CTO Report -- Tooling HL7 Board Meeting

CTO Report HL7 Co-Chairs DinnerJohn QuinnCambridge, MassachusettsOctober 4, 2010

2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.AnnouncementTooling UpdateSAIF Update2 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.In July, 2010 we published the

2010 HL7 InternationalVersion 3 Normative Edition 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Tooling 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Tooling ReportEvolution of Tooling ProcessesOpportunities for CollaborationImplications for ongoing support5 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Manual Process Before Tooling6ImplementSpecificationsPublishSpecificationsIdentify Specification RequirementsDesign New Artifacts 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.There are Interdependencies Between Methodology and ToolingWe started with a largely manual process where tooling helped form, hold and present the RIM and derived artifacts only. Methodology was applied by manual processes and effort.Methodology and Reference Specifications are interdependentMethodology and HL7 Meta-Model are interdependentTooling is dependent on Meta-ModelFeedback from implementers suggest changes to: Core Artifacts RIM, Datatypes, VocabularyMethodologyAlignment with other SDOsAll impact tooling7 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Current Tooling Process8Change HL7 Meta-Model (Currently the Model Interchange Format MIF)Change Design and Publication ToolingDesign New ArtifactsConvert and Update Previously Designed ArtifactsPublish SpecificationsImplement SpecificationsIdentify Specification Requirements 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Future Tooling ProcessChange HL7 Meta-Model (Currently the Model Interchange Format MIF)Change Design and Publication ToolingBallot Changed Methodology And Core Reference ArtifactsDesign New ArtifactsConvert and Update Previously Designed ArtifactsPublish SpecificationsImplement SpecificationsEvaluate Specification and Artifact Fit for PurposeAlign Methodology with Other SDOsIdentify Specification Requirements 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Implications for Tooling ProcessesThere is a need for an increased formality in change control of all interdependencies.Recognize that updates may/will be needed to previously balloted content to remain current.Synchronization of changes will need to be formalized into releases both developmental and production.There is an overall need for increased coordination and communication10 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.2009-2011 Tooling Projects2009 Projects focused on improved stability and quality measures of current tools and core reference artifacts.2010 Projects include: V3 Publishing update to enable MIF 2.0 and streamline implementation;Updates to the Static Model Designer (SMD) initially developed by the NHS as an Open Health Tools Project to incorporate changes needed to support full development cycle of Universal level artifacts as well as realm specific artifacts.2011 will be impacted by our balloting of methodology and the Model Interchange Format (MIF):The current SMD version implements MIF 2.1.6.;The current MIF reconciliation process (when all comments are reconciled) will become MIF 2.2.;Hence our tooling will then need to be modified to also support MIF 2.2.11 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.HL7 Tooling Solution VisionStatic Model DesignerTerminology ManagerEHRS Function Model DesignerShared Artifact RepositoryBehavioral Model DesignerSpecification Publication ManagerBalloting Desktop & Online ReconciliationLeverage OHTHL7 Specified connection 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.V3 Normative Specifications132005200620082010Content Domains7101420Infrastructure Domains6666CMETS90100135180Payload Message Types148176225247Interactions418451564628Trigger Events131162268324Application Roles281295347394Story Boards90109175218Every year there are more interdependent artifacts to manage 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Opportunities to CollaborateCurrent project to implement the NHS Static Model Designer has completed the first increment for testing with HL7 Tooling and V3 Publishing WGsCanada Health Infoway is sponsoring a project to update and stabilize the V3 generator, incorporate Canadian enhancements and license as EPLA new project to develop requirements for the Shared Artifact Repository was proposed at the October 1, 2010 OHT Board Meeting co-sponsored by IHTSDO and OMGSuccessful Pilot of another OHT Project Model Driven Health Tools (MDHT), sponsored by IBM & the VA designing CDA Templates and generating Implementation Guides but will need HL7 support to become an HL7 toolOther projects supporting vocabulary management, conformance testing, example message generation, semantic mapping, code generation and others that support implementation are underway at OHT.14 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Shared Artifact RepositoryOHT Proposal to create a charter project:Will assemble requirements from OHT members;Will identify existing technology capabilities to support requirements;Is preferably based on an extensible open source architecture with a significant community to continue the work and evolve the SAR;Is co-sponsored by HL7, OMG and IHTSDO. 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Value Points for CollaborationMany OHT members require ability to register existence of and relationships among controlled artifactsArtifacts are controlled components of interdependent technical environments and include (but are not limited to)ModelsSpecification componentsVocabulary codes systems, concept domains and value setsSource codeSoftware documentation components 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Value PropositionHL7 needs a means for managing eight different types of artifacts through separate review processes, many with significant interdependencies.Various members need to produce implementation and conformance specifications based on HL7 specifications and other specifications including elements from IHTSDO, W3C and OMG - including machine readable artifacts.Multiple types of artifacts require distinct registration support and may also require different user authentication roles and processes.Multiple collaborators need to specify and acquire and/or develop robust registration and artifact management; capabilities are also need to support collaborative ecosystem and demonstrate necessary component accountability.We need to Design for change & manage for change; Collectively 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Shared Artifact Repository

