2016-04-18 - TRAG Meeting Agenda/Minutes

Date

18 April 2016  -  09:30 +

19 April 2016  -  13:00

Attendees

Apologies

Meeting Recording

Objectives

  • Briefly discuss each item
  • Agree on the plan to analyse and resolve each issue, and document the Action points
  • All those with Action points assigned to them to agree to complete them before the face to face April conference meeting

Discussion items

ItemSubjectOwnerNotesAction
1

Conclusion of previous Discussions topics:

All


  • Andrew Atkinson to update the new Release Version control proposal and disseminate, in order to get agreement on a final proposal
  • Andrew Atkinson to publish and implement the final proposal
  • Andrew Atkinson to ensure that conclusion is implemented: 
    Conclusion:  Most people are in favour of resolving them sooner rather than later (marked as additional).  However, we need to ensure that it's well documented + early visibility provided to ensure that people are aware that the Stated relationship file now contains Additional relationships as well as Defining.
  • Andrew Atkinson to finalise the Release Configuration Doc and get it approved as a standard asap
  • Andrew Atkinson to finalise the Release Management Critical Incident Policy document and get it approved as a standard asap
  • Andrew Atkinson to finalise this within the Release Configuration Doc and get it approved as a standard asap
  • Dion McMurtrie to complete Alpha release by end of April 2016
2

Continual Improvement to the Frequent Delivery process

All


  • Andrew Atkinson to create a Continuous Delivery proposal, including all agreed points and disseminate. On hold awaiting holistic IHTDSO approach to Continuous Delivery...
3

Identify maintaining authority


All
  • Andrew Atkinson to discuss internally the idea to address this using the same Module hierarchy as we have proposed for the Modularisation of SNOMED CT.
  • This issue is now being considered in relation to several other issues concerning Modularisation.  It is therefore on hold until a holistic solution is agreed and implemented
4

Alpha releases


All
  • Andrew Atkinson to discuss the ideas for improving the collaboration in Alpha release stage proposed, and implement them going forward

5

MLDS as the sole distribution platform


All
6

Michael Lawley's issue with the MDRS


 Michael
  • Andrew Atkinson to discuss the proposed solution internally (to remove the ICD-10 map from the International Edition, and publish it separately), and implement the agreed approach.
  • This issue is now being considered in relation to several other issues concerning Modularisation.  It is therefore on hold until a holistic solution is agreed and implemented.

Retirement of refsets


All


  • Andrew Atkinson to document the proposed approach (to retain the historical audit trail within the original international edition, etc), discuss internally and implement as a standard.
8Volunteers for testing various releases (both Alpha, Beta, but also Production Releases, both International and Derivative products)All
  • All Members of the Terminology Release AG to come back to Andrew Atkinson with volunteers (either themselves, or users/affiliates) to help with the testing
9Any other questions / issues?All

103 bullet points for conference summary - any suggestions, or would you prefer us to put something together and share it round for review?All