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Joint Ontolog / eGov-CEW invited Speaker Presentation - Mr. Jon Bosak - Fri 2005-09-23

Conference Call Details

  • Subject: Joint Ontolog & eGov Collaborative Expedition Workshop Event - Invited Speaker Presentation by Jon Bosak - Fri 2005-09-23
  • Agenda: Mr. Jon Bosak from Sun Microsystems, Inc. will be presenting to the community, his talk is entitled: "Governance in the Development of an OASIS Standard for Business Documents"
  • Date: Friday, September 23, 2005
  • Start Time: 10:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time / 1:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time / 6:30 PM UTC (see world clock for other time zones)
    • Duration: 2.0 hours
  • Dial-in Number: 1-702-851-3330 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
    • Participant Access Code: "686564#"
    • In view of the fact that we will need to coordinate the logitics of doing this as a joint physical-virtual, the conference lines will be available 15 minutes before the formal start-time. All virtual participants are requested to call in at least 10 minutes before that time -- i.e. please dial-in at or before of 10:20am PDT / 1:20pm EDT / 6:30 PM UTC -- to allow everyone to settle in, so that the session can start at 10:30am PDT/1:30pm EDT sharp.
  • Shared-screen support (VNC session) will be started 15 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
    • view-only password: "colab"
    • if you plan to be logging into this shared-screen option (which the speaker may be navigating), and you are not familiar with the process, please try to call in 5 minutes before the start of the session so that we can work out the connection logistics. Help on this will generally not be available once the presentation starts.
    • people behind corporate firewalls may have difficulty accessing this. If that is the case, please download the slides below and runing them locally. The speaker will prompt you to advance the slides during the talk.
  • RSVP
    • Ontolog community members are requested to respond to peter.yim@cim3.com. This will help us prepare enough conferencing resources.
    • eGov Collaborative Expedition Workshop community members are requested to respond to renee.hughes@gsa.gov or 202-501-0291, especially if you plan to be attending the (full-day) workshop onsite at NSF (Ballston, VA.)
  • Please note that this session will be recorded, and the audio archives is expected to be made available as open content to our community membership and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR policy.
  • Thanks to Kurt Conrad for suggesting to invite Jon, and to Susan Turnbull for proposing to have this as a joint Ontolog-CEW event.

Attendees

  • Also Expected (probably called in after we did roll call):

Agenda & Proceedings

  • Mr. Jon Bosak from Sun Microsystems, Inc. will be presenting to the community, his talk is entitled: "Governance in the Development of an OASIS Standard for Business Documents"
JonBosak_20050923.png [picture of Mr. Jon Bosak]
Abstract:
This talk will outline the OASIS process for the

development of technical specifications and share lessons learned in using the process to develop UBL (Universal Business Language), a suite of XML standards for electronic procurement.

  • Session Format and Agenda:
    • this will be virtual session over a phone conference setting, augmented by shared computer screen support
    • in view of the expected large audience, we will not have the usual attendee self-intro. However, everyone is expected to identify and briefly introduce themselves when they ask questions during the presentation, or speaks up during the ensuing discussion.
    • The session will open with a brief introduction of the Collaborative Expedition Workshop series by Susan Turnbull, and the same on Ontolog and its monthly invited speaker series by PeterYim.
    • Kurt Conrad will then introduce our guest speaker, Mr. Jon Bosak.
    • Presentation by the invited speaker (45~60 min.)
    • Open discussion (45~60 min.)
  • Bio of Mr. Jon Bosak:
Known as "The Father of XML," Sun Microsystems Distinguished

Engineer Jon Bosak organized and led the working group that created XML, subsequently serving for two years as chair of the XML Coordination Group of the World Wide Web Consortium. He is a long-time member of OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, and he chaired the committee that developed the OASIS process for the definition of industry-specific XML markup standards. He has also served on the Advisory Board of the Electronic Business XML initiative (ebXML), a joint project of OASIS and the United Nations body for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT); on the Solution Provider Board of RosettaNet, the leading XML-based supply-chain organization for the electronics industry; and on the Board of Governors of the Electronics Industry Data Exchange Association (EIDX), a member section of CompTIA. He currently chairs the OASIS Universal Business Language Technical Committee.

  • If you have questions for the presenter, we appreciate your posting them as instructed below: (please identify yourself)
    • experimental: try using the queue management chat tool at: http://soaphub.homeip.net:8080/conf/room/ontolog
      • instructions: once you got access to the page, click on the "settings" button, and identify yourself (by modifying the Name field). You can indicate that you want to ask a question verbally by clicking on the "hand" button, and wait for the moderator to call on you; or, type and send your question into the chat window at the bottom of the screen.
    • ... (you may also post you questions here, the speaker will be fielding them during the open discussion session) ...
    • ...(insert content here) ...
    • For those who have further questions for Jon Bosak, please email him at <jon.bosak-at-sun.com>, or, better still, post them to the ontolog forum so that we can all benefit from the discourse.
  • Session ended 2005-09-23 12:48 pm PDT

Session Recording of the Jon Bosak Talk

(Thanks to Kurt Conrad and Peter P. Yim for their help with getting the session recorded. -ppy)

  • To download the audio recording of the presentation, click here
    • the playback of the audio files require the proper setup, and an MP3 compatible player on your computer.
  • Conference Date and Time: Sep. 23, 2005 10:40am~12:30pm Pacific Daylight Time
  • Duration of Recording: 2 Hour 20 Minutes
  • Recording File Size: 49.0 MB (in mp3 format)
  • Telephone Playback Expiration Date: Oct. 3, 2005 1:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time
    • Prior to the above Expiration Date, one can call-in and hear the telephone playback of the session.
    • Playback Dial-in Number: +1-805-620-4002 (Ventura, CA)
    • Playback Access Code: 328828#
    • suggestion: best that you listen to the session while having the presentation opened in front of you. You'll be prompted to advance slides by the speaker.