17:57:04 RRSAgent has joined #swbp 17:57:16 Meeting: SemWeb Best Practices and Deployment WG 17:57:28 Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2004Sep/0047.html 17:57:32 SW_BPD()2:00PM has now started 17:57:40 +Guus_Schreiber 17:57:45 Chair: Guus 17:57:58 Previous: 2004-09-02 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2004Sep/0067.html 17:58:35 +??P5 17:58:50 +Andreas_Harth (was ??P5) 17:59:36 +Ralph 18:00:02 guus has joined #swbp 18:00:18 +[Tucana] 18:00:24 zakim, Tucana is TomAdams 18:00:24 +TomAdams; got it 18:00:25 Tbaker has joined #swbp 18:00:32 + +49.308.1.aaaa 18:00:32 +Evan_Wallace 18:00:48 +Tom_Baker (was +49.308.1.aaaa) 18:01:20 Fabien has joined #swbp 18:02:10 aharth has joined #swbp 18:02:22 Zakim, help 18:02:22 Please refer to http://www.w3.org/2001/12/zakim-irc-bot for more detailed help. 18:02:24 Some of the commands I know are: 18:02:25 xxx is yyy - establish yyy as the name of unknown party xxx 18:02:27 if yyy is 'me' or 'I', your nick is substituted 18:02:29 xxx may be yyy - establish yyy as possibly the name of unknown party xxx 18:02:31 I am xxx - establish your nick as the name of unknown party xxx 18:02:33 xxx holds yyy [, zzz ...] - establish xxx as a group name and yyy, etc. as participants within that group 18:02:35 xxx also holds yyy - add yyy to the list of participants in group xxx 18:02:37 who's here? - lists the participants on the phone 18:02:39 who's muted? - lists the participants who are muted 18:02:41 mute xxx - mutes party xxx (like pressing 61#) 18:02:43 unmute xxx - reverses the effect of "mute" and of 61# 18:02:45 is xxx here? - reports whether a party named like xxx is present 18:02:47 list conferences - reports the active conferences 18:02:48 this is xxx - associates this channel with conference xxx 18:02:49 excuse us - disconnects from the irc channel 18:02:50 I last learned something new on $Date: 2004/09/16 19:18:58 $ 18:02:51 +[Sophia] 18:02:56 zakim, [Sophia] is Fabien 18:02:56 +Fabien; got it 18:03:58 Regrets: Natasha, Brian, Jos, Alistair, Deb, David, Gary, Libby, Jeremy 18:04:08 zakim, who is here? 18:04:08 On the phone I see Guus_Schreiber, Andreas_Harth, Ralph, TomAdams, Tom_Baker, Evan_Wallace, Fabien (muted) 18:04:10 On IRC I see aharth, Fabien, Tbaker, guus, RRSAgent, Zakim, Ralph, TomAdams 18:05:05 Scribe: Ralph 18:05:14 zakim, next agendum 18:05:14 agendum 1. "Administrivia" taken up [from Ralph] 18:05:47 PROPOSED: accept http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2004Sep/0067.html as record of previous meeting 18:06:10 so RESOLVED 18:06:31 PROPOSED next telecon 30 Sep 1400 UTC 18:06:48 ACTION: Guus send e-mail about telecon attendance, as it's getting low 18:06:59 TomA: regrets for 30 Sep 18:08:04 ACTION: Ralph post his attendance analysis ('good standing' record) to the list 18:08:27 RESOLVED next telecon 30 Sep 1400 UTC 18:09:10 ACTION: Guus send email to Brian and Jeremy to create a local information page for FtF 18:09:21 ACTION: Ralph create a WBS registration page for the FtF 18:09:51 zakim, next agendum 18:09:51 agendum 2. "Action Item Review" taken up [from Ralph] 18:09:56 ACTION David Contact Ben in regard to coordinating RDF in XHTML TF 18:10:03 completed 18:10:14 ACTION Gary look at DAWG's request and post comments to mailing list 18:10:18 completed 18:10:31 ACTION Jeremy to review XSD FNO and SCD documents. 18:10:37 continue 18:10:40 ACTION Jeremy to add XSD FNO and SCD documents to TF reference list. 18:10:41 continue 18:10:45 ACTION Jeremy to check semantics on DAWG use of XSD in abstract query model. 18:11:00 ACTION Guus: ping Jeremy about XSD actions 18:11:13 zakim, next agendum 18:11:13 agendum 3. "Community Feedback" taken up [from Ralph] 18:11:20 BenBooth has joined #swbp 18:11:38 -> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2004Sep/0043.html SWBP Community Feedback [David 2004-09-13] 18:11:56 Guus: David distilled some comments from (outside) meetings he recently attended 18:12:34 Evan: partOf was on our list of patterns at one time 18:12:40 +[webMethods] 18:13:29 Guus: yes, Chris Welty wanted to do partOf, though perhaps to a greater detail than is suggested by David's item 2 18:13:53 ... I would like OEP to take this up 18:13:58 Evan: agree 18:14:33 yes - Ben here 18:14:53 This was one of the conferences Dave was making comments after: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/09/15/egov.html 18:14:59 zakim, [webMethods] is Ben_Booth 18:14:59 +Ben_Booth; got it 18:15:49 Second actually - but may as well be the first. 