ITI Agenda April-2026

This 4-days meeting is to move forward all the current work items in the continuous development cycle. The [ITI Project Planning Board]

Meeting Location - RSNA Headquarters first floor in conference room D.

Breakfast and Lunch will not be provided.

google meet: https://meet.google.com/xvp-reaf-ynf

Agenda & Minutes

All times listed are tentative, and may be revised during the meeting; refresh often.

Monday, 20 April 2026

Day 1: Monday, 20 April 2026

Time Virtual (CDT, UTC−05:00)	Leads	Activity	Notes
8:30 am–9:00 am	Oliver / Steve	Introductions and Agenda Review Introductions Sponsor Communications https://www.ihe.net/about_ihe/patent_disclosure_process/ Agenda Review Decision Making and Goals Author commitments wiki updates, T-cons, F2F participation, ... continuous development: [Continuous Development] Public Comment Review Continuing development or Public Comment VHL - https://github.com/IHE/ITI.VHL - goal to go for public comment this week MHD Full text search - goal to go for public comment this week De-Identification Handbook Update - goal to go for public comment this week XCDR Endpoint Addressing Update existing IG, due to new publisher or bug reports	Participants: Chris Melo, Matt Blackmon, Aaron Mahr, Frank Oemig, Ritika Rawlani, Essien Ge, Luke Duncan, Ricardo Quintano, Alan Zhang, Steve Nichols, Oliver Egger Minutes: additional CP slot tomorrow at 08:00 goals as mentioned in the agneda
9:00 am–9:30 am	Carl / Ritika	Verifiable Health Links	Participants: Ritika, Chris, Matt, Aaron, Frank, Essien, Luke, Diletta, Ricardo, Oliver Minutes: - Please review for tomorrow https://github.com/IHE/ITI.VHL/pull/37/changes#diff-2c85e4420d73713ef3d78ec614fcb38d748c83241989914ef84c591972dd208c - Ritikia will look at Aaron comments
9:30 am–10:30 am	Michael	MHD Full Text Search	Participants: Aaron, Chris, Diletta, Frank, Luke, Matt, Michael, Ralik, Ronald, Steve, Oliver Minutes: https://github.com/IHE/ITI.MHD/tree/Full-Text-Search see intro here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S6mNX7N3fsDqAs7RNZSdwWkh-eG-n6vV/view?usp=sharing today we discussed the proposal. So far we have not identified any issues which would hinder us to vote this proposal for public comment on the Thursday ITI meeting on the topic. If you have any comments, please dial in on Wednesday for the MHD Full Text Search slot since this will be the last chance to provide comments that can change the proposal (or even block it) for public comment.
11:00 am–12:00 pm	Oliver	CP Maintenance	Participants: Matt, Charles, Steve, Oliver Minutes: Assigned Incoming CP Update RFC references in ATNA to number 1332, scheduled for discussion tomorrow Assigned reviewers for CP ballot 66 integration, target on Wednesday afternoon: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gdr_Y8xZBvbb326J4z67cqprxOexFgtkPj_VlD3rB9E/edit?gid=1418256835#gid=1418256835
1:00 pm–2:00 pm	Vasil	XCDR Endpoint Addressing	Participants: Vassil, Matt, Aaron, Oliver Minutes: Vassil will finalize CP for Wendnesday discussion.
2:00 pm–3:00 pm	Oliver	Github maintenance	Participants: Matt, Oliver Minutes: Will continue maintenance tomorrow

