IHE Testing and Tools Committee Teleconference Minutes 2008-06-02

Attendees

• Didi Davis, HIMSS
• Nichole Drye-Mayo, RSNA
• Cor Loef, Philips Medical Systems
• Joan McMillen, RSNA
• David Monteau, INRIA
• Steve Moore, Mallinckrodt Institute
• Chris Carr, RSNA

Minutes

• Review contributor agreements published with change notation
  • Ready to present to Board for approval
    • Include license and contributors agreements
    • Made some modifications to the readme file to indicate the importance of corporate members agreeing to licensing restrictions
  • Action Item: Steve Moore will add a few descriptive sentences about the licensing choice to accompany contributors agreement

• Review process for software contributions with review by Eric/Steve
  • Two models: authorized contributors only vs. allow contributions from a broader group and then evaluate their contributions after the fact
  • Steve Moore has developed a draft document for Eric to review which follows the latter model
  • Action Item: Eric and Steve will update their draft and submit to the TnT Committee for review on June 16 tcon

• Charter Document
  • Should committee representatives be required to represent member organizations?
    • Yes, but also keep permanent seats for Connectathon organizers
    • Should Connectathon organizers be effectively required to contribute to tools development? Yes, they are already required to do so in governance document.
    • Membership section needs to better distinguish sponsors from software contributors; needs also to describe special role of Nat/Reg committees and requirement that they contribute to tools development
  • Technical Management Group
    • Should it be appointed by Testing and Tools Committee? Yes, but they are also contracted by sponsors.
    • David M proposes the model be that managers of each approved software development project (currently Gazelle is the only one) be approved by TnT to join TMG
    • TMG should include only the managers of the software development process
    • Action Item: Chris Carr will revise membership sections (1.2); David will revise sections on TMG (1.3); jointly they will send the document to the group for review on the June 16 tcon

• Agenda Items for 2008-06-16 Tcon
  • Discuss outcomes of Board review of licensing/contributor agreement
  • Review document describing software contribution process
  • Review refined draft of Charter agreement
  • Steve and Lynn will prepare proposal on method of reporting Connectathon results (regarding trial implementation vs. final text profiles)

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