[Esip-semanticharmonization] Reminder on tomorrow's (10/21/20) ESIP Semantic Harmonization 1 hour group meeting

William Duncan wdduncan at lbl.gov
Tue Oct 20 16:45:09 EDT 2020


Hi Gary,
Unfortunately, I won't be able to make tomorrow's meeting.

Bill


On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 4:31 PM Gary Berg-Cross <gbergcross at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You can join the 1 hour Semantic Harmonization  group meeting using the
> link below.
> Work priorities for the session are again up to the group, although we
> made significant progress on the Speadsheet and understand the   ROBOT
> Tool for Automating Ontology Workflows
> <https://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12859-019-3002-3>
>
> Our template is at
>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Xt3BHNz-pP2ggJq_asPPcuKuGEAKtbT3MU2wFLTnCmQ/edit#gid=0
>
>  Join our ESIP meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
> https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/800617765
>
> You can also dial in using your phone.
> United States: +1 (408) 650-3123 <+14086503123,,800617765#>
>
> Access Code: 800-617-765
>
> New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting
> starts: https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/800617765
>
>
> (see also running notes at:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IFA6AsCdxESh9mZB5W1bZ_vARFkF3OvnL-KgdGNcp60/edit#
> )
>
> Which includes:
>
>    -
>
>       Github issue for it here
>       <https://github.com/EnvironmentOntology/envo/issues/1028>
>       -
>
>          Double check the terms weren’t done last time see
>          https://github.com/EnvironmentOntology/envo/pull/1011/files
>
> New sheet:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Xt3BHNz-pP2ggJq_asPPcuKuGEAKtbT3MU2wFLTnCmQ/edit?
> ts=5f874d7d#gid=1886506483
> Gary Berg-Cross Ph.D.
> Independent Consultant
> Potomac, MD
> 240-426-0770
> "The Narrow Corridor to Liberty
> Our argument in this book is that for liberty to emerge and flourish, both
> state and society must be strong. A strong state is needed to control
> violence, enforce laws, and provide public services that are critical for a
> life in which people are empowered to make and pursue their choices. A
> strong, mobilized society is needed to control and shackle the strong
> state. Doppelgänger solutions and checks and balances don’t solve the
> Gilgamesh problem because, without society’s vigilance, constitutions and
> guarantees are not worth much more than the parchment they are written on.
> Squeezed between the fear and repression wrought by despotic states and
> the violence and lawlessness that emerge in their absence is a narrow
> corridor to liberty. It is in this corridor that the state and society
> balance each other out. This balance is not about a revolutionary moment.
> It’s a constant, day‑in, day- out struggle between the two. This struggle
> brings benefits. In the corridor the state and society do not just compete,
> they also cooperate. This cooperation engenders greater capacity for the
> state to deliver the things that society wants and foments greater societal
> mobilization to monitor this capacity.
> What makes this a corridor, not a door, is that achieving liberty is a
> process; you have to travel a long way in the corridor before violence is
> brought under control, laws are written and enforced, and the state starts
> providing services to its citizens. It is a process because the state and
> its elites must learn to live with the shackles society puts on them and
> different segments of society have to learn to work together despite their
> differences.
> From -THE NARROW CORRIDOR by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
>
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