OntologySummit2007/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting 2007 04 10

Ontology Summit 2007 Organizing Committee Conference Call - Tuesday 17-Apr-2007

• This session will a 1-hour conference call starting at Tue 17-Apr-2007 8:00am PDT / 11:00am EDT / 5:00pm CET / 15:00 GMT/UTC

Conference Call Details

• Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2007
• Start Time: 8:00am PDT / 11:00am EDT / 5:00pm CET / 15:00 GMT/UTC
  • ref: World Clock
• Expected Call Duration: 1.0 Hour
• Dial-in Number:
  • from US: +1-605-475-8590 (South Dakota, USA)
  • from Europe, call:
    • Belgium 070-35-9989
    • France 0826-100-277
    • Germany 01805-00-7649
    • Ireland 0818-270-034
    • Italy 0848-390-175
    • Switzerland 0848-560-195
    • UK 0870-738-0763
  • callers from other countries please dial into either one of the US or European numbers
  • 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 peter.yim@cim3.com appreciated.

Attendees

• Attended:
  • Peter P. Yim
  • Tom Gruber
  • Michael Grüninger
  • Steve Ray

• Expecting: ( * = not yet confirmed whether he/she will be dialing-in)
  • Olivier Bodenreider (NLM, NIH)
  • LeoObrst* (Ontolog, MITRE)
  • Frank Olken (NSF)
  • IvanHerman* (W3C)
  • BarrySmith* (NCOR, SUNY-Buffalo)
  • MarkMusen* (NCOR, NCBO, Stanford SMI)

• Regrets:
  • Chris Welty - standing regrets for the Tue time slot
  • Nicola Guarino
  • DeborahMcGuinness (Stanford KSL)

Agenda Ideas

• finalize on all details before the 4/23 & 24 F2F sessions
  • tie down program / speakers/ panelists for all workshop sessions
    • (ref. Steve's open invitation) intents to speak received so far: Adrian Walker, Pat Cassidy, PaolaDiMaio, BillMcCarthy, Peter P. Yim, Werner Ceusters
  • sync-up with all symposium presenters
  • overview of draft 'survey input', 'framework', 'populating process' & 'communique'
  • final logistic details
  • any other issues

• Peter: suggest we invite all F2F session chairs, and all symposium presenter to this call to do a sync-up
• Peter: suggest we do another final sync-up this Thursday, at the Ontolog weekly call 2007.04.19-10:30am PDT, along with all F2F meeting session organizers and presenters/panelists

• ... (please post here; indentify yourself for follow-up purposes)

Agenda & Proceedings

1. Meeting called to order:

• Steve Ray took the chair and welcomed everyone

• Peter P. Yim volunteered to take minutes of the meeting

2. Roll Call:

• see above

3. Urgent Issues to be covered today:

• substituting Chris
  • Tom actually doesn't mind running that session by himself

• finalize on all details before the 4/23 & 24 F2F sessions
  • registration status review
    • on-site registrants - ~40 now [Steve]
    • remote registrants - see: OntologySummit2007/RemoteAttendees
      • not a lot of remote registrant yet ... Peter to make one more post to the lists to remind people.
  • tie down program / speakers/ panelists for all workshop sessions
  • sync-up with all symposium presenters
  • overview of draft 'survey input', 'framework', 'population' & 'communique'
  • final logistic details
    • plenary is Tue 9:00~10:30am
    • session-3 Tue 8:00~8:50am then 10:40am~12:00noon (with plenary in between)
    • building, room, ... maps - all session at Lecture Room D of the Main Building
    • dial-in: tolled vs. toll-free calls; supporting skype?
      • Peter / Steve: will try to bridge from the NIST line into the normal Ontolog bridge (so that skype callls can be supported too)
    • audio recording
    • getting together - Sunday (4/22) evening? Monday (4/23) morning?
  • co-sponsor calls - Buffalo(?), U.Toronto-Yes(MG) (like last year)
  • presenters: Adrian Walker (2), Pat Cassidy (2), PaolaDiMaio (1), BillMcCarthy (OT-Steve to contact Bill), Peter P. Yim (1), BarrySmith-WernerCeusters (1), Ken Baclawski (2)

