[E-research] Status of groups within the OGF e-Research function

[David De Roure]

Hi David

Congratulations on your new role!

The Semantic Grid community has been involved broadly in three areas of activity: semantic grid, web 2.0/3.0 and semantic e-science.

* The established Semantic Grid community is active but not pro-active in OGF the way it once was.  It peaked with the many semantic grid projects funded in the UK and Europe (under the grid technologies unit), and has now bedded down in various places.  The mailing list mainly carries calls for papers etc.  In Europe it is underlined by the SOKU activity so it's still moving forward.

* Web 2.0. The last thing the sem-grid group did formally was run the two OGF web 2.0 workshops, and those involved have now shifted their attention to the eSi theme in the UK in order to reach our intended audience. For example, we had an excellent Web 2.0 week in Edinburgh recently.  We are also involved with the science 2.0 and open science movements.

* Semantic e-Science. The activities under this banner are flourishing internationally.  I'm not clear that OGF is the right place for this though.  Last week I was at the W3C Health Care for Life Science Interest Group F2F in Boston and it was excellent.  To put it another way, why would we pursue Semantic e-Science at OGF as opposed to W3C or the e-Science conference?

So if you're happy for a group to exist without proactively running events at OGF then SemGrid lives, but if you require us to participate more directly in OGF events then we probably need a rethink.

Personally I continue to be involved in OGF on the workflows, repositories, and arts and humanities side of things. I would be particularly interested to discuss the Hass group too.

Thanks

-- Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: e-research-bounces at ogf.org [mailto:e-research-bounces at ogf.org] On Behalf Of David Wallom
Sent: 04 May 2009 15:37
To: e-research at ogf.org
Subject: [E-research] Status of groups within the OGF e-Research function

Hello All,

Following on from the many years of service that Geoffrey has given OGF as
VP of e-Science I have been voted in by the board to take over. Firstly I
would like to thank Geoffrey for all of the work that he put in making sure
that the e-Science community was a busy as possible with new ideas etc
coming through as often as possible throughout his term of office.

Taking over my main aim will be to ensure that the current position of OGF
(standards being published and implemented, several communities profiling
them for their own needs etc.) is recognised by the communities that helped
form it in the first place, that of e-Science.

To help us know where we are starting a thorough evaluation of the
e-Science/e-Research area in OGF is needed. I would therefore ask each of
you to contact me directly with,
1) your groups current status including a brief plan on how you see it
moving forward over the next year etc. Should you think that the activity
has reached a conclusion then could you also please email me. That way we
will have an accurate measure of where the groups stand etc as we head
towards OGF26 and 27.
2) Your current status in OGF, do you still regularly participate in
meetings etc. This should include if you are not attending anymore why not.

Best wishes

David

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Dr David Wallom
Technical Manager
Oxford e-Research Centre
University of Oxford
Rm 160, 7 Keble Road
Oxford
OX1 3QG

+44(0)1865 610601
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