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OntologySummit2007 Organizing Committee Conference Call - Tuesday 06-Mar-2007     (1)
- This session will a 1-Hour conference call starting at Tue 06-Mar-2007 8:00am PST / 11:00am EST / 5:00pm CET     (1A)
- Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2007     (1C1)
- Start Time: 8:00am PST / 11:00am EST / 5:00pm CET / 16:00 GMT/UTC     (1C2)
- Expected Call Duration: 60 minutes     (1C3)
- Dial-in Number:     (1C4)
- from US: +1-605-475-8590 (South Dakota, USA)     (1C4A)
- from Europe, call:     (1C4B)
- Belgium 070-35-9989     (1C4B1)
- France 0826-100-277     (1C4B2)
- Germany 01805-00-7649     (1C4B3)
- Ireland 0818-270-034     (1C4B4)
- Italy 0848-390-175     (1C4B5)
- Switzerland 0848-560-195     (1C4B6)
- UK 0870-738-0763     (1C4B7)
- callers from other countries please dial into either one of the US or European numbers     (1C4C)
- Conference ID: "5823120#"     (1C4D)
- Direct call from from Skype: +990008275823120     (1C4E)
- Shared-screen support (VNC session), if applicable, will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/     (1C5)
- view-only password: "ontolog"     (1C5A)
- Attended:     (1D1)
- LeoObrst (Ontolog, MITRE)     (1D1E)
- Expecting: ( * = not yet confirmed whether he/she will be dialing-in)     (1D2)
- Regrets:     (1D3)
- TomGruber (Tomgruber.org) - standing regrets for the Tue time slot; also, on plane this time     (1D3B)
- organizing committee structure and protocol - distributing the workload     (1E1)
- Peter: adopting a title or tag-line for this "Ontology Summit 2007" initiative     (1E2)
- getting organized to get dialogs from representatives of other constituencies (other than formal ontologists) going     (1E3)
- getting organized to summarize/synthesize the mailing list discussions on the wiki - devoting part of the 15-Feb-2007 Ontolog weekly call to do it with Summit conveners     (1E4)
- ... (please post here; indentify yourself for follow-up purposes)     (1E5)
1. Meeting called to order:
    (1G1)
2. Roll Call:
    (1G4)
- Apologies about last week - someone needs to have the moderator access code to start the call. And that code is...     (1G6)
3. Urgent Issues:
    (1G7)
- getting the community-specific discussions going:     (1G8)
- see (communities enumerated): http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007_DefinitionsOfOntology#nidTIS     (1G8A)
- and (champions we have in mind): http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2007_01_30#nidSZQ     (1G8B)
- action: ...     (1G8C)
- Ivan: consider asking people to identify what community they belong to     (1G8C1)
- Nicola: we catalog, and map out the framework     (1G8C2)
- Peter: ask various communities to put together a glossary of their ontology (or ontology-related) vocabulary     (1G8C3)
- Steve / Nicola: ask various community representative to where they think they fit in     (1G8C4)
- try getting TomGruber to present his view some time soon, that is going to help     (1G8C5)
- Discussion:     (1G9)
- Steve: steer away from the word 'ontology' and just ask other communities how they define their 'structures'     (1G9A)
- Olivier / Steve: we should be the USGS (cartographers) rather than the UN (peacekeepers) of 'ontologies' here.     (1G9B)
- Steve / Leo: start putting something up (a draft) so that people have something to talk about     (1G9C)
- cadidates to drive the drafting: LeoObrst, MichaelGruninger, ... with support from Steve, Olivier     (1G9C1)
- start from the draft communique wiki page ... and have anyone contribute even small chunks (without major time commitments)     (1G9C2)
- maybe someone could start by drafting a table-of-content - Steve?     (1G9C3)
- when ready for another round of reviews, someone makes a post to [ontology-summit] list     (1G9C4)
- use combination of wiki, spreadsheet (google spreadsheet for collaborative editing, and excel for     (1G9C5)
- assigning wiki editors     (1G10)
- volunteers: CharlesTurnitsa, KurtConrad, KenBaclawski, ... (need more, hopefully from our community champions)     (1G10A)
- protocol & editor coordination - Peter: suggest we try to engage the conveners and devote a good part of the 15-Feb-2007 Ontolog weekly call to do it     (1G10B)
4. Outstanding Issues:
    (1G11)
- Completed Task Report:     (1G12)
- Deciding on a "title" or "tag line" for the "Ontology Summit 2007" initiative.     (1G13)
- Looks like (c) "Ontology Summit 2007 - Ontology, Taxonomy, Folksonomy: Understanding the Distinctions" is getting the majority of the support     (1G13A)
- adopt? - Yes (adopted at this call)     (1G13B)
- Peter to announce (and put out the survey too)     (1G13C)
- Surveying participants     (1G14)
- Peter: please review and comment on draft-2 of survey questions (for process proposal-2):     (1G14A)
- Peter to move ahead and release the survey; personal contact to targeted champions to get their inputs     (1G14A2)
- Peter is working on a list of folks who could represent perspectives of various constituencies. He'll circulate it on the [ontology-summit-org] list for comments later today.     (1G14A3)
- Outstanding Issue Update:     (1G15)
- organizing committee structure and protocol     (1G15A)
- pending responses     (1G15B)
- conveners: Chiara F, Thomas B (pending - ref: "key participant" role confirmation)     (1G15B2)
5. New Issues:
    (1G16)
6. Any Other Business:
    (1G17)
- drafting the communique     (1G18)
- solicitng "co-sponsorship" - please endorse the initiative; they have to choose on the conclusion - Peter to do it.     (1G19)
- Public Relations & The Press - Steve taking this on     (1G20)
- Steve already working on a pre-event press release; hopefully one or two articles out before the F2F     (1G20A)
- scheduling and programming for the Apr. 23 & 24, 2007 face-to-face meetings and symposium     (1G21)
- Monday am: "The Framework" (Agreeing to the final picture) - Co-chairs: LeoObrst / MichaelGruninger?     (1G21A)
- Monday pm: "Populating the Framework" (Endorsing the picture) - Co-chairs: ChrisWelty? / TomGruber     (1G21B)
- (Tueday early am: NIST Interoperability Week Plenary)     (1G21C)
- Tueday am: Finalizing the Communique - Co-Chair: OlivierBodenreider / FrankOlken?     (1G21D)
- Keynote: TomGruber     (1G21E1)
- Panel: ... (tbd)     (1G21E2)
- ... we'll try to feature people who can represent the different perspectives of the various constituencies and those who made substantive contribution in the discourse.     (1G21E2A)
7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:
    (1G23)
- ALL: we will continue the discussion of today's agenda items on the [ontology-summit-org] list     (1G24)
- Next Meeting: our next meeting will be a 30-minute conference call starting at Tue 13-Mar-2007 8:30am PST / 11:30am EST / 5:30pm CET. (ref: world clock)     (1G25)
- Steve probably may miss (or join only partially at) the next call (dentists appointment)     (1G25A)
- Ivan will not be able to make it next week, for certain     (1G25B)
- Call adjourned at: 9:00 am PST     (1G26)
-- notes taken by: [[PeterYim]] / 2007.03.06-09:06 PST All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.