Semantics and Provenance Weekly meeting
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Date: 2014-08-26
Participants: Matt, Bob, Paolo, Lauren, Margaret, Paolo, Chris, Dave, Yaxing, Bertram, Mark, Xixi,
Deborah on epad only
Ben in Brazil
Christopher (goto meeting)
GotoMeeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/meeting/join/398996101
Agenda and notes
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1. Agenda review, Standup format, guidelines, and meeting schedule
- Change to Mondays at 12 pacific so DM can join
- Shall we meet on Labor Day, Septmeber 1 at 12 noon Pacific??
- Doodle link: http://doodle.com/tez24p3pet4ug3rt
- Shared repositories in SVN and Git
- I need everyone'sgithub username
- mbjones, mobb, csjx, PaoloMissier, vdave, yaxingwei, XixiLuo, ludaesch
- If you don't have an svn account for dataone yet, let me know
- SVN Repository: https://repository.dataone.org/software/cicore/trunk/
- Design Repository: https://github.com/DataONEorg/sem-prov-design
- New github repos in DataONEorg as needed
- Tickets in redmine for everything
- which redmine (project)?
- why not github issues if using github for collaboration?
- Good question; Centralization;
- TODO: Dave and Matt will research this some more
- email list for this group? (sem-prov@dataone.org?)
- In progress, Matt will announce; should we use developers@dataone.org too?
- make it open subscription?
- alternative: use github issues for discussion
- Decision: try using github issues, then backup to a mailing list (public sem-prov@dataone.org)
- TODO: matt to send email with instructions
- Also use github Wiki as needed
- Export data out of GoogleDocs and check into the repository
- Create wiki linked list of etherpads and Google Docs
2. Standup around the room (blockers, progress, in 60 seconds or less; write details in here, reference tickets/stories)
- Lauren
- Progress: some prov in local metacat, indexed and searchable
- Next: UI for discovery of derived data sets
- Working on: Prov use cases
- Blockers: None
- Chris
- Progress: use cases for prov; 4 simple use cases; looking for feedback, additional named use cases; review of triple stores
- Blockers: none
- Xixi
- Ben: Brazil
- Matt:
- Next: Codefest provenance and discussions
- Bertram:
- Progress: some more applicants for postdoc; figuring out whether intl. candidates will be viable
- Question: can we only use postdocs or contract someone (e.g. from NCSA?)
- Matt: should be discussed with LT and Bill and Rebecca
- Mark:
- Xixi's list; has issues to be reviewed-e.g. references undocumented measurements such as NEE comprised of "Disturbance_Emissions_(CO2)" (Chris or Yaxing to clarify?)
- Progress: possible UIUC master's student for semantics work (paid at UCSB but Bertram as local faculty sponsor? Student lives near Santa Barbara...)
- Yaxing
- Progress: work on 'query' to drive semantics development via a use case
- SHowed slides on how semantics might clarify the MSTMIP simulations and data
- Margaret
- Progress: looking for primary production data from LTER
3. Weekly Discussion: Provenance initial use cases
4. Agenda for the Semantics and Provenance groups at the AHM (Sept 30 - Oct 2, ABQ)
- aside: when does the meeting end on Thursday?
- TODO: Matt, Dave, Mark, Bertram, Deborah, Paolo to develop candidate agenda
- Should MSTMIP group come to AHM? Or just call in?
- Currently: 2 hours on Wednesday for Sem/Prov?
5. From Paolo, re: Phase I provenance code base (informational item)
- Victor's (latest) code
- Tianhong is still working on his noWorkflow provenance analysis code (despite his internship having finished) and promised to deliver it when ready.
6. Next meeting: Monday Sept 8, 2014 (skip labor day)
7. Adjourn