the software module as a part of OOR     (1F9B3)
    • (d) each panelists' perspective on "synergies and gaps"     (1F9B4)
  • lay out the logistics:     (1F9C)
    • panelists' talk title - by Thu 2008.08.15     (1F9C1)
    • slides from everyone by end-of-day next Tue 2008.08.19     (1F9C2)
  • 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     (1F9D)

• 3. Logistics     (1F10)
  • make sure the EU repository people gets the 8/22 session announcement     (1F10A)
  • Peter will follow-up with the panelists on the logistics     (1F10B)