• Discussion notes:
  • request 'framework' dialog be done on the [ontology-summit-org] list
    • Peter to add Michael to the list

4. Status of developing issues:

(following is where we left off as of the 2007.04.10 call)

• scheduling and programming for the Apr. 23 & 24, 2007 face-to-face meetings and symposium
  • Monday am: "The Framework" (Agreeing to the final picture) - Co-chairs: Leo Obrst / Michael Grüninger
  • Monday pm: "Populating the Framework" (Endorsing the picture) - Chairs: Tom Gruber
  • (Tueday early am: NIST Interoperability Week Plenary)
  • Tueday am: Finalizing the Communique - Co-Chair: Olivier Bodenreider / Frank Olken
  • Tueday pm: The Symposium (public meeting) - Co-Chair: Steve Ray / DeborahMcGuinness
    • Keynote: Tom Gruber
    • Speakers (candidates): co-chairs of each of the workshops sessions (Frameowrk, Populating & Communique); co-chairs of this session: Steve Ray, DeborahMcGuinness; Chris Menzel (Ontology), Denise Bedford (Taxonomy), Tom Gruber (Folksonomy; keynote), Peter Brown (EU perspectives), ...
    • (updated) appointment of Steve Ray & DeborahMcGuinness as co-chairs of the Tuesday pm Symposium session
      • ... we'll try to feature people who can represent the different perspectives of the various constituencies
      • also: a diverse representation (geographically)
      • and, most importantly, by merit ... based on quality and substantive contribution in the virtual discourse and synthesis phase.

we need to come to some virtual consensus even BEFORE the face-to-face

• need to finalize on the speaker invitations for the 4/23 & 24 F2F sessions and GET THE INVITATIONS OUT!
  • ref: http://interop.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit-org/2007-03/msg00045.html
  • still have no news from Nicola if he could possibly change his mind
  • Leo: 'Framework' session: suggested speakers - Leo Obrst, Michael Grüninger, DeborahMcGuinness, Michael Uschold, Chris Welty, Barry Smith, Denise Bedford, Tom Gruber, ...
  • 'Populating / categorizing' session: suggested speakers - Chris Welty, Tom Gruber, Bill Andersen, Conrad Bock, Evan Wallace, Elisa Kendall, Pat Hayes, Chris Menzel, John F. Sowa, Mark Musen, Olivier Bodenreider, Denise Bedford, Christiane Fellbaum, Doug Lenat, RobinMcEntire, Charlynn Clayton (Amgen), Bill Bug (BIRN, Drexel) / Maryann Martone (BIRN, UCSD), W3C Semantic Web

HCLS interest group co-chairs: Eric Neumann, Tonya Hongsermeier; Susie Stephens (BioRDF taskforce), Vipul Kashyap (BioONT taskforce); also need to engage more European folks, ...

• • 'Communique' session: suggested speakers - Olivier Bodenreider, Frank Olken, Charles Turnitsa, Kurt Conrad, Bob Smith, Ken Baclawski, Steve Ray, Alan Rector / Robert Stevens (Manchester), Chris Chute, ...
  • Symposium session: suggested speakers - Steve Ray, Nicola Guarino, Tom Gruber, ...

session co-chairs will make the call on how they will be running their session. Please make sure your speakers/panelists are in communication with you (and knows that they are "on"!)

