Final Text Process

The Technical Committee, at some point, decides that a Trial Implementation supplement is ready for consideration as a Final Text candidate.

• Announce intention to review for Final Text
  • Consider doing this around the time of Public Comment for other Profiles
• Run down the checklist for each profile
  • Are all significant CPs against the profile "closed"?
  • Have all significant comments been CP'd or rejected?
  • Have all significant issues at Connectathon been dealt with?
    • Gather feedback from implementers via a formal questionnaire to Connectathon participants
  • Did the Connectathon Project Managers have no significant issues found in testing?

The Planning Committee votes on the proposal from the Tech Cmte to Final Text

• Put Final Text Decision on the planning committee agenda
  • Consider doing this a couple months before new TF version will be released
• Run down the checklist for each profile
  • Has the profile been through a Connectathon in at least two regions?
  • Has the profile been successfully tested with all actors at least at one Connectathon?
  • Have different implementations of each actor in the profile been tested?
  • Have all the options been tested successfully at at least one Connectathon?
  • Are there IHE-provided software testing tools to address all aspects of the profile?
  • Have the standards underlying the profile been implemented? In similar use cases? In healthcare? In general IT?
  • (Do you have concrete reason to believe that this works robustly in the Real World)(Are any products available for purchase that implement the profile?)
  • Have all issues that may have been raised about the profile been resolved?
  • Have all CPs against the profile been addressed?
• Debate exceptions (failure of the above is cause for discussion)
• Hold and record formal vote
• Communicate results to TC

The Technical Committee completes the Final Text and/or folds it into the Tech Framework:

• Prepare Final Text Supplement

The Secretariat publishes the updated Technical Framework

• Publish Final Text on ihe.net
• Announce publication

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