Minutes of ICOM TC Meeting, October 14, taken by Eric S. Chan

Agenda

1.       Roll Call

2.       Approve draft minutes from September 16 and 30 TC Meetings

3.       Review the OO and RDF model

4.       Discuss adoption of a draft model for ICOM

5.       AOB

1. The following eligible members were present

Laura Dragan

Rafiul Ahad

Eric Chan

2. Approve draft minutes from September 16 and 30 TC Meetings

Approval of draft minutes were deferred.

3. Review the OO and RDF model

Participants discussed the status of the ICOM draft model in relation to the two
complimentary Beehive and Ecospace models described in
http://wiki.oasis-open.org/icom/Categorisation. Eric observed that the UML model
(summarized in Figures 1 and 6 of the wiki page) included high-level concepts so
far, but after adding the artifacts such as contact, message, discussion,
presence, etc., the UML model should become a superset of Ecospace's SIOC4CWE
model, and should contain all the features (in UML classes and attributes) to
map to the SIOC4CWE classes and properties (summarized in Tables 1, 2, and 3 of
the wiki page). We can also add the representations of the contexts and
processes in the UML model, for example, by representing the relationships,
tags, and other metadata extensions to enrich the contexts, and by representing
the workflow and policy as artifacts, which can then integrate with the runtime
aspects of the processes.

Laura asked whether the TC was deferring the RDF model after it agreed on the
ICOM draft model. Eric requested Laura and Deirdre to develop the RDF
counterpart of the UML model (based on the OO - RDF mapping rules proposed in
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/icom/email/archives/200910/msg00000.html)
as part of the process to adopt the ICOM draft model. The isomorphic RDF
representation would be useful for the TC members to evaluate the viability of
the UML model. Laura raised the need for version control facility if other TC
members wished to contribute to the RDF model. Eric suggested to share the
Protégé project files through the OASIS repository at
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/icom/documents.php, which supported
version control. Laura recommended Drupal Neologism tool
http://groups.drupal.org/node/12532 for publishing the RDF model in the wiki
pages.

4. Discuss adoption of a draft model for ICOM

Eric is asking the TC members to adopt the ICOM draft model that minimally
captures the high-level concepts described so far in
http://wiki.oasis-open.org/icom/Categorisation. A new wiki page can be used to
distill the ICOM draft model from the various proposals in
http://wiki.oasis-open.org/icom/Categorisation. Additional concepts (e.g. more
classes of artifacts) can be included in the first draft as necessary to clarify
how "pieces fit into the whole."

Eric would propose for the TC to define the ICOM draft model over the next six
weeks as the TC gets ready to hold a ballot after two to three subsequent TC
meetings. The schedule provides the opportunity for the TC members to establish
the voting membership in time for the ballot. Eric would contact Peter, Patrick,
and Philip, who were absent in recent TC meetings, to include them in the voting
process.

5. AOB

The meeting was adjourned.