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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;= [[UpperOntologySummit]] - Organizing Committee Conference Call 2006-02-23  =&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Call Details  ===&lt;br /&gt;
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* Date: Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006 &lt;br /&gt;
* Start Time: 12:30 PM PST / 3:30 PM EST / 20:30 UTC ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=2&amp;amp;day=23&amp;amp;year=2006&amp;amp;hour=12&amp;amp;min=30&amp;amp;sec=0&amp;amp;p1=224 World Clock]) &lt;br /&gt;
* Expected Call Duration: 1.5 hour &lt;br /&gt;
* Dial-in Number: 1-641-696-6600 (Iowa) &lt;br /&gt;
* Participant Access Code: &amp;quot;68656#&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== Attendees  ===&lt;br /&gt;
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* Attended: &lt;br /&gt;
** [[PeterYim|Peter P. Yim]] &lt;br /&gt;
** [[BrandNiemann|Brand Niemann]] &lt;br /&gt;
** [[LeoObrst|Leo Obrst]] &lt;br /&gt;
** [[PatCassidy|Pat Cassidy]] &lt;br /&gt;
** [[SteveRay|Steve Ray]] &lt;br /&gt;
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* Expecting: &lt;br /&gt;
** [[DagobertSoergel|Dagobert Soergel]] (will join the call ~4:00pm EST) &lt;br /&gt;
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* Regrets: &lt;br /&gt;
** [[KurtConrad|Kurt Conrad]] &lt;br /&gt;
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=== Agenda (items to be discussed) Ideas  ===&lt;br /&gt;
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* ...''(please add suggested items here)''... &lt;br /&gt;
* who will be the co-organizers &amp;amp; co-sponsors &lt;br /&gt;
** PPY: how do we involve all these different people? &lt;br /&gt;
* PPY: getting buy-ins from the global standards community &lt;br /&gt;
* Pat &amp;amp; PPY: wordsmith and adopt a one line statement of the UOS purpose &lt;br /&gt;
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== Agenda &amp;amp; Proceedings  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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1) Welcome &amp;amp; confirmation of agenda &lt;br /&gt;
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* [[LeoObrst|Leo Obrst]] took the chair and welcomed everyone. &lt;br /&gt;
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2) Appointment of secretary to take minutes &lt;br /&gt;
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* [[PeterYim|Peter P. Yim]] volunteered to take minutes &lt;br /&gt;
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3) Roll-call of participants - see [http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpperOntologySummit/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2006_02_23#nidK9F above] &lt;br /&gt;
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4) Urgent matters to be attended to &lt;br /&gt;
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5) Communications, logistics, &amp;amp; work protocols issues &lt;br /&gt;
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6) Follow-up from [[UpperOntologySummit|previous meetings]] &lt;br /&gt;
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* review of previous meetings action items: &lt;br /&gt;
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*  &lt;br /&gt;
** Leo and Brand - one paragraph write-ups for each of the prep sessions, (see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpperOntologySummit/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2006_01_19#nidJEJ) &lt;br /&gt;
*** Leo: 3/14 am &amp;amp; pm - Upper Ontology Summit Joint Communique Preparation Meeting, and &lt;br /&gt;
*** Brand: 3/15 am - UO Application Dialog &lt;br /&gt;
*** Peter: to create session pages for each of the sessions &lt;br /&gt;
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* Travel Funding &lt;br /&gt;
** Mitre - $4~6K max - Doug &lt;br /&gt;
** NIST -  - Adam, Peter (have problem with international travel funding in short notice) &lt;br /&gt;
** IBM - $2K max - Nicola &lt;br /&gt;
** Others? - &lt;br /&gt;
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*  &lt;br /&gt;
** Pat: [[JohnBateman|John Bateman]] will be attending remotely &lt;br /&gt;
** we'll be prepared to have Aldo attend remotely (unless things change) &lt;br /&gt;
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* Longer term project funding &lt;br /&gt;
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* External contact update &lt;br /&gt;
** calling all panelists - Pat &lt;br /&gt;
** calling all key participants - Pat &lt;br /&gt;
*** if panelists are willing to do the joint proposal, Pat will add language to the &amp;quot;one paragraph summary&amp;quot; on UOS - status? &lt;br /&gt;
** [[DieterFensel|Dieter Fensel]] - Leo will call &lt;br /&gt;
** [[JerryHobbs|Jerry Hobbs]] - is he joining us as a key participant? - Pat will call &lt;br /&gt;
** NSF - Brand / Peter - will follow Maria Zemankova &lt;br /&gt;
** NSA / John Walker - Leo will follow-up &lt;br /&gt;
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* [uos-convene] discussion &lt;br /&gt;
** Pat to kick-off discussion on [uos-convene] (&amp;lt;uos-convene@ontolog.cim3.net&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
*** all members of the UOS organizing committee is subscribed, Peter can add others as they start confirming their participation &lt;br /&gt;
** do we need a weekly conference call for the [uos-convene] group? &lt;br /&gt;
*** if so, when? - Sure, Steve will propose a first one (Mitre, or NIST will pay for the conf call) &lt;br /&gt;
**** try for (a) Wed (3/1) or Thu (3/2) 9am EST &lt;br /&gt;
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* from the last call: &lt;br /&gt;
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7) Status review and ongoing discussions &lt;br /&gt;
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* candidate particpants (various groups) &lt;br /&gt;
** see additions &amp;amp; work-in-progress under: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpperOntologySummit#nidIO7 &lt;br /&gt;
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* [[BrandNiemann|Brand Niemann]] suggests we have a report as a deliverable from this meeting to be (among others) presented to FOIS Conference in Baltimore, MD Nov. 2006, also 5th International Semantic Web conference &lt;br /&gt;
