[esip-semantictech] Next ESIP Semantic Technologies Budget

Tue Aug 30 17:33:23 EDT 2016

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> wrote:

> 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?
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> 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?
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> Line
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> Line Pouchard, PhD
> Assistant Professor, Purdue Libraries
> Computational Science Information Specialist
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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 on behalf
> of esip-semanticweb at lists.esipfed.org> wrote:
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>     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.
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>     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.
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>     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.
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>     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
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>     —
>     Line Pouchard, PhD
>     Assistant Professor, Purdue Libraries
>     Computational Science Information Specialist
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>     Stewart Center, Room 174
>     504 W. State Street
>     West Lafayette, IN 47907-2058
>     http://sites.lib.purdue.edu/linepouchard
>     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 lists.esipfed.org
> on behalf of 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 on behalf of
>         esip-semanticweb-request at lists.esipfed.org> wrote:
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>         >Message: 1
>         >Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:06:03 +0000
>         >From: "Narock, Thomas" <tnarock at ndm.edu>
>         >To: ESIP Semantic Web Cluster <esip-semanticweb at lists.esipfed.org
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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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