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Status Report 6 September 2004

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Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Kepler group
    • New search capability for actors
    • Alpha2 release a few weeks ago, along with a CD that was created for distribution at SDSC
    • Working for Oct15 as freeze date for new Kepler features, release shortly after testing

Individual Reports

Matt Jones

Completed tasks / bugs fixed

  • Completed status report submission feature for the SEEK wiki
  • Released EML 2.0.1 for better inclusion of LTER data sets in EcoGrid

Current tasks / bugs

  • Preparing metacat release to better support EcoGrid client calls
  • Preparing for training workshop
  • Preparing proposal for _link-up_ with the E-Science program to work together on an ecological data grid
    • Draws from KNB, SEEK, AlterNet, and UK Ecological Data Grid

Significant issues

  • EcoGrid Registry API and implementation really need to be finalized for work in Kepler and the web client to proceed

Steve Tekell

Completed tasks / bugs fixed

  • SeekWikiWebApp version SEEK_WEB_2_0_4 - development completed
    • includes new InsertPagePlugin
    • includes new build.xml file for Ant

Current tasks / bugs

  • Web Interface for Ecogrid Query
    • 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)

Significant issues

  • current ecogrid query work is dependent on Registry which isn't currently available and hasn't been finalized

Trevor Paterson

Current tasks / bugs

  • Writing paper on Abstract Model And Exchange Schema for Taxonomic Concepts
  • Updating TDWG discussion WIKI on proposed draft standard exchange schema
  • Addressing design issues with exchange schema as they arise from SEEK/KU and TDWG community

Shawn Bowers

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.

Significant issues

  • 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_

Rich Williams

Current tasks / bugs

  • Enhancing the GrOWL user interface
  • Bug fixes in the GrOWL OWL rendering code

Liu Xianhua

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

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.

Dave Thau

Completed tasks / bugs fixed

  • installed lsid server and integrated it with the taxon server

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

Other Status Reports

You can see the status reports for other time periods as well.



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