** who will champion this? - Leo &lt;br /&gt;
*** possible deliverables: &lt;br /&gt;
**** a report on the UOS &lt;br /&gt;
**** a proceedings of the UOS &lt;br /&gt;
**** a joint paper submitted to a refereed journal &lt;br /&gt;
*** Leo will propose to FOIS - we deliver UOS Report and update by the time of FOIS &lt;br /&gt;
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* the week after the UOS, the uos-org should re-convene to do a post-mortem &lt;br /&gt;
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* we'll record all 3 meetings &lt;br /&gt;
** possibly getting a transcript done -- we'll review this again &lt;br /&gt;
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* wordsmith and adoption of a &amp;quot;one-line statement&amp;quot; of our purpose &lt;br /&gt;
** see draft at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpperOntologySummit#nidJCB &lt;br /&gt;
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Develop the mechanism and resources to relate existing upper ontologies to &lt;br /&gt;
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each other in a manner that will increase reuse of knowledge among them, and thereby &lt;br /&gt;
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facilitate semantic interoperability among other ontologies that are linked to them.&lt;br /&gt;
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We want to let the world know that the technology is converging and is poised &lt;br /&gt;
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for commercial exploitation. &lt;br /&gt;
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*  &lt;br /&gt;
** uos-org members to add alternative and comments on the wiki or through the list. &lt;br /&gt;
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* Steve: now planning media activities at NIST &lt;br /&gt;
** offering the press &amp;quot;interviewees&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
** available: Steve (principal contact), everyone on the uos-convene list are candidates (unless they object), Steve will ask on the list &lt;br /&gt;
** Press Release - NIST Public Affairs will be working on this &lt;br /&gt;
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* Meeting Schedule (ok) / Agenda reconfirmation (needs work) &lt;br /&gt;
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8) New Issues &lt;br /&gt;
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* Inviting others &lt;br /&gt;
** communities already covered &lt;br /&gt;
** who else &lt;br /&gt;
** international standards community? &lt;br /&gt;
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* who will be the co-organizers (co-sponsors) &lt;br /&gt;
** ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpperOntologySummit#nidIOJ &lt;br /&gt;
** labels - co-organizers, sponsors, advisory committee, ... etc. &lt;br /&gt;
** we'll use: &amp;quot;co-sponsored by:&amp;quot; - Peter will ask on the list if there's any objection &lt;br /&gt;
** who &lt;br /&gt;
** how do we engage them &lt;br /&gt;
** what do we expect from each category &lt;br /&gt;
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9) Action Items &lt;br /&gt;
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* call [[DieterFensel|Dieter Fensel]] - Leo &lt;br /&gt;
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* call [[JerryHobbs|Jerry Hobbs]] &amp;amp; [[AldoGangemi|Aldo Gangemi]] - Pat &lt;br /&gt;
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* Discussions on [uos-convene] to start urgently - three goals: &lt;br /&gt;
** (i) get a technical solution that all would agree on - Pat to drive &lt;br /&gt;
** (ii) get the joint comminique drafted - Pat &amp;amp; Leo to drive &lt;br /&gt;
** (iii) get the agenda for those meeting build out - chair of each meeting will drive that (attn: Leo, Brand &amp;amp; Steve) &lt;br /&gt;
** the uos-org members need to coordinate and help move things forward - ALL &lt;br /&gt;
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* One paragraph descrption of the meeting - attn: Leo &amp;amp; Brand &lt;br /&gt;
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* plan and lay out agenda of all 3 meetings - attn: Leo, Brand &amp;amp; Steve &lt;br /&gt;
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* Peter to setup the wiki session pages for each of the 3 sessions &lt;br /&gt;
** noting that the Tuesday (3/14) morning and afternoon sessions are part of the same meeting &lt;br /&gt;
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* do a (possibly a series) of conference call with all [uos-convene] participants - Steve to call &lt;br /&gt;
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* coordinate publicity; get consensus from all to be interviewed - Steve &lt;br /&gt;
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* coordinate &amp;quot;co-sponsorship&amp;quot;; get confirmation from all parties involved - Peter &lt;br /&gt;
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* coordinate FOIS deliverable and get slot on FOIS agenda - Leo &lt;br /&gt;
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* provide input on the &amp;quot;one line statement&amp;quot; of the UOS mission/goal [http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpperOntologySummit/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2006_02_23#nidKCP above] - ALL &lt;br /&gt;
** finalize before the first [uos-convene] conference call (hopefully) &lt;br /&gt;
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10) Next meeting date and adjournment &lt;br /&gt;
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* Next call will be on Thu 2006.03.02 at  12:30 pm PST / 3:30pm EST (as usual) &lt;br /&gt;
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* call adjourned 2:05 pm PST / 5:05 pm EST &lt;br /&gt;
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minutes captured in real time on this wiki by [[PeterYim|Peter P. Yim]] / 2006.02.23-2:05pm PST &lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Event_Meeting]]    [[Category:OntologySummit]]    [[Category:OntologySummit2006]]&lt;br /&gt;
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