CoreExtras(would be developed separately for unique needs for using the SAR) 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Budget Implications for ToolingMaintaining and Enhancing HL7 Tooling requires:Help desk support /technical support for installation, configuration and user support for appropriate use;Both commercially acquired tools and developed tools require that both require ongoing maintenance & support;Formal change management with release schedules and integration testing to ensure tools work togetherDevelopment of new tools requires collaboration with both other SDOs and potential tool users so that methodologies are aligned and interoperability is increased;Coordination between Tooling and other HL7 WGs to align methodologies and tools, train and support users and support conversion of existing artifacts.Benefits of new tooling development can not be realized with the proposed 2011 HL7 budget and we will enter a period of tooling maintenance at best.19 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Open Health ToolsAt the OHT meetingFriday October 1:The Shared Artifact Repository (SAR) project was accepted in principle as an OHT charter project with HL7 identified as lead and at least OMG and IHTSDO co-sponsoring, at least in terms of providing requirements. The expectation is that a charter will be drafted for submission to the OHT Board at the February meeting. Charter development will articulate the scope, objectives, participants, deliverables, priorities, expected timelines and funding expectations and at least some possible funding sources.NCI could also provide a SARour requirements and its capabilities need to be analyzed. 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Upcoming in Tooling This WeekTooling has the following significant activities this week: Sunday pm and Thursday pm tutorials for tooling are focusing on the new publication process and introduces the new Static Model Designer (SMD).Tuesday Q1 is the usual intro to Tooling, status of current HL7 tooling projects and intro to OHT and status of those projects that HL7 is monitoring.Tuesday Q2 is focused on detailed discussions such as supporting the Model Driven Health Tools (MDHT) tool, impact of MIF 2.2, testing for SMDTuesday Tooling Demo evening MDHT at leastThursday Q1 is joint with Electronic Services around the tools resource pageThursday Q2 the key session to produce the tactical plans for 2011 Tooling projects in conjunction w Publishing and Vocabulary 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.Service Aware Interoperability Framework 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.SAIF Development ProgressAvailable on GForgeCurrent SAIF documents and decks are dated early May 2010Draft submission documents are at mid-September 2010 in for peer-review folder

View Details saif_introduction_for_peer_review_20100409.pdf 2 MB View Details README_peer_review.txt 391 bytesView Details intro_LATEST_DRAFT_b007_20100929.docx 2 MB View Details intro_LATEST_DRAFT_b006_20100624.docx 2 MB View Details HL7SAIFPeerReviewCommentForm.xls 28 KBView Details Enterprise_Conformance_Compliance_Framework_peer_review_20100312.pdf View Details Enterprise_Conformance_Compliance_Framework_LATEST_DRAFT_b006_20100624.docx 1 MBView Details behavioral_framework_LATEST_DRAFT_b006_20100521.docx 2 MB View Details Behavioral_Framework_for_peer_review_20100312.pdf 2 MB 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.NCI caGRID RoadmapNCI is developing a SAIF-based Enterprise Architecture for caBIG2September 13, 2010 publication of latest design documents are available on NCI Web site available for comment to the NCIDocuments reference the current HL7 SAIF documentshttps://wiki.nci.nih.gov/display/CBIITtech/caGrid+2.0+Roadmap+DocumentsUseful reference information about SOA approach, Semantic Interoperability and specifically project reference for ECCFReferences for caGrid 2.0 and Semantic Infrastructure 2.0 NCI SAIF IG https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/x/nTdyAQ

2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.NCI and Shared Artifacts RepositoryNCI is producing a shared artifact repository and DITA documentation processes and tooling as part of the caGRID 2.0 roadmap.NCIs intends to make this shared artifact repository work available through OHT and/or HL7. 2010 Health Level Seven International. All Rights Reserved. HL7 and Health Level Seven are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. Reg. U.S. TM Office.