Meeting

[Robert Hanisch]

Hi Tony, et al.  The other option is to work first by telecon, then use the
week of May 12-16, when we have already planned to have various technical
WGs meet prior to a joint session on May 15-16 in Cambridge, UK.

Other opinions?

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Linde" <ael at star.le.ac.uk>
To: "'Registry_Ivoa_List'" <registry at ivoa.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 11:11 AM
Subject: Meeting


> I was going to set up a telecon to discuss issues relating to the
> Registry. Then I wondered if it might be better to have a face-to-face
> meeting first followed by one- or two-weekly telecons.
>
> It would need to be soon to get the ball rolling and I was going to
> suggest somewhere in London in mid-March (Elizabeth could probably
> arrange a meeting room somewhere at UCL) since the date is fairly soon
> and London is relatively central between US and Europe and easy to get
> to.
>
> So, what do people think? Face-to-face meeting or telecon to kick off?
> (Possible agendas for each listed below.)
>
> Cheers,
> Tony.
>
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> ========================
>
> As for an agenda for a face-to-face meeting, I was thinking of:
>
> 1. Registry options (presentations):
> 1.1 OAI
> 1.2 GLU
> 1.3 WS-I & UDDI
> 1.4 JINI
> 1.5 ?? - some grid-based registry/ies
> 1.6 ?? - agent-based technology/ies
>
> 2. Identification options (presentations):
> 2.1 ...
>
> 3. Scope of IVOA Registry standards (discussion)
> 3.1 Vision
> 3.2 Specifications required
>
> 4. Linking IVOA to Astro & Grid standards
> 4.1 FIPS, etc
> 4.2 Globus, GGF, etc
>
> 5. Use Cases
> 5.1 Brainstorm registry functional subdivisions
> 5.2 Working groups to develop use cases for each subdivision
>
> 5. Organisation & Roadmap (discussion)
> 5.1 Meetings & Telecons
> 5.2 Schedule
> 5.3 Publishable roadmap
>
> With the extent of the agenda, we'll probably need two days.
>
> ===============================
>
> If we cannot do a face-to-face meeting, the agenda for the first telecon
> could be something like:
>
> 1. Registry options:
> 1.1 list of possible options
> 1.2 volunteers to write paper on each option
> 1.3 deadlines for each paper
>
> 2. Scope of IVOA Registry standards
> 2.1 brief discussion
> 2.2 volunteer to write Vision document
> 2.3 volunteer to write Scope and draft specs list
>
> 3. Use cases
> 3.1 list of functional areas
> 3.2 volunteers to form working groups to develop use cases per area
> 3.3 deadlines for each use case set
>
> 4. Organisation and roadmap
> 4.1 meetings and telecons: schedule
> 4.2 items for roadmap
>
> The following few meetings will be a matter of putting more detail on
> the Scope and Options documents, then reviewing the use cases and then
> working on the standards.
>
> The identification issue needs to be raised as well but may need more
> bouncing around on the mailing list before we're at a point of having
> options to discuss.
>
>