18:16:12 Guus: doing something more concrete for lat/lon might be welcomed 18:18:03 Ralph: might also be done in APP TF if there is something existing that we could simply cite 18:18:20 Evan: thought we talked about this and decided not to go that route specifically for units & measures 18:19:08 Evan: point 4 from David's mail sounds like exactly where examples are what's needed 18:19:50 Guus: Usability is another request for more examples 18:20:46 Evan: what does the 'geeky' comment mean? 18:22:17 Ralph: my sense was that this was a request for more basic materials; the problems addressed by our current notes are perhaps things that new adoptees of RDF&OWL are not yet facing 18:22:53 Guus: I also hear community feedback requesting help on linking metdata to multimedia 18:24:06 Ralph, TomA: tutorial page can serve to cite basic how-to materials also 18:24:21 TomA: also talked with some folk putting satellite data into RDF 18:25:11 ... they might be a source for more information and examples 18:25:18 ... particularly for non-textual metadata 18:25:28 ... may be a generic use case 18:26:33 zakim, next agendum 18:26:33 agendum 4. "Web Architecture Draft" taken up [from Ralph] 18:27:09 -> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2004Sep/0037.html Comments to Web Arch WD due 17 Sep [David 2004-09-10] 18:30:41 Ralph: perhaps Pat or Jos would like to craft a WG comment 18:30:51 ACTION: Guus contact Pat and Jos about Web Arch comments 18:30:55 zakim, next agendum 18:30:55 agendum 5. "ODM/UML Ontology Profile" taken up [from Ralph] 18:31:39 [Ralph: as the Web Arch comment deadline is tomorrow, the polite way to proceed if we were to ask for an extension is to send mail before the deadline saying we expect to comment soon] 18:32:20 -> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2004Sep/0044.html more on the status of the OMG ontology specification [Evan 2004-09-13] 18:32:40 Evan: the document that several e-mails have cited is a combined set of comments on the UML draft 18:33:12 ... no mapping has actually been produced yet 18:33:37 ... at least 3 submitter groups are working on mappings; "MOF Query Views and Transformations" 18:34:44 ... next OMG meeting is in November [same week as our FtF]; would be useful to have input from SWBP 18:35:58 Guus: I want to study ODM in more depth, but my impression is that it would be useful for SWBP to comment on it 18:37:14 -Ben_Booth 18:37:18 Evan: it may be that this group's concern might be more in the mappings but we should look at the metamodel too 18:37:54 Guus: I am willing to be one reviewer 18:38:11 I would be willing to assist (UML experience) 18:38:13 ACTION Guus: ask the WG for a second reviewer for ODM 18:38:22 thanks, Ben 18:38:43 Guus: Ben's offer accepted 18:38:58 Evan: ask Gary Ng too 18:39:45 Evan: I looked over the models in June and was quite happy with them 18:39:45 +[webMethods] 18:40:13 zakim, [webMethods] is Ben_Booth 18:40:13 +Ben_Booth; got it 18:40:24 BenB: happy to work with someone in an assistance role 18:41:17 ACTION: BenB read ODM documents 18:41:40 [Ralph notes the nice symmetry between Tom[AB] and Ben[AB] 18:41:51 zakim, next agendum 18:41:51 agendum 6. "RDF/TopicMaps" taken up [from Ralph] 18:42:05 Guus: it would be nice to start this work in the next month 18:42:12 zakim, close this agendum 18:42:12 agendum 6 closed 18:42:13 I see 1 item remaining on the agenda: 18:42:14 7. TF Updates [from Ralph] 18:42:14 zakim, next agendum 18:42:14 agendum 7. "TF Updates" taken up [from Ralph] 18:42:25 Topic: OEP 18:42:31 [no one present] 18:42:36 Topic: Port 18:42:51 Guus: comments requested on Alistair's update 18:43:11 -> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2004Sep/0041.html [PORT] ftf goals [Alistair 2004-09-13] 18:43:30 Tpic: WordNet 18:43:34 [Aldo not present] 18:43:47 Topic: Vocab Management 18:44:30 TomB: telecon scheduled for tomorrow, 17-Sep 1400 UTC 18:44:51 ... sent a questionnaire to TF; need more responses 18:45:24 ... have been concerned about the scope of the TF; don't want to take on more than we can accomplish 18:45:57 -> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2004Sep/0006.html [VM] Scoping Draft with questions to TF members [TomB 2004-09-02] 18:46:22 TomB: I would like to recommend using Dublin Core practice to focus discussion 18:46:46 -Ben_Booth 18:46:54 ... e.g. Andy Powell just posted [to Dublin Core] a set of guidelines for assigning identifiers 18:47:02 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcmi/term-identifier-guidelines/ 18:47:19 -> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2004Sep/0060.html [VM] Guidelines for assigning identifiers to terms [TomB 2004-09-16] 18:47:22 +[webMethods] 18:47:37 TomB: Andy Powell's document covers many of the issues I'd like the VM TF to address 18:47:55 zakim, webMethods is Ben_Booth 18:47:55 +Ben_Booth; got it 18:48:37 TomB: I'm concerned about the size of the task and the current volume of the [TF] response 18:51:16 Guus: the chairs' guide, The Art of Consensus, turns out not to be a 'document' but a page with lots of links. This turns out to be very useful and a model that could be emulated. 