[esip-semantictech] Next ESIP Semantic Technologies Budget

Tue Aug 30 20:48:50 EDT 2016

I think this should be part of the evaluation process.

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On Tuesday, August 30, 2016, HUHNS, MICHAEL <HUHNS at mailbox.sc.edu> wrote:

> ECITE seems to be a really great solution for ESIP's long-term
> infrastructure needs! Which begs the question, why hasn't COR moved to
> ECITE? There is no reason I can imagine to waste our limited resources
> (which is why Line and I moved the ESIP Semantic Portal from AWS to a
> server I donated at my university several years ago).
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
>
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> From: Erin Robinson via esip-semanticweb <esip-semanticweb at lists.
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> Date: 8/30/16 5:33 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: "Pouchard, Line C" <pouchard at purdue.edu
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pouchard at purdue.edu');>>
> Cc: esip-semanticweb at lists.esipfed.org
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> Subject: Re: [esip-semantictech] Next ESIP Semantic Technologies Budget
>
> Hi All -
>
> Semantic Web is currently using about $90/month for the COR.
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> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Pouchard, Line C via esip-semanticweb <
> esip-semanticweb at lists.esipfed.org
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> wrote:
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>> Just another thought.  Does anyone know what the current AWS Compute
>> Resources in the current budget is being spent on?  Or is it being spent?
>>
>> This information would be very useful to help shape the budget for the
>> next FY.  As Lewis was asking, may items from last year be re-purposed this
>> year?
>>
>> Line
>>
>> —
>> Line Pouchard, PhD
>> Assistant Professor, Purdue Libraries
>> Computational Science Information Specialist
>>
>> Stewart Center, Room 174
>> 504 W. State Street
>> West Lafayette, IN 47907-2058
>> http://sites.lib.purdue.edu/linepouchard
>> linepouchard at gmail.com
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>> email)
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>> On 8/30/16, 3:49 PM, "esip-semanticweb on behalf of Pouchard, Line C via
>> esip-semanticweb" <esip-semanticweb-bounces at lists.esipfed.org
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>> on behalf of esip-semanticweb at lists.esipfed.org
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>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi Tom and everyone:
>>
>>     Thank you so much for the budget and the explanations.  This helps a
>> lot.  Any reason as to why 4 was not funded?
>>
>>     At the last teleconference, the suggestion was to put an ontology
>> repository into the budget to at least start a discussion about the
>> possibility of support by ESIP S&T.
>>
>>     It would be useful to develop a plan for deploying and supporting
>> such a repository for ESIP.  This plan needs to align with the S&T roadmap
>> and vision, and help the ESIP executive board to make a decision about
>> supporting a repository.  It would include infrastructure, such as the AWS
>> resources in the current budget.  It could include provision for
>> maintenance and upgrades, support to ontology population and versioning,
>> and customization to earth science ontologies.  Evaluation may also be part
>> of this plan as it is already underway.
>>
>>     To provide some background, the initial deployment of the Semantic
>> Portal was supported by the Products and Services Testbed for $7000 in Fall
>> 2012 split between 2 institutions.  Development of mappings between
>> ontologies were later supported in Fall 2014 for the same.  Much volunteer
>> work went into maintaining the Portal.  The Semantic Portal’s currently
>> completed move to the NSF/ESIP ECITE cloud instance, requested by the
>> Committee in June, was supported by volunteer work.   No other support was
>> provided for the Semantic Portal as S&T was not a committee.
>>
>>     Let me know if there is interest in the idea of developing such a
>> plan for the ESIP STC.  And of course, is this eligible?
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Line
>>
>>     —
>>     Line Pouchard, PhD
>>     Assistant Professor, Purdue Libraries
>>     Computational Science Information Specialist
>>
>>     Stewart Center, Room 174
>>     504 W. State Street
>>     West Lafayette, IN 47907-2058
>>     http://sites.lib.purdue.edu/linepouchard
>>     linepouchard at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','linepouchard at gmail.com');> (alternate
>> email)
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>>     On 8/30/16, 1:33 PM, "esip-semanticweb on behalf of Mcgibbney, Lewis
>> J (398M) via esip-semanticweb" <esip-semanticweb-bounces at list
>> s.esipfed.org
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>> on behalf of esip-semanticweb at lists.esipfed.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','esip-semanticweb at lists.esipfed.org');>>
>> wrote:
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>>         Hi Tom,
>>         At the last meeting, someone asked where last years budget wasŠ
>> no one
>>         seemed to know.
>>         Do you know where it is so some of us new comers can get a peek
>> into
>>         format and content?
>>         Off the top of my head, some things which were mentioned were
>>          * there may be nothing wrong with resubmitting/repurposing last
>> years
>>         budget req.
>>          * the Semantic Ontology Implementation/COR/whatever needs to be
>> factored
>>         into the budget
>>          * Bhaskar spoke very encouragingly about putting some kind of
>>         paper/article/journal entry together representing the direction of
>>         semantics within the Earth Sciences. Maybe we could request some
>> budget
>>         resources to drive this work on?
>>         Thanks
>>         Thanks
>>
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>>         On 8/25/16, 9:00 AM, "esip-semanticweb on behalf
>>         oesip-semanticweb-request at lists.esipfed.orgf"
>>         <esip-semanticweb-bounces at lists.esipfed.org
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>> on behalf of
>>         esip-semanticweb-request at lists.esipfed.org
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>> wrote:
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>>         >Message: 1
>>         >Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:06:03 +0000
>>         >From: "Narock, Thomas" <tnarock at ndm.edu
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tnarock at ndm.edu');>>
>>         >To: ESIP Semantic Web Cluster <esip-semanticweb at lists.esipfe
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>>         >Subject: [esip-semantictech] Next ESIP Semantic Technologies
>> Budget
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>>         >All,
>>         >
>>         >ESIP leadership has requested that all committees submit budget
>> requests
>>         >for the next fiscal year by September 1. Over the next week I?d
>> like to
>>         >gather your input on items you feel are essential to the budget.
>> A few
>>         >guidelines to keep in mind. Our total budget request should be
>> in the 10k
>>         >range.  Although, please note we are not guaranteed to receive
>> that
>>         >amount. It?s more of an upper limit on committee requests. Also,
>> each
>>         >line item in the budget must have proper justification and align
>> with a
>>         >specific deliverable. For example, asking for discretionary
>> travel funds
>>         >will not be approved. However, asking for funds for 1 person to
>> represent
>>         >us at a specific meeting because it directly impacts the
>> committee has a
>>         >better chance of being approved.
>>         >
>>         >And student fellows must go through the broader ESIP fellow
>> program. I
>>         >don?t believe we can fund students directly through our budget.
>> If you
>>         >have a promising student interested in semantics, please
>> encourage them
>>         >to apply to the fellows program, which is now open.
>>         >
>>         >So, please start thinking about our current trajectory and where
>> you?d
>>         >like to see funds devoted over the next year. Feel free to
>> discuss here
>>         >on the mailing list or contact myself and Beth directly. The
>> only item we
>>         >had in the budget last year was funding to support the ontology
>> portal
>>         >instances. We?re looking to expand this year and are in need of
>> your
>>         >feedback.
>>
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