UpperOntologySummit Joint Communique Preparation Meeting - Tue 2006-03-14

Session Details

Subject: Upper Ontology Summit Joint Communique Preparation Meeting
Session Chair: Dr. Leo Obrst
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Location: Building 227, Conference Room (second floor). See map
Sessions:
- Session-1: 8:30 - 10:00am (1.5 Hours)
  - Start Time: 8:30 AM EST / 5:30 AM PST / 13:30 UTC (see world clock for other time zones)
  - USA Toll Free Number: 888-469-0958
  - USA Toll Number: +1-210-234-0028
  - PASSCODE: 34278
  - For security reasons, the passcode and the leader's name (Steve Ray) will be required to join your call.
  - IN-CONFERENCE FEATURES
  - The following features are available for you to use on your phone during an active conference:
    - Press *0 operator assistance (small fee may apply).
    - Press *6 mute/unmute individual line.
- Session-2: 1:00 - 5:00pm (4 Hours)
  - Start Time: 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST / 18:00 UTC (see world clock for other time zones)
  - USA Toll Free Number: 888-809-8971
  - USA Toll Number: +1-312-470-0177
  - PASSCODE: 12077
  - For security reasons, the passcode and the leader's name (Steve Ray) will be required to join your call.
  - IN-CONFERENCE FEATURES
  - The following features are available for you to use on your phone during an active conference:
    - Press *0 operator assistance (small fee may apply).
    - Press *6 mute/unmute individual line.

Shared-screen support (VNC session) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
- view-only password: "uos"
- 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 linked to the respective agenda item below and runing them locally. The speaker will prompt you to advance the slides during the talk.

Access to the meeting venue - Note: Prior registration is mandatory
- Please refer to UpperOntologySummit/UosConvenerMeeting_2006_03_14/MeetingLogistics for details
- see below for a map of the venue

This session, like all our other events, is open to the public. Non-UOS-Conveners are welcomed to attend as observers.

For Virtual Speaker Session Tips and Ground Rules - see: VirtualSpeakerSessionTips

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.

Attendees

Attended:

Expecting:
- All UOS-conveners (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpperOntologySummit#nidIO7)
- while others are welcomed as observers to the session, prior registration with NIST is necessary to gain access to the meeting venue.
- please refer to registration details at:

Regrets:

Agenda

Tue 2006-03-14

7:30 - 8:15am -- UOS-conveners to congregate at the continental breakfast (see map below), we can all head over to the meeting room together.

8:30 - 10:00am -- Session 1:

Opening: Leo Obrst and Pat Cassidy (15 min. total) - slides

Upper Ontology custodians (15 min. each) the issues (feasibility, utility, ...) from their perspective with respect to an interrelated-UO, joint communique and beyond. - part-1

Doug Lenat - slides

Adam Pease - slides

Barry Smith (remote / Werner Ceusters - onsite) - slides

John Bateman / Till Mossakowski (remote) - slides ...

extras

Michael Grüninger - slides

10:30 - 12:00 noon -- adjourn to allow everyone to participate at the Plenary session of the NIST interoperability Week event (session details)

1:00 - 5:00pm -- Session 2:

1:00~1:05pm Opening for the afternoon session (LeoObrst)

1:05~1:50pm

Upper Ontology custodians (15 min. each) the issues (feasibility, utility, ...) from their perspective with respect to an interrelated-UO, joint communique and beyond. - part-2

Matthew West - slides

Nicola Guarino (also representing AldoGangemi's contribution) - slides

1:50~3:50pm Review major technical issues and address them; also consider technical next steps. - All UOS-conveners

Opening for this segment (LeoObrst)

Address top issues (4~6) - 90 minutes total - 5 minutes to frame issue, then discuss, then 5 minutes to draw conclusion

list of issues identified during the discussion

Discuss next steps (2) - (30 min. total)

(a) mapping, intersecting and/or relating UO's to each other, and

(b) UOS event summary and issues white paper for prospective publication (FOIS 2006 Conference, Applied Ontology journal, etc.) - all conveners

Break (10 min.)

4:00~5:00pm Adopt the final joint communique, discuss programmatic next steps (funding opportunities, continuation of this work, etc.). - All UOS-conveners

Discuss and adopt the final joint communique. (30 min.)

Discuss programmatic next steps to carry forward the goals of this UOS: (30 min.)

(a) organizing for joint grant proposal(s)

(b) organizing for continued activities

(c) prospective alignment with standards organizations or proposal for new standard(s)

5:00~6:00pm Review and Coordination of the UOS Meeting presentations - custodians and UOS (3/15pm) speakers

MillsDavis' presentation draft (as of 2006.03.14 9:57am EST)

7:00pm onward -- dinner together (all UOS-conveners; no host; Mongolian Barbeque)

Session Recording of this UOS-Convener Meeting

(Thanks to NIST for producing and making the following audio archives available.)

Recording Date: Mar. 14, 2006
- Session-1: began around 8:30am
- Session-2: began around 1:00pm
- the playback of the audio files require the proper setup, and an MP3 compatible player on your computer.
- suggestion: best that you listen to the session while having the slides above opened in front of you. You will generally be prompted to advance slides by the speaker.

To hear/download the respective recorded segments of the meeting, please click on the corresponding "Recording" link below:

REF. SESSION SEGMENT LENGTH AUDIO

(min.)

1-1 1 1 41:22 Recording_1-1

1-2 1 2 34:36 Recording_1-2

1-3 1 3 20:00 Recording_1-3

2-1 2 1 43:57 Recording_2-1

2-2 2 2 44:14 Recording_2-2

All session resources can be found at the session file repository at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/UpperOntologySummit/Joint-Communique-prep-session_20050314/
- inlcuded in there are a few audio files with unsatisfactory recording quality. They are appropriately labeled as "bad" ... but parts of their content may still be useful. Feel free to explore.

Other Meeting Resources

[uos-convene] discussion archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/uos-convene/

shared-file workspace: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/UpperOntologySummit/Joint-Communique-prep-session_20050314/

UOS points (to be covered in this meeting) - http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/UpperOntologySummit/Joint-Communique-prep-session_20050314/UOS-points_20060314b.doc

Map of Meeting Venue

Ontolog Forum

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