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= [[OntologySummit2008]]: Organizing Committee Conference Call - Thursday 31-Mar-2008  =

* This is the 7th conference call of the [[OntologySummit2008|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_31 

=== [[MeetingsCalls|Conference Call]] Details  ===

* Date: Thursday, March 31, 2008 
* Start Time: 12:30am PDT / 3:30pm EDT / 19:30 UTC 
** ref: [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=31&year=2008&hour=12&min=30&sec=0&p1=224 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 

* 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 [mailto:peter.yim@cim3.com peter.yim@cim3.com] appreciated.'' (Regrets only) 

=== Attendees  ===

* Attended: 
** [[PeterYim|Peter P. Yim]] 
** [[SteveRay|Steve Ray]] 
** [[BarrySmith|Barry Smith]] 
** [[LeoObrst|Leo Obrst]] 
** [[MichelleRaymond|Michelle Raymond]] 
** Mark Musen 

* Expecting: 

* Regrets: 

=== Agenda Ideas  ===

* review status of "Advisory Committee" and the 'welcome letter' 
* postmortem on the 2/28 & 3/27 OOR-Panel sessions and review preparation status for the 2 upcoming ones - 4/3 & 4/10 
* status review and action plans for the online discourse 
* status review on the F2F-workshop planning and preparation - review agenda 
* draft communique preparation status 
* status review on how we are getting the word out 

:'' ... (please post your agenda ideas here; identify yourself for follow-up purposes)'' 

== Agenda & Proceedings  ==

1. Meeting called to order: 

* [[SteveRay|Steve Ray]] took the chair and welcomed everyone 

* [[PeterYim|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 [http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_31#nid1CO5 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 [[MichaelGruninger|Michael Gr&uuml;ninger]] who will be working on it 
** Leo and Steve will try to provide input by tomorrow, suggest we give Michael a go ahead even if there is no input. 

* '''Discussions:''' 

* review status of "Advisory Committee" and the 'welcome letter' 
** list of confirmed Advisory Committee members - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008#nid199T 
** "Advisors Welcome Message" - a "publicity oriented - announcement e-mail" of the Summit F2F 
*** ask all advisors to help circulate this to "their friends" 
*** extend invitations to the overseas advisors to come join us at the F2F workshop 
*** Barry will take care of this "interaction with Advisors" 
**** see Barry's: http://interop.cim3.net/forum//ontology-summit-org/2008-03/msg00048.html 
*** Peter to provide Barry with a email address list of all advisors - done! 
*** Barry: 'welcome letter' has all been sent -- Thanks, Barry! 

* postmortem on the 2/28 & 3/27 OOR-Panel sessions and review preparation status for the 2 upcoming ones - 4/3 & 4/10 
** see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/JointPanelSession_Strawman 
** 4/3 speaking order review 
*** we'll go with Doug, Deke, Marcia, Denise, Pat, Mala and Rob 

* status review online discourse 

* status review on the F2F-workshop planning and preparation 
** Steve: Registration Announcement and  URL for Interoperability Week is now ready, Peter will post to the wiki 
*** Peter: done; see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008#nid1BRH 
** Steve: draft agenda now at - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda 
*** it was agreed that we will not have a "plenary/keynote" speaker 
*** Barry: any chance of webcasting the F2F workshop? - Steve will find out 
**** Steve: it'll cost $3600 ... will pass, since we have audio recording, and slides. We can do a bit more on still pictures. 
** structuring the discussion ... unifying plot through the communique 
** distinction between the intellectual content and the pragmatics of the future OOR-team implementation effort 
** OOR team may need to meet about funding (which would be totally independent of the summit agenda) 
** informal gathering on Monday evening? 
** Mark: how would time be spent at the F2F on each of the topics 
*** Michelle: (a) report on what has transpired, (b) possibly invited presentations from key player(s), (c) open discussion (which would be 50% of the total time alloted; or at least 30~45 min.) 
** Mark to Steve: can we start at 8:00am .. .not so much for the start time, but rather, can we fit everything in 
** Time allotment: architecture - 2:00Hrs; state-of-art, quality & gatekeeping and ontology of ontology - each 1:15; all time squeezed out goes to the breaks (because they are among the most important parts of the F2F) 
** we could revisit the session order and time allotment again after the 4/10 ont-of-ont OOR-Panel (say, on our 4/14 organizing committee call.) 
** idea: we could split the architecture session with lunch in between. 
** Mark: we should have demos; if not at the sessions, maybe in the evenings, during the Tuesdays breaks, during lunch, etc. 
*** Steve will pursue this and bring back suggestions next week. 

* the [[OntologySummit2008_Communique]] 
** [[LeoObrst|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]] 
** develop a narrative how these all connect: 
*** what is the state-of-the-art in ontology repositories 
*** where are ontologies and where are mappings of ontologies 
*** what the gateway folks can come up with (entry requirement) -- criteria, validation, certification, ... 
*** methodology 
*** requirements from content providers 
*** to make it serious, we need to develop an ontology of ontologies 
*** OOR roadmap to realization 
** Barry: Mark & Leo should communicate what they expect from the content champions (Mark: we'll email) 
*** Leo: forthcoming ... hopefully this week. 

* 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 have a draft of the Interoperability Week press release within the next couple of days - will circulate that to the organizing committee list. 

5. New Issues: 

6. Any Other Business: 

7. Action items: 

8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn: 

* next Organizing Committee conference call - Mon 2008.04.07 - 1Hr. starting 12:30pm PDT / 3:30pm EDT 
** see details (closer to the time) at: [[OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_31/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_04_07]] 

* Call adjourned at: 1:33 pm PDT 

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notes taken by: [[PeterYim|Peter P. Yim]] / 2008.03.31-1:33 pm PDT

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

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