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Day 2: Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Time Virtual (CDT, UTC−05:00)	Leads	Activity	Notes
8:00 am–8:30 am	Steve	CP 1332: Update RFC references in ATNA. https://docs.google.com/document/d/16nqdqW7f1MP73o-5ruFzL3xpBohmL8YL/edit	Participants: Steve, Chris, Essen, Matt, Oliver Minutes: - add a separate option for ATX
8:30 am–9:30 am	Carl / Ritika	Verifiable Health Links	Participants: Aaron, Carl, Chris, Essien, Luke, Matt, Ricardo, Ritika, Steve, Oliver Minutes: - latest sisues will be addressed - Ritika will send out if PR/branch to ititech list when ready which is proposed for public comment - Thursday MHD Full text session slot on Thursday 9:00 am–9:30 am is most probably available for another VHL session
9:30 am–10:30 am	Alain	De-identification handbook update	Participants: Aaron, Andrea, Chris, Lori, Luke, Martin, Matt, Oak, Alain, Oliver Minutes: Review: https://build.fhir.org/ig/IHE/ITI.DeIdHandbook/branches/main/techniques.html
11:00 am–12:00 pm	Oliver	Github maintenance / CPs	Participants: Matt, Luke, Oliver Minutes: - Review ITI IG's - FormatCode: Will check PR https://github.com/IHE/FormatCode/pull/34, will require an new FormatCode IG publication - PIXm: https://github.com/IHE/ITI.PIXm/issues/137 typo
1:00 pm–3:00 pm	Matt / Daniel	Connectathon Discussion	Participants: Aaron, Chris, Matt, Andrea, Lori, Oliver Minutes: - Connectathon update from Matt - USA Connectathon from Aaron and planning

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Day 3: Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Time Virtual (CDT, UTC−05:00)	Leads	Activity	Notes
8:30 am–9:30 am	Alain	De-identification handbook update	Participants: Andrea, Chris, Diletta, Lori, Luke, Martin, Alain, Steve, Oliver Minutes: - https://build.fhir.org/ig/IHE/ITI.DeIdHandbook/branches/F2F-April-2026/issues.html
9:30 am–10:30 am	Michael	MHD Full Text Search	Participants: Aaron, Chris, Diletta, Luke, Michael, Steve, Oliver Minutes: - move to public comment decision tomorrow, tomorrows slot not needed anymore
11:00 am–12:00 pm	Vasil	XCDR Endpoint Addressing	Participants: Luke, Matt, Vassil, Oliver Minutes: - CP https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a9Vt2L001o1HuixPUIvRKJPaRedBgwis/edit added to incoming - will be discussed at may 12th cp meeting
1:00 pm–3:00 pm	Oliver	CP Maintenance	Participants: Matt, Steve, Oliver Minutes: - discussed CP 1332-1, schedule for may 12th meeting for further discussion, see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kRU1JU5UV3QNRvrPSn2E_nNj16Ip7MFU/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=109672888359198923934&rtpof=true&sd=true - discussed CP 1330-0, also schedule for the may 12th meeting https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AB2VtLMqR4CeOxL9RlSv6tSkV_e1JYjz/edit - https://github.com/IHE/ITI.BasicAudit/issues/113#issuecomment-4291110133 assigned as CP CP-ITI-1334, see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aTC2mvaEwCJhLu9HvKyLgfulSI1BRzze/edit
3:00 pm–4:00 pm	All	Joint ITI/PCC/QRPH	Participants: Minutes:

Thursday, 23 April 2026

Day 4: Thursday, 23 April 2026

Time Virtual (CDT, UTC−05:00)	Leads	Activity	Notes
8:30 am–9:00 am	Alain	De-identification handbook update	Participants: Alain, Chris, Aaron, Martin, Luke, Oliver Minutes: reviewed, image needs to be updated and structure in example, otherwise ready for public comment
9:00 am–9:30 am	Ritika	VHL	Participants: Lori, Chris, Aaron, Luke, Aaron, Ricardo, Carl, Oliver Minutes: - check in parameters for vlc operation - clear errors before pc - otherwise ready for public comment
9:30 am–12:00 pm	Oliver / Steve	review approve milestones Joint Tech/Planning presentation assignments for released work items Select new Work Items Check for Candidates for Final Text (see https://wiki.ihe.net/index.php/Final_Text_Process) Board Report AOB Ballot 66 review session https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gdr_Y8xZBvbb326J4z67cqprxOexFgtkPj_VlD3rB9E/edit?gid=1418256835#gid=1418256835 Closing	Participants: Quorum Present: GEHC Philips Ahdis GEMantic Epic eHealthSign Sequoia IHE Germany Minutes: - public comment for DEID, VHL and MHD Full Text search after cleanup