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- This session will a 30-minute conference call starting at Tue 20-Mar-2007 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 4:30pm CET / 15:30 GMT/UTC (1A)
- Session Chair: (1B)
- Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 (1C1)
- Start Time: 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 4:30pm CET / 15:30 GMT/UTC (1C2)
- Expected Call Duration: 30 minutes (1C3)
- Dial-in Number: (1C4)
- 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)
- 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)
- follow-ups now that the survey is out? (1E1)
- Discuss - what could ensure us that we are bringing "value" to the community-at-large, with this "Ontology Summit 2007" endeavor? (1E2)
- organizing committee structure and protocol - distributing the workload (1E3)
- getting organized to get dialogs from representatives of other constituencies (other than formal ontologists) going - review/add/comment on list of people who could represent various constituencies and contribute to providing their input and perspectives (1E4)
- 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 (1E5)
- ... (please post here; indentify yourself for follow-up purposes) (1E6)
... (Agenda Coming ... what's captured here is mainly from last week)
(1G1)
1. Meeting called to order:
(1G2)
- _____ took the chair and welcomed everyone (1G3)
- _____ volunteered to take minutes of the meeting (1G4)
2. Roll Call:
(1G5)
3. Urgent Issues:
(1G7)
- follow-ups on the "Ontology Summit 2007 Survey" (1G8)
- cover-message/invitation at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/2007-03/msg00040.html (1G8A)
- please pass it along to related communities, post to other lists, blog about it, ... etc. (1G8B)
- getting the community-specific discussions going: (1G9)
- see (communities enumerated): http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007_DefinitionsOfOntology#nidTIS (1G9A)
- and (champions we have in mind): http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2007_01_30#nidSZQ (1G9B)
- action: ... (1G9C)
- Ivan: consider asking people to identify what community they belong to (1G9C1)
- Nicola: we catalog, and map out the framework (1G9C2)
- Peter: ask various communities to put together a glossary of their ontology (or ontology-related) vocabulary (1G9C3)
- Steve / Nicola: ask various community representative to where they think they fit in (1G9C4)
- try getting TomGruber to present his view some time soon, that is going to help - Tom has posted, both on 'ontology' and on 'folksonomy'. Thanks, Tom! (1G9C5)
- Steve: steer away from the word 'ontology' and just ask other communities how they define their 'structures' (1G9C6)
- Olivier / Steve: we should be the USGS (cartographers) rather than the UN (peacekeepers) of 'ontologies' here. (1G9C7)
- Steve / Leo: start putting something up (a draft) so that people have something to talk about (1G9C8)
- cadidates to drive the drafting: LeoObrst, MichaelGruninger, ... with support from Steve, Olivier (1G9C8A)
- start from the draft communique wiki page ... and have anyone contribute even small chunks (without major time commitments) (1G9C8B)
- maybe someone could start by drafting a table-of-content - Steve? (1G9C8C)
- when ready for another round of reviews, someone makes a post to [ontology-summit] list (1G9C8D)
- use combination of wiki, spreadsheet (google spreadsheet for collaborative editing, and excel for the purpose) (1G9C8E)
- thanks to DeborahMcGuinness, she has volunteered to co-lead the ontology spectrum discussion and writeup. (1G9C9)
- Discussion: (1G10)
- 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? (1G10A)
- assigning wiki editors (1G11)
- volunteers: CharlesTurnitsa, KurtConrad, KenBaclawski, SteveRay, DeborahMcGuinness, PeterYim ... (need more, hopefully from our community champions) (1G11A)
- 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 (1G11B)
4. Outstanding Issues:
(1G12)
- Completed Task Report: (1G13)
- "tag line" for the "Ontology Summit 2007" initiative announced. see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/2007-03/msg00028.html (1G13A)
- Surveying participants & getting constituency champions' perspectives (1G14)
- Peter: please review and comment on draft-2 of survey questions (for process proposal-2): (1G14A)
- draft-2 questionnaire: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007_Process/Draft2#nidUFO (1G14A1)
- Peter is still working on the survey; he will move ahead and release the survey; and then personal contact to targeted champions to get their inputs. Help to spread this workload appreciated. (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)
- Public Relations & The Press - Steve taking this on (1G15C)
- Steve already working on a pre-event press release; hopefully one or two articles out before the F2F (1G15C1)
- scheduling and programming for the Apr. 23 & 24, 2007 face-to-face meetings and symposium (1G15D)
- Monday am: "The Framework" (Agreeing to the final picture) - Co-chairs: LeoObrst / MichaelGruninger? (1G15D1)
- Monday pm: "Populating the Framework" (Endorsing the picture) - Co-chairs: ChrisWelty / TomGruber (1G15D2)
- (Tueday early am: NIST Interoperability Week Plenary) (1G15D3)
- Keynote: TomGruber (1G15D5A)
- Panel: ... (tbd) (1G15D5B)
- ... 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. (1G15D5B1)
5. New Issues:
(1G17)
- drafting the communique (1G18)
- solicitng "co-sponsorship" - please endorse the initiative; they have to choose on the conclusion - Peter to do it. (1G19)
6. Any Other Business:
(1G20)
7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:
(1G21)
- ALL: we will continue the discussion of today's agenda items on the [ontology-summit-org] list (1G22)
- Next Meeting: (candidate) unless otherwise re-scheduled (which we likely will) our next meeting will be a 30-minute conference call starting at Tue 27-Mar-2007 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT / 4:30pm CET / 15:30 UTC. (ref: world clock) (1G23)
- Call adjourned at: ___ am PDT (1G24)
-- notes taken by: _____ / 2007.03.20-____ PDT All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.