18:51:56 TomB: having something recognized in a Best Practice note from W3C would be useful 18:52:42 ... for example, the Dublin Core namespace policy is very accessible and could be endorsed by SWBPD 18:52:53 ... I want to break out topics that the WG could own 18:54:15 ... selecting a range of practices, describing those practices w/advantages and disadvantages 18:55:40 Guus: I agree with Tom's approach -- focus on things that are out there 18:57:18 TomB: my approach was to break out a few topics for the TF members to comment on 18:57:32 ... my bias is to write short things that are understandable by non-experts 18:57:44 ... need some commitment from the TF participants 18:58:24 ... may reduce the scope even more in order to get comments from the TF 19:00:53 Ralph: good to use the issues identified by deployment groups such as Dublin Core to drive our priorities 19:01:56 Guus: nudge people on the list to provide feedback 19:03:59 ACTION TomB: nudge VM TF participants to provide feedback 19:04:25 Topic: HTML TF 19:08:59 s/Guilt/Guilty 19:09:19 Tom clarifies for the record that "endorsement" of things like DCMI Namespace Policy is not sought - rather recognition as one instance of good practice 19:12:08 ACTION Ralph: ask WG for feedback on requirement to embed RDF/XML markup in an XHTML document 19:12:41 [Ralph summarized Tuesday 7-Sep HTML TF telecon] 19:12:44 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2004Sep/0071.html 19:12:53 Topic: Tutorial Page 19:13:13 TomA: received some suggested additions [0071.html] 19:13:29 ... we had agreed to use www-archive 19:14:09 ... is it bad form to repost something sent privately to me to that archive? 19:14:23 Ralph: yes, bad form; better to ask the sender to repost 19:14:32 Topic: ADTF 19:14:34 The blog on applications and demos is slowly growing: 19:14:36 http://esw.w3.org/mt/esw/archives/cat_applications_and_demos.html 19:14:36 [no representative present] 19:16:58 Guus: Task Forces should be able to use the Thursday WG telecon slot [on alternate weeks] 19:18:02 adjourned 19:18:05 -Evan_Wallace 19:18:06 -TomAdams 19:18:07 -Tom_Baker 19:18:09 -Ben_Booth 19:18:10 -Andreas_Harth 19:18:10 -Fabien 19:18:11 -Guus_Schreiber 19:18:15 -Ralph 19:18:27 SW_BPD()2:00PM has ended 19:18:28 Attendees were Guus_Schreiber, Andreas_Harth, Ralph, [Tucana], TomAdams, Evan_Wallace, Tom_Baker, Fabien, Ben_Booth, [webMethods] 19:18:36 rrsagent, bye 19:18:36 I see 10 open action items: 19:18:36 ACTION: Guus send e-mail about telecon attendance, as it's getting low [1] 19:18:36 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2004/09/16-swbp-irc#T18-06-48 19:18:36 ACTION: Ralph post his attendance analysis ('good standing' record) to the list [2] 19:18:36 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2004/09/16-swbp-irc#T18-08-04 19:18:36 ACTION: Guus send email to Brian and Jeremy to create a local information page for FtF [3] 19:18:36 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2004/09/16-swbp-irc#T18-09-10 19:18:36 ACTION: Ralph create a WBS registration page for the FtF [4] 19:18:36 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2004/09/16-swbp-irc#T18-09-21 19:18:36 ACTION: Guus to ping Jeremy about XSD actions [5] 19:18:36 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2004/09/16-swbp-irc#T18-11-00 19:18:36 ACTION: Guus contact Pat and Jos about Web Arch comments [6] 19:18:36 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2004/09/16-swbp-irc#T18-30-51 19:18:36 ACTION: Guus to ask the WG for a second reviewer for ODM [7] 19:18:36 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2004/09/16-swbp-irc#T18-38-13 19:18:36 ACTION: BenB read ODM documents [8] 19:18:36 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2004/09/16-swbp-irc#T18-41-17 19:18:36 ACTION: TomB to nudge VM TF participants to provide feedback [9] 19:18:36 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2004/09/16-swbp-irc#T19-03-59 19:18:36 ACTION: Ralph to ask WG for feedback on requirement to embed RDF/XML markup in an XHTML document [10] 19:18:36 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2004/09/16-swbp-irc#T19-12-08