ITI Change Proposals 2018

This page contains the details of Change Proposal (CP) processing in the ITI domain for the 2017-18 publication cycle.

The ITI Change Proposal process follows the general IHE CP process described on the Change Proposal process page. The following sections give more detail on the process for folks involved in the CP process in the ITI domain.

The ITI-specific CP Process

The following text explains what the process used by the ITI technical committee in processing submitted CPs. It is consistent with the general IHE CP process and is informative only.

1. Write a change proposal. Here is IHE's Change Proposal Template
2. Submit into the Incoming directory. This is typically done by directly updating the directory if you have access; otherwise send it an email to the ITI Technical Committee members in charge of CPs (currently Lynn Felhofer).
3. The new CPs are considered by the committee at periodic CP review calls. If CP is accepted it is given a CP #, assigned an editor, renamed to CP-ITI-xxx-00.doc and placed in Assigned. If CP is rejected it is moved to Rejected and submitter is informed of explanation for rejection. Likely reasons for rejection are: duplicate, merged, withdrawn or not enough information to understand the request. Rejected CPs can be resubmitted with more information for reconsideration.
4. Committee works with editor to draft the CP. Versions are kept in Assigned directory and numbered -00, -01, -02, etc.
5. Committee decides CP is ready for ballot. Latest version of CP is moved to Completed diretory and old versions are moved to old_versions.
6. Co-chair collects Completed CPs into a ballot. The Ballot directory will be used for this.
7. Ballot is released to the general community for voting for 4 weeks
8. Votes and comments are collected. All yes votes means the CP passed ballot and moved to FinalText. No votes are resolved by the committee. Sometimes CP is withdrawn, sometimes NO voter changes to yes vote after explanations. CP may be updated in this process. If updates are insignificant (clarification only) the CP is considered passed. If updates are significant the CP is submitted for another ballot.
9. CP approved in ballot are put in FinalText and scheduled to be integrated into the Technical Framework or Supplement.
10. CP status and ballots are tracked here

Change Proposal pages from previous years

Ongoing work on CPs is placed on the current year CP page. Prior years work can be accessed at:

• ITI Change Proposals 2017
• ITI Change Proposals 2016
• ITI Change Proposals 2015
• ITI Change Proposals 2014
• ITI Change Proposals 2013
• ITI Change Proposals 2012
• ITI Change Proposals 2011
• ITI Change Proposals 2010
• ITI Change Proposals 2009
• ITI Change Proposals 2008
• ITI Change Proposals 2007

ITI CP Tracking

Location of CPs

All Change Proposal management is done on the IHE ftp site here.

As CPs are processed through various statuses they move from one directory to another. The directories involved are:

Incoming

contains CPs which have been submitted but have not been assigned a CP number or an editor. This is the place that new incoming CPs are placed prior to the first stage of processing by the committee.

Assigned

contains CPs that have been assigned an editor and are being actively worked on by the committee, i.e. Assigned status

Completed

contains the last version of a CP that is in Completed status. Its contents are approved by the Technical Committee and the CP is waiting to be put in a ballot.

FinalText

contains the last version of a CP that is in FinalText status. It is has been approved by ballot and is waiting to be integrated into the TF in the upcoming publication cycle.

Integrated

contains the version of the CP that was integrated into the TF, organized by year.

Rejected

CPs that have been submitted but rejected by the committee

Cancelled

contains CPs that were once assigned but have been cancelled, i.e. Cancelled status

Ballots

contains Ballots that have been released for voting by the general community, organized by year.

CP status

ITI tracks status of its Change Proposals in this google doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gdr_Y8xZBvbb326J4z67cqprxOexFgtkPj_VlD3rB9E/edit?usp=sharing The Active CPs tab contains those that are Assigned, Completed, or Final Text in this cycle. There are also archive tabs for prior years.

Approved CPs integrated into the ITI Technical Framework

CPs that have passed ballot in since 2015, and that have been, or will be, integrated into the ITI Technical Framework are listed on the "Approved CPs" tab of the tracking spreadsheet.

CPs that have already been integrated into the Technical Framework are stored here: ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/4_Integrated/

In Aug 2018, CPs will be integrated & checked following this process : ITI CP Integration Process

Ballots

Ballot 43

Out for ballot: Jun 30 - Aug 1, 2017. Comments/votes resolved on the Aug 3, 2017 CP review call.

