OMG Logo OMG Life Sciences Research DTF Meeting LSR Logo Life
Sciences
Research
Boston, Massachusetts, USA 9-12 July 2001

Time
Session
Monday 9th
0900-1845
 Objects in Bio- & Chem-informatics - 2001
Tuesday 10th
0900-1845
 Objects in Bio- & Chem-informatics - 2001
Wednesday 11th
0830-0945
 OMG Plenary
1000-1200
 LSR Plenary Session
Introduction and administrivia (approvals of minutes, agenda, etc.)
Synopsis of Working Groups' progress and plans
Proposals to initiate new RFIs and RFPs
Presentation of LSR RFI-9 "Chemical Sample Management"
[1030] Presentation of revised submission against LSR RFP-7 "Gene Expression" (see RFP: lifesci/00-03-09)
[1110] Presentation of revised submission against LSR RFP-9 "LECIS" (see RFP: lifesci/00-06-09)
[1150]LSR Architecture and Roadmap Scott Markel
Working Group Sessions
1300-1530
 Sequence Analysis Working Group Cheminformatics Working Group
1530-1645
 Bibliographic Query Service FTF LECIS Working Group
1645-1800
 Macromolecular Structure FTF
Thursday 12th
0830-1200
 Gene Expression Working Group Workflow proto-Working Group
1300-1415
 Architecture & Roadmap Working Group LECIS Working Group
1415-1530
 Web Pages Working Group
1530-1800
 LSR Plenary Session
Vote-to-vote to recommend adoption of the revised submission (lifesci/01-06-01) against the LECIS RFP.
[if the vote-to-vote is affirmative, it will be immediately followed by] Vote to recommend adoption of the revised submission (lifesci/01-06-01) against the LECIS RFP.
Discussion of Informatics Interoperable Infrastructure Consortium (I3C) Tim Clark, Millennium Pharmaceuticals
Working Group progress reports
Discussion of Working Group recommendations
Vote to "charter" Workflow Working Group
Vote to issue LSR RFI-9 "Chemical Sample Management"
Vote to adopt new LSR logo
Report by Chemical Structure (CSAR) RFP Submitters
Next meeting
Friday 13th
0830-1500
 OMG Architecture Board, Domain Technology Committee, and Platform Technology Committee Plenaries
Revised: 27 June 2001

Agenda Details

Note: Although the lists below are each Working Group's best advance estimate of the work to be accomplished and the issues to be addressed at its next meeting, agenda details may change at any time prior to a meeting's adjournment.

Plenary Sessions

The primary plenary business of the LSR will be:

Architecture & Roadmap WG

Bibliographic Services WG

The working group will not meet in Boston.

Cheminformatics WG

The strategy of the Cheminformatics Working Group is:
  1. First to establish standard interfaces for chemical structures and queries on collections of chemical structures (a limited definition which is confined to well connected graphs plus salts plus tautomers, two dimensional representations plus stereochemistry as known plus 3D coordinates as known)
  2. Second to spawn two independent streams of activity:
  3. Future and additional work will be undertaken when sufficient interest emerges to shepherd that work through completion in addition to the above topics.
What's happening now?

Gene Expression WG

The WG will evaluate revised submissions against the Gene Expression RFP.

LECIS WG

The WG will evaluate revised submissions against the LECIS RFP.

Macromolecular Structure WG

The WG will not meet in Boston.

Sequence Analysis WG

The WG will collect and consolidate feedback to submitters on the initial Biomolecular Sequence Analysis Entities (BSANE) RFP submission.

Visualization & User Interfaces WG

The WG will not meet in Boston.

Web Pages WG

The Web Pages Working Group will review the status of the LSR Web presence and evaluate submissions in the LSR logo competition.

Workflow proto-WG

The Workflow WG will develop a summary of the workflow-technology related initiatives in other OMG task forces, and kick-off a discussion on whether an RFP for the LSR Workflow is reasonable.

Bibliographic Query Service FTF

The Bibliographic Query Service FTF (Martin Senger, Chair) is not a subgroup of the LSR. It is listed here for the convenience of its members and LSR members who wish to participate in its activities.

Macromolecular Structure FTF

The Macromolecular Structure FTF (Doug Greer, Chair) is not a subgroup of the LSR. It is listed here for the convenience of its members and LSR members who wish to participate in its activities.


LSR Co-chairs:

David Benton
Karl Konnerth
Scott Markel

Working Group Chairs:

Architecture & RoadmapScott Markel
Bibliographic ServicesAlex Bangs, David Benton
CheminformaticsRobert DeWitte, James Fry
Gene ExpressionCharles Troup
LECISTorsten Staab
Macromolecular StructureDouglas Greer
Sequence AnalysisKarl Konnerth
VisualizationDouglas Greer, Alan Robinson
Web PagesMartin Senger
WorkflowMartin Senger