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Status Report 6 September 2004

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+ * EcoGrid group
+ ** Working on EcoGrid web interface
+ ** EcoGrid 'write' interface partially completed for SRB and Metacat, will be used for archiving Kepler products back on the EcoGrid
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+ * KR/SMS group
+ ** Incorporating ontology-based searching into Kepler
+ ** Highlighted need for some domain ontologies to test with, probably for biodiversity case study
+ ** Need for unique IDs for data sets, actors, services, etc -- is this EcoGrid responsibility?
+ ** Continued work on Growl interface
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+ * Taxon group
+ ** Continued work on taxon exchange schema
+ ** LSID server being brought online
+ *** Should this LSID server serve all of seek, or just taxon?
+ ** Created ontologies(object models) of VegBank and TCS in OWL using Protege
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+ * Kepler group
+ ** New search capability for actors
+ ** Alpha2 release a few weeks ago, along with a CD that was created for distribution at SDSC
+ ** Data query (Query By Example) interface partially integrated into Kepler
+ ** Working for Oct15 as freeze date for new Kepler features, release shortly after testing
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- ** have input form and related bean working _prototype_ with Struts
- ** work with Duane and Mark to get this working with Metacat via Pathquery _handling query building and displaying results _
- ** work on getting getting a ecogrid query version _not pathquery_
+ ** have working prototype input form with validation and related bean with Struts
+ ** work with Duane and Mark to get this working with Metacat via Pathquery (handling query building and displaying results)
+ ** work on getting getting a ecogrid query version (EcoGridQueryLevelOne instead pathquery)
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+ Significant issues
+ * current ecogrid query work is dependent on Registry which isn't currently available and hasn't been finalized
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+ !!Trevor Paterson
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+ Current tasks / bugs
+ * Writing paper on Abstract Model And Exchange Schema for Taxonomic Concepts
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+ * Updating TDWG discussion WIKI on proposed draft standard exchange schema
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+ * Addressing design issues with exchange schema as they arise from SEEK/KU and TDWG community
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+ !!Shawn Bowers
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+ Current tasks / bugs
+ * Finishing up a simple ontology/keyword actor/data search for Kepler. Most of the code is done/working. Just need to fit it into what Chad has done. I am using Jena, so I need to work a bit on getting it to go faster as well (Jena appears to be very slow for even simple reasoning tasks).
+ * Finished up preliminary design for a comprehensive annotation tool. Want to write some code as a quick prototype, and try to get Rich and Dave something they can work/play with.
+ * Working on hybrid-type theory.
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- * current ecogrid query work is dependent on Registry which isn_t currently available and hasn_t been finalized
+ * We still need a mechanism to assign ids to datasets, actors, and workflows. Who is working on this_ Shouldn't this be EcoGrid's job (i.e., assigning/maintaining ids)_ Are actors going to be stored on EcoGrid_
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+ !!Rich Williams
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+ Current tasks / bugs
+ * Enhancing the GrOWL user interface
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+ * Bug fixes in the GrOWL OWL rendering code
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+ !!Liu Xianhua
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+ Completed tasks / bugs fixed
+ * Created ontologies(object models) of VegBank and TCS in OWL using Protege
+ * Loading model from OWL file
+ * Nested panels to show and edit taxonomic data according to specific taxonomic data models
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+ Current tasks / bugs
+ * Developing data proxy for TCS data
+ ** For test purpose, designing and implementing a database for TCS data
+ ** Developing a proxy that transfers data back and forth in the format defined by TCS model.
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+ !!Dave Thau
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+ Completed tasks / bugs fixed
+ * installed lsid server and integrated it with the taxon server
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+ Current tasks / bugs
+ * writing paper with nico about guids and taxonomic concepts
+ * talking with shawn and rich williams about a data set annontation tool
+ * making lsid server live
+ ** figuring out better output than current
+ ** getting go ahead from Susan Gauch and Jim Beach
+ ** asking KU sysadmins to add SVR record to DNS
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+ !!Samantha Romanello
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+ Completed tasks / bugs fixed
+ * Presented at the 4s conference
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+ Current tasks / bugs
+ * Preparing for KNB Workshop at end of September
+ ** Complying and preparing evaluation materials for training article
+ ** Research on content management systems for online education modules and distributed graduate seminar
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- !!Matt Again
+ !!Jing Tao
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+ * Make the sql engine for data query more configurable
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+ Current tasks / bugs
+ * Integrate data query interface with sql engine.
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+ !!Nico Franz
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+ * Starting to write - with Dave Thau & Jessie Kennedy - a draft of the concept/GUID paper.
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- * This isn't a real entry, it just "tests" some of the features. (Like illegal chars)
+ * Planning a shorter trip to KU on September 23 & 24 to exchange ideas about TES, concepts, GUIDs, etc.
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+ !! Bing Zhu
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+ Current Work and Bugs:
+ * implementation of Ecogrid's put service to upload files in Metacat
+ * implementation of Ecogrid's put service to upload Metadata for Metacat system

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