This page contains the details of Change Proposal (CP) processing in the ITI domain for the 2019-20 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.

Write a change proposal. Here is IHE's Change Proposal Template
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).
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 Likely reasons for rejection are: duplicate, merged, withdrawn or not enough information to understand the request.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.
Committee works with editor to draft the CP. Versions are kept in Assigned directory and numbered -00, -01, -02, etc.
Committee decides CP is ready for ballot. Latest version of CP is moved to Completed diretory and old versions are moved to old_versions.
ITI Tech co-chair or CP manager collects Completed CPs into a ballot. The Ballot directory will be used for this.
Ballot is released to the general community for voting for 4 weeks
Votes and comments are collected. All yes votes means the CP passed ballot and moved to Final Text. 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 Sometimes CP is withdrawn, sometimes NO voter changes to yes vote after explanations.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.
CP approved in ballot are put in Final Text status and scheduled to be integrated into the Technical Framework or Supplement.
CP status and ballots are tracked here

Change Proposal pages from previous years

Prior years work can be accessed at:

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 this Log of Approved CPs.

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

The ITI Technical Committee integrates CPs into Technical Framework documents following this process : ITI CP Integration Process

Ballots

Ballot 54

Out for ballot: June 14 - July 17, 2019. Comments/votes resolved on the Aug 1 & 8, 2019 CP review calls.

Ballot 54 CPs are here: ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/Ballots/2020/Ballot_54/

Comments, votes & resolution are here

CP-ITI	Title	Ballot Result
897-03	Clarify that rqmts in ITI-19 provide a baseline set, and are not mandated at all deployments	Approved
1047-02	Remove mandatory User Authentication from ITI-19	Approved w/ updates to rationale
1151-02	ATNA ITI-19 Authenticate-Node clarity – Update options in Vol 1 and 2a	Approved w/ updates
1174-01	PDQm – clarify search parameter behaviour	Approved w/ updates

Ballot 55 (future)

Out for ballot: TBD - TBD, 2019. Comments/votes resolved on the <tbd>, 2019 CP review call.

Ballot 55 CPs are here: ftp://ftp.ihe.net/IT_Infrastructure/TF_Maintenance/CPs/Ballots/2020/Ballot_55/

Comments, votes & resolution are here

CP-ITI	Title	Ballot Result
1177-00	Update link for OWasp in Vol 2x, Appx V
1178-01	XDS: misalignment between example and description for localizedString
1179-00	MHD: Clarify use of outcome in ITI-65
1183-00	mCSD: Correct Resource name in Constraints table
1185-00	Appx W: Add pointer to FHIR implementation material on Github

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)

We often have CPs that need 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 the second Thursday of each month 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.

Dec 12, 2019

Time: 10:00 - 11:00 CDT

Webex link: https://himss.webex.com/himss/j.php?MTID=mfefae026cc25c142419f41a4f5df8d27

Meeting: 926 847 156

Password: Meeting1

Attendees:

The ITI CP tracking spreadsheet is here.

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

CP-ITI-1190-01 - RMU update of document entries in status Deprecated (Oliver and Martin) -
CP-ITI-1189-01 - The requestID has to be mandatory within the HPD Query if it is mandatory for the HPD response - we received feedback from Tarik that we can review. See update in Rationale section of the CP.
CP-ITI-1136-03 - Inconsistent audit of homeCommunityId (Lynn) -
- We reviewed this CP at the Aug 8 CP call. We determined that the proposed change introduced consistency, but was a 'breaking change'. Subsequently, the CP submitter (James Bourette) agreed.
- Lynn updated the CP to add a note. We will review the latest change. We will either keep the note, or cancel the CP altogether.

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

CP-ITI-audit-message-for-ITI-86.doc
CP-ITI-mCSDclarifications.doc
...

(3) Housekeeping

Can we cancel 3 Assigned IUA CPs since ITI has accepted the workitem to address these as an update to IUA that will go through public comment?
- CP 1166 - IUA - update to token specification (currently assigned to Tarik)
- CP 1148 - IUA - Improve JWT token extension claim names (currently assigned to Tarik)
- CP 907 - IUA Maintenance and alignment with FHIR initiatives (currently assigned to Massi)

(4) Next in CPs

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Jan 9, 2019