• finalize on the speaker invitations for the 4/23 & 24 F2F sessions and get the invitations out
  • Peter: how about sending out a blank invitation for 'conveners' to speak (requesting submission of title, abstract on/before Fri 4/20 and then slides on/before Fri 4/27, if accepted to present.)
    • Peter: suggested criteria - (i) have contributed to the forum discourse (with at least 3 posts), or (ii) have submitted their survey response, or (iii) member of the organizing committee, or (iv) invited by a member of the organizing committee.
    • Steve / Leo: open invitation is good; we need to have a process to make sure we have a good flow on our workshop program. Could have people on a panel too (not just a formal presentation)
    • Steve will send this out to [ontology-summit], organizing commmittee members can forward this
  • finalize symposium chair/co-chair & program/agenda - see above

• discuss the processing of the OntologySummit2007_Survey and forum discussion inputs, and to coordinate on the preparation for the Apr-23 & 24 Summit face-to-face workshops.
  • Peter: devoting part of the 12-Apr-2007 Ontolog weekly call to do it with Summit conveners. Please come, if possible.

• Discussion:
  • What could ensure us that we are bringing "value" to the community-at-large (or even the world-at-large), with this "Ontology Summit 2007" endeavor?
    • Steve: focus on the deliverables - and what will 'last' (even after all the discussions and the meetings) - that, possibly, could be the 'framework' that everyone could use in the future

• volunteered/assigned wiki editors
  • volunteers: Charles Turnitsa, Kurt Conrad, Bob Smith, Ken Baclawski, Doug Holmes, Steve Ray, DeborahMcGuinness, Chris Menzel, Pat Hayes, John F. Sowa, Peter P. Yim ... (need more, hopefully from our community champions), plus F2F session co-chairs
  • Now drafting :
    • Framework: Leo Obrst, Michael Grüninger, DeborahMcGuinness, with Charles Turnitsa summarizing 'dimensions' dialog on the wiki
      • Leo: status report - Leo, Micchael & Deborah are in touch, a framework draft is being reviewed by the team now; expecting to post it onto the wiki and the forum before the end of this week (the earlier the better).
    • Populating the framework - Tom Gruber
    • Communique - Olivier Bodenreider, Frank Olken
      • Olivier / Frank: will try to post a draft communique before the next committee call on Apr-17
    • Survey data summary, analysis and synthesis - Ken Baclawski, Doug Holmes, Peter P. Yim
      • see work-in-progress at: OntologySummit2007_Survey/ResponseAnalysis
    • Formal Ontologists perspective - Pat Hayes, Chris Menzel, with John F. Sowa as reviewer
    • Taxonomists perspective - Denise Bedford, Bob Smith
    • Folksonomists perspective - Tom Gruber, et al.

• Outstanding Issue Update:
  • Public Relations & The Press - Steve taking this on
    • Steve already working on a pre-event press release; hopefully one or two articles out before the F2F
  • co-sponsor call
    • Peter: will do one more round of calls, especially to 'co-sponsors' from last year's UpperOntologySummit and to all 'conveners' this year - done!
    • "co-sponsorship" - those who confirmed via the survey has been updated to the wiki already.
  • communique endorsement call
    • Peter: this part was messed up in the survey. I'll make a post to the forum to straighten it out before the F2F. - done!

• Action Items:
  • Deborah, Leo & Michael to get in touch and start drafting the "framework" - in progress, along with Tom & Pat Hayes
  • Olivier & Frank are in touch now and will get started on drafting the "communique"
  • Peter to roll up the survey database and send it to Ken Baclawski for analysis,; also post it (for open access) so that the session co-chairs sice-and-dice the collected data and make use of them too - done, long with KenBaclawski!
    • note that we'll be devoting part of this Thursday's (17-Apr-2007) Ontolog weekly call to do a final sync-up for the Apr-23 & 24 Summit face-to-face workshops. (see: ConferenceCall_2007_04_19) ... come if you can.
  • Peter to make a post to [ontology-summit] to ask everyone involved to come join us on Thursday if they can.

5. New Issues:

6. Any Other Business:

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:

• ALL: we can do one more final sync-up this Thursday, at the Ontolog weekly call 2007.04.19 10:30am PDT / 1:30pm EDT / 7:30pm CET, along with all F2F meeting session organizers and presenters/panelists - details at: ConferenceCall_2007_04_19

• Call adjourned at: 8:48 am PDT ... see you at the face-to-face in Gaithersburg!

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notes taken by: Peter P. Yim / 2007.04.17-8:50 PDT

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