Re: [BIONT] Teleconference on Tuesday, 5th September 2006

Many thanks, Vipul.

I think this is a nice, concrete start and will certainly provide a  
solid foundation for discussion as we move forward - as will the  
Design Issues page you've created.

If it's OK, I'd like to make a small request re: the UML file.  I see  
MS has created an XMI export feature for Visio (http:// 
www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3DD3F3BE-656D-4830- 
A868-D0044406F57D&displaylang=en).  Would it be possible for you to  
export the UML from Visio in XMI format?  This way I'll be able to  
use one of several open source modeling tools that use XMI as there  
persistence file format.  I assume I'm not the only one on the list  
without a copy of Visio on hand.  I expect there may be some  
associations that don't translate perfectly, but as it now stands,  
I'm not able to take advantage of the fruit's of your labor.  As a  
side note, I often provide a PNG version when distributing models,  
just so others who either don't have the tools or the knowledge of  
how to use open source equivalents can at least view the model in a  
web browser.

Many thanks again.  I think it will be immensely helpful to have made  
this concrete step forward.  It also provides the BioRDF WG an  
opportunity to comment on how this ontology will mesh with the  
requirements they've been identifying for the Parkinsonian Syndrome- 
related data sources.

Cheers,
Bill


On Sep 4, 2006, at 10:43 PM, Kashyap, Vipul wrote:

> BIONT Teleconference on Tuesday, 5th September from 11:00am –  
> 12:00pm US Eastern
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> Phone: +1 617 761 6200, conference 24668 ("BIONT")
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> IRC irc://irc.w3.org:6665/hcls
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> Browser-based IRC client: http://www.w3.org/2001/01/cgi-irc
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> Agenda:
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> We will discuss the initial “seed ontology” for the Bench to  
> Bedside Ontology
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> This is based on the use case specification available at:
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> http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLS/ParkinsonUseCase
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> We will focus on the Cellular and Molecular Biologist view.
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> The seed ontology is available at:
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> http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLS/OntologyTaskForce/SeedOntology
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> The seed ontology in the UML format (Visio File) is available at:
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> http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLS/OntologyTaskForce/SeedOntology? 
> action=AttachFile&do=get&target=SeedOntologyUML.vsd
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> A discussion of Design Choices and other issues is available at:
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> http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLS/OntologyTaskForce/DesignIssues
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> Cheers,
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> ---Vipul
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> =======================================
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> Vipul Kashyap, Ph.D.
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> Senior Medical Informatician
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> Clinical Informatics R&D, Partners HealthCare System
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> Phone: (781)416-9254
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> Cell: (617)943-7120
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> To keep up you need the right answers; to get ahead you need the  
> right questions
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> ---John Browning and Spencer Reiss, Wired 6.04.95
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Bill Bug
Senior Research Analyst/Ontological Engineer

Laboratory for Bioimaging  & Anatomical Informatics
www.neuroterrain.org
Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy
Drexel University College of Medicine
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