Ballot 43 CPs are here: ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/Ballots/2018/Ballot_43/

Comments, votes & resolution are here

CPs approved in this ballot are Final Text and are stored here until they are incorporated in 2018: ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/3_FinalText/

CP-ITI	Title	Ballot Result
902-03	DSG conformity with ISO 17090-4	Approved w/ updates
974-04	TLS Version in ATNA	Approved w/ updates
989-06	Clarify Required Query Parameter Error Codes	Approved w/ updates
1041-00	APPC - Fix ReferenceIdList Example	Approved
1042-01	APPC – Updates for Provider attributes	Approved w/ updates
1046-01	Missing prefix in namespace	Approved w/ updates
1048-02	DSG Content Consumer guidance on extra signatures	Approved w/ updates
1053-01	Clarify location of document sharing metadata rqmts for BPPC and XDS-SD	Approved w/ updates
1055-00	XDS-MU: Missing OnDemand column in Metadata Optionality table	Approved

Ballot 44

Out for ballot: Aug 10 - Sep 11, 2017. Comments/votes resolved on the Sep 14, 2017 CP review call. Notes are here

Ballot 44 CPs are here: ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/Ballots/2018/Ballot_44/

Comments, votes & resolution are here

CPs approved in this ballot are Final Text and are stored here until they are incorporated in 2018: ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/3_FinalText/

CP-ITI	Title	Ballot Result
795-01	Fix ITI-44 text to match the schema	Approved
917-02	Clarify use of Coding Scheme in metadata	Approved w/ updates
976-02	Fix Folder.codeList example	Approved w/ updates
977-01	XTN datatype clarification for phone number	TBD - there are unresolved comments from ballot 44 as of 20170914
985-13	Relationship Association Target in SubmissionSet	Approved w/ updates
994-01	Update to DocumentEntry.uniqueId description	Approved w/ updates
995-02	Align entryUUID descriptions	Approved
1026-06	ITI-18 cleanup	TBD - there are unresolved comments from ballot 44 as of 20170914
1057-01	Fix coded values in XDS author role and specialty	Approved w/ updates
1058-03	ATNA Audit Message Optionality Definitions	Approved w/ updates
1061-02	ITI-18: Correct Queries for "AvailabilityStatus" Attribute	Approved w/ updates
1065-00	Fix CXi example for Referral	Approved
1066-00	XUA definitions of urn from XSPA	Approved
1067-00	Small fix to ITI-54 audit message	Approved
1068-00	Small fix to ITI-86 audit message	Approved

Ballot 45

Out for ballot: Nov 6 - Dec 5, 2017.

Comments/votes were resolved on the Dec 7, 2017 CP review call.

Ballot 45 CPs are here: ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/Ballots/2018/Ballot_45/

Comments, votes & resolution are here

CPs approved in this ballot are Final Text and are stored here until they are incorporated in 2018: ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/3_FinalText/

CP-ITI	Title	Ballot Result
720-08	Clarify Replacement for addendum and transformation docs	Approved w/ updates
1019-03	Clarify Repository action required on duplicate uniqueId	Approved
1050-03	Appendix B Cleanup	Approved w/ updates
1060-04	Need Null Flavor for FormatCode	PENDING FINAL TEXT: Vol 3 changes are approved. DEN changes need to be split out into a separate CP assigned to John M
1073-02	Clean-up Volume 3 - Section 4.2.2.2 Document Relationships	Cancelled as redundant with CP 985 approved in Ballot 44.
1074-01	Remove redundant Association Documentation Text from Sub-sections	Approved w/ updates
1075-03	Update description of DocumentEntry.URI in Vol 3	Approved w/ updates
1078-00	Small fix to cover and FMM warning in the PIXm Supplement	Approved
1082-00	HPD: Remove constraint on hcSpecialisation format	NOT APPROVED; reassiged to Tarik for add'l work
1083-00	Correct GetAll Query Text Formatting	Approved
1084-00	Remove out of date text from Appendix G	Approved

Assigned CPs

For a list of CPs that are currently assigned see the 'Active CPs' tab in the CP status google doc.

Assigned CPs are stored here: ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/1_Assigned/

Strategies for smarter CP processing (from Jul-17 F2F)

Last year, we had more CPs that needed a lot of rework after ballot:

• There is not enough review prior to ballot
• Perhaps too much effort on specificity vs remaining silent
• Look for opportunities to suggest that a small subset take a time-consuming or editorial problem offline and come back to the group with an updated change.

Gateway questions prior to accepting a CP (or finishing work on an existing CP):

• Is solving the problem necessary for interoperability?
• Has an implementer reported this problem, or should they, or is this theoretical?
• Is the text inconsistent? If so, are we over-specifying, i.e. can we delete the inconsistency?
• Strongly suggest that a submitter propose a solution.
• Is this a problem that needs to be fixed?

Upcoming CP discussions

ITI CP review calls are typically held every Thursday from 10-11am Central US. Additional sessions may be scheduled during ITI Tech F2F meetings. Changes to the 'traditional' schedule for CP calls are announced on the ititech email list.

The Google Doc used to gather availability of ITI Tech Members and the focus of future CP calls is here.

Dec 21, 2017

Time: 10:00-11:00am CDT

Webex link: https://himss.webex.com/himss/j.php?MTID=m1208ef0c7575f62ecb4a5e514e411a7f

Meeting: 924 199 009

Password: Meeting1

Attendees: Dave Pyke (Ready Computing), Tarik Idris (InterComponentWare), Dmytro Rud (OeHF), Elliott Lavy (Harris), John Moehrke (ByLight), Joe Lamy (Aegis/SSA), Karen Witting, Ken Meyer (IBM Watson Health), Elliot Silver (Change HC), Gregorio Canal (Aresnal.IT), Lynn Felhofer

-> ITI CP Tracking Spreadsheet is here.

