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OntologySummit2007 Organizing Committee Conference Call - Tuesday 20-Mar-2007     (1)
- 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)
- 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)     (1D1C)
- Expecting: ( * = not yet confirmed whether he/she will be dialing-in)     (1D2)
- Regrets:     (1D3)
- TomGruber - 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)
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)
- posted the invitation also to: KM-List (gsa.gov), [protege-discussion]     (1G8B2)
- blog posts seen at:     (1G8B3)
- by Robert David Steele of oss.net: http://www.citizens-party.org/?p=122     (1G8B3A)
- 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)
- the survey is now out - ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/2007-03/msg00040.html     (1G13A)
- Peter will ping the various community champions for their survey response, and to solicit their help to synthesize and elaborate on the input representing their constituencies     (1G13B)
- survey responses close on 25-Mar-2007 (or shortly thereafter). We will then:     (1G13C)
- post the raw collected data (with ogranizations, e-mail addresses and phone numbers removed) for the conveners to view, discussion and make suggestions     (1G13C1)
- we will analyse and synthesize the collected data (KenBaclawski has volunteered to work with PeterYim on this, so far)     (1G13C2)
- Outstanding Issue Update:     (1G14)
- LeoObrst and MichaelGruninger will drive the "framework" (dimensions, typology, ...)     (1G14A)
- ALL: please do all internal exchanges and discussions over the [ontology-summit-org] list (so everyone else is posted, as all these task are so interrelated)     (1G14D)
- ALL: we'll try to engage all conveners in the process by using the [ontology-summit] list (this will help the adoption of the proposed farmework, categorization & communique eventually, which we will need)     (1G14E)
- we need to try to come to conclusions (or at least very close to it) even BEFORE the face-to-face     (1G14E1)
- outstanding - (not discussed at this call)     (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)
- Reviewed:     (1G16)
- scheduling and programming for the Apr. 23 & 24, 2007 face-to-face meetings and symposium     (1G16A)
- Monday am: "The Framework" (Agreeing to the final picture) - Co-chairs: LeoObrst / MichaelGruninger     (1G16A1)
- Monday pm: "Populating the Framework" (Endorsing the picture) - Co-chairs: ChrisWelty / TomGruber     (1G16A2)
- (Tueday early am: NIST Interoperability Week Plenary)     (1G16A3)
- Tueday am: Finalizing the Communique - Co-Chair: OlivierBodenreider / FrankOlken     (1G16A4)
- Tueday pm: The Symposium (public meeting) - Chair: SteveRay / NicolaGuarino     (1G16A5)
- Keynote: TomGruber     (1G16A5A)
- Panel: ... (tbd)     (1G16A5B)
- ... we'll try to feature people who can represent the different perspectives of the various constituencies     (1G16A5B1)
- also: a diverse representation (geographically)     (1G16A5B2)
- and, most importantly, by merit ... based on quality and substantive contribution in the virtual discourse and synthesis phase.     (1G16A5B3)
- travel funding - checking MITRE, NSF (for speaker travel)?     (1G16A6)
- Adopted at this meeting:     (1G17)
- SteveRay & NicolaGuarino will be invited to co-chair the 24-Mar-2007 Summit Symposium     (1G17A)
- the 6-step (draft-2) process is now formally adopted - ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007_Process/Draft2#nidU7S     (1G17B)
5. New Issues:
    (1G18)
6. Any Other Business:
    (1G19)
7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:
    (1G20)
- ALL: we will continue the discussion of today's agenda items on the [ontology-summit-org] list     (1G21)
- 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)     (1G22)
- Call adjourned at: 9:11am PDT     (1G23)
-- notes taken by: [[PeterYim]] / 2007.03.20-09:33 PDT All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.