Summary and ToDos From UIMA TC Telecon Feb 7 2007

[David Ferrucci <ferrucci@us.ibm.com>]

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Important Info & ToDos below
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On Last week's telecon  (Feb 7th
2007) we:

1.  Changed TC Telecon Schedule
to every other Friday starting March 2 2007 (same call-in info)
2.  Set NEXT MEETING to be Friday,
March 2 2007
3.  Refined the sub-group membership
and selected leaders (see attached)
4.  Finalized Schedule for sub-group
reports (see attached)
5. Posted and emailed -- Full UIMA TC
email list

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TWO sub-groups are DUE to report on
Friday,  March 2nd.
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1. CAS Specification Group -- Led by
Eric Nyberg.
2. Type-System Base Model -- Led by
Karin Verspoor.

Sub-group leaders should engage entire
UIMA TC mailing list in their discussions.

Sub-group leaders are responsible for
pulling together a distributing a 1-3 page summary of their results before
the scheduled report date.

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Sub-Groups reports should include:
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1. Goals of spec element. What is it
trying to achieve in terms of interoperability)
2. Overall Critique of section. High-level
summary of findings. How good/bad is it in meeting goals. What's the damage?
Looks good, just needs some wordsmithing, has some serious conceptual issues,
etc.

3. "Votable" issues. Crisp
decisions the TC should vote on required to harden/complete spec element.
4. Open-Issues. Issues that need extended
discussion to resolve
5. List of compliance points. What aspects
of this spec element "can", "must" be adhered to in
order to  be "compliant")
6. Action Plan. Very important -- List
of tasks required to bring spec element to completion.


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David A. Ferrucci, PhD
Senior Manager, Semantic Analysis & Integration 
Chief Architect,  UIMA
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
19 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532
Tel: 914-784-7847, 8/863-7847
ferrucci@us.ibm.com
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UIMA TC Sub-Groups_v2.pdf