(1) Incoming CPs ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/0_Incoming/

• CP-ITI_DP_eMPI_Pix_Query_Cache_Limitation.doc (Pyke)
  • lengthy discussion on ITI tech email list is here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ititech/nVdpERHSl4s
  • This CP was further discussed and the committee provided guidance on where the TF can be updated to give guidance in caching patient IDs. Assigned as CP 1085 to David Pyke.
• CP-ITI-AT_ClarifyMaxLengthforCXdatatype.doc -- assigned to Ken as CP 1086. Note that discussion of this CP during the call resulted in acknowledgement of the need for a change, but the proposed change goes in a different direction for this CP than is proposed in the rationale in the CP.
• CP-ITI-DEN-no-mimeTypeSufficient.doc - discussed affect of new formatCode of mimeTypeSufficient on actors in the DEN profile and whether, if the new formatCode is not used in DEN, additional guidance is needed. This CP is assigned to John as CP 1087.
• Out of time for these; moved to Jan 4 agenda:
• CP-ITI-mCSD_fixPlaceholderTransactionNo.doc
• CP-ITI-mCSD_JSONvsXML.doc
• CP-ITI-HPD_Audit_Trail.doc
• CP-ITI-XDW-accessType.doc

(2) Revisit open CPs in Ballot 45

• 1060 - need null flavor for formatCode - Vol 3 changes remain Final Text in 1060, DEN changes split into new CP assigned to John
  • See 1060-05 in the Final Text directory. This now contains only Vol 3 changes.
  • Any changes to the DEN supplement will be done in CP 1087 now assigned to John Moehrke.
• 1082 - HPD Removed constraint on hcSpecialisation format - Tarik talked offline with IHE-Switzerland about ballot comments and they agreed on the nature of the changes that are still needed. This CP will be re-assigned to Tarik for future work and then will be re-reviewed & balloted again.

(3) Assigned CPs ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/1_Assigned/

• 661-05 - Should patient be inserted on ITI-8 or ITI-44 (or ITI-64) update? (Ken) - continue to discussion from Dec 14, considering affect of proposed changes on existing Doc Registry * PIX Manager implementations.

(4) In the queue...

• Editorial bundle:
  • 1022-00 - Specification of ITI-30 as optional transaction in PIX is incomplete
    • Ben provided an email review (Oct 12). Can we call this ready-for-ballot?
• Remaining Ballot 44 comment resolution link to consolidated comments
  • CP 977 - XTN datatype clarification for phone number - pending input from Rob Horn

(5) Next in CPs

• No CP call Dec 28

Jan 4, 2018

Time: 10:00-11:00am CDT

Webex link: https://himss.webex.com/himss/j.php?MTID=m1208ef0c7575f62ecb4a5e514e411a7f

Meeting: 924 199 009

Password: Meeting1

Attendees:

-> ITI CP Tracking Spreadsheet is here.

(1) Incoming CPs ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/0_Incoming/

• tbd

(2) Assigned CPs ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/1_Assigned/

• tbd

(3) In the queue...

• tbd

(4) Next in CPs

• tbd

Jan 11, 2018

Time: 10:00-11:00am CDT

Webex link: https://himss.webex.com/himss/j.php?MTID=m1208ef0c7575f62ecb4a5e514e411a7f

Meeting: 924 199 009

Password: Meeting1

Attendees:

-> ITI CP Tracking Spreadsheet is here.

(1) Incoming CPs ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/0_Incoming/

• tbd

(2) Assigned CPs ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/1_Assigned/

• tbd

(3) In the queue...

• tbd

(4) Next in CPs

• tbd

Jan 25, 2018

Time: 10:00-11:00am CDT

Webex link: https://himss.webex.com/himss/j.php?MTID=m1208ef0c7575f62ecb4a5e514e411a7f

Meeting: 924 199 009

Password: Meeting1

Attendees:

-> ITI CP Tracking Spreadsheet is here.

(1) Incoming CPs ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/0_Incoming/

• tbd

(2) Assigned CPs ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/1_Assigned/

• tbd

(3) In the queue...

• tbd

(4) Next in CPs

• Next week we focus on a single CP: 1021 - Clarify ITI-42 Expected Actions For Folders During RPLC/XFRM_RPLC, led by Ken & Bill

Feb 1, 2018 - CP-ITI-1021 focus

Time: 10:00-11:00am CDT

Webex link: https://himss.webex.com/himss/j.php?MTID=m1208ef0c7575f62ecb4a5e514e411a7f

Meeting: 924 199 009

Password: Meeting1

Attendees:

-> ITI CP Tracking Spreadsheet is here.

(1) Assigned CPs ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/1_Assigned/

• CP-ITI-1021 - Clarify ITI-42 Expected Actions For Folders During RPLC/XFRM_RPLC (Ken, Bill)
  • Talking points:
    • tbd

(2) In the queue...

• tbd

(2) Next in CPs

• tbd

Agenda and Minutes from past CP calls

See: ITI CPs 2017-18-Agenda and Minutes from past CP calls

Future CP prevention work

Exploring a new approach to audit message specification