OKH Initiative Group Meeting - 23.08.08

[schutton]

MEETING RESOURCES

• Open Know-How (OKH) Initiative Working Group Rolling Agenda/Meeting Minutes

• Meeting Recording - please be patient, the BBB .mp4 load takes a few moments

• Meeting Chat Export

Attendees

• Nathan Parker (Chair) @mak3r-nathan
• Sarah Hutton (IoPA Secretariat Rep) @schutton
• Robin Vobruba (OSE.de) @hoijui
• Andrew Lamb (IoPA Council, Helpful) @AndrewLamb
• Barbara Schack (IoPA) @BarbaraSchack
• James Butler (Helpful) @Jbutler-helpful

Recap of Action Items

Prior the next OKH Initiative Group Meeting:

• @schutton will work with @hoijui to create a 1-page overview of agreement/request parameters for platform partnerships using the LOSH-OKH krawler for @AndrewLamb to bring into discussion with partner platforms (targeting Makerbot/Thingiverse in Oct 2023). This document will include the following elements at minimum:

  • Regular schedule / frequency of chron run for the krawler (> 1 min recommended)

  • Main point of contact for chron owner

  • What information is needed from participating platform and why they should participate/value add

  • Speed of chron (some currently take up to 3 days to fetch, and information is incomplete)

• @Jbutler-helpful will share one of Helpful’s test libraries with @robin for testing the krawler

• @mak3r-nathan and @Jbutler-helpful will connect to do a deeper dive/follow-up on moving the OKH spec from PubPub to GIT

Meeting Notes

1. Welcome
2. Recap / Review of previous action items
   2a. OKH: Temperature check/where we are now:

• OKH-LOSH crawler updates (Vobruba/OSE)

  • Establishing chrons for data export, current platforms

  • What is needed to make chrons operational?

    • Job owner

    • Schedule

    • Negotiations with current platforms

  • Looking to align the data with the crawler specification - need a machine that continually crawls the data to keep it up to date and usable.

  • Working on changing the ontologies to make them more workable/less confusing. Looking for

  • We have parts and modules, but they are not very well-defined; people coming from the outside to review the ontology have difficulty understanding.

  • Working predominantly with Lynn Foster and Mo on this.

  • Working on the crawler will produce results, but will not be practical/usable without establishing agreements with platforms being crawled.

  • Leadership/management roles in the IoPA @AndrewLamb can advocate for establishing partnerships with platforms for establishing agreements for data loads/ the OKH-LOSH crawler.

• Updates/current work from Helpful (James)

  • Current atom work by Helpful (James):

    • https://github.com/helpfulengineering/library/blob/main/alpha/okh/okh-seat-helpful.yml

    • GitHub - helpfulengineering/library

    • Need a better Visual Presentation of a fulfillment Plan · Issue #13 · helpfulengineering/project-data-platform · GitHub

  • Will be rolling out fulfillment plan in the fall; currently working with chair model for proof of concept

3. New Business / Items to Discuss
   3a. What does a reboot of the OKH WG look like? (Parker et al.)

• Trial of governance process that has been outlined

• Integration of processes outlined (currently in PubPub): https://standards.internetofproduction.org/pub/process-notes/release/3

• Rebranding / communication

• Merging versions

• Preliminary presentation on Atomization: okh-helpful.yaml (Ref 1.): https://github.com/helpfulengineering/library/blob/main/alpha/okh/okh-seat-helpful.yml (line 43+)

4. Action Items / Next Steps

• Use case: establishing a platform partnership. Establish agreement with platforms in krawler

  • Thingiverse - Andrew will be in NYC in mid-October, and can meet with the CEO of Makerbot to establish an agreement.

  • Other platforms to consider https://hackaday.io/; 3DEXPERIENCE Lab - Startup Accelerator | Dassault Systèmes®

• Test library: Helpful will share a library for Robin to test the krawler

• James connecting with Robin and Nathan to do deeper dives.

5. Wrap-Up / Reminder of Next Meeting

• Establishing regular schedule through May 2024; every third Thursday of the month at 14:00 UTC. Calendar invites forthcoming, also posting to community forum with open invitation.

  • Schedule of days:

    • Sep 21

    • Oct 19

    • Nov 16

    • Dec 21

    • Jan 18

    • Feb 15

    • Mar 21

    • Apr 18

    • May 16

A separate post with the meeting schedule is forthcoming.