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  • January 2023 Ballot Cycle Deadlines
    • August 21st, 2022: TSC Approval of PSS
    • November 1st, 2022: NIB Deadline (6 weeks prior to ballot opening)
• Contract work announcement for web-based terminology resource editor for FHIR
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SOGI content for the V2.9.1 ballot in September - request from Ulrike Merrick 

• final content due August 4, but to Frank for QC by July 15
• would like your input on how to handle vocabulary for the new data elements. As you know in V2 we have tables - and we want to ensure that the vocabulary is in sync with what is used in FHIR and CDA, so how would you like us to do that.

Currently a data element with a CWE data type has the following text: 

"For example for Gender Identity: 

Gender Identity which is an individual's personal sense of being a man, woman, boy, girl, nonbinary, or something else. This datum represents an individual’s identity, ascertained by asking them what that identity is. Refer to User-defined Table <TBD> - <TBD> in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for suggested values."

JBL (in chat): This is how the V2 tables are represented in THO (with links to corresponding cs/vs): https://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem-v2-tables.html

After discussion, resolution includes the following: 

1. Add appropriate Codes & Code Systems entry in table 396
   1. Riki: (in chat) https://www.hl7.org/special/committees/vocab/table_0396/index.cfm
   2. This is a V2 MG task
2. Use the FHIR Value Set (needs to go into in THO)
   1. Once the Coding System is established, then the Value Set can be added
   2. Agreed that this should be established sooner rather than later
   3. Riki:  August 4 is deadline for LIMS ballot. Shooting for July 15 to have the content available
   4. MaryKay:  need to have the content in well in advance of August 4 to be sure to get this into the IG
3. Need to make sure have the correct OIDs for both the code system & the Value Set - needs some adjustment / attention

JBL in chat: HL7-defined table of specifying the coding system. This table is maintained outside of the published Version 2 standards; the content is not listed here; the content is maintained outside of the Version 2 Product Family maintenance process. For the list of codes in the table, see the HL7 Webpage rendering, at http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/vocab/table_0396/index.cfm.  This is the description in THO

MV in chat: We *should* be using THO

Riki M in chat: I think we SHALL be using THO!!!

• September Connectathon 
  • Connectathon 31 Distributed Terminology Services Track Proposal - draft in process
  • Vulcan Mapping project will test validation architecture in Terminology Services Track
  • "Ask an Expert" volunteers needed
  • Breakout session Hot Topics Needed
• Outreach / Education Topics: Zulip Terminology Stream Analysis - in process
  • Monthly meeting last week, changing meeting cadence to weekly"  the "Summer Intern Sprint"
  • Dan V, Hope G & Martha J (summer interns) attended & expressed value in the Zulip Stream analysis
    • Based on their feedback - added individuals (persons) as a class to count in text parsing / analysis
      • Individuals would be reviewed and their roles assigned to better understand what kind of person asks certain kinds of questions
• OMOP + FHIR collaboration
  • Suzy Roy & Christian Reich to attend TSMG meeting together on August1
• Co-chair terminology presentation: FAQs needed
• Reuben and Rob H are doing terminology Tutorials at WGM per request of HQ

• IHE SDC/eCC on FHIR PSS-1945 - Getting issue details... STATUS
• Extended RBC Phenotyping-genotyping FHIR IG PSS-1942 - Getting issue details... STATUS
• Template for external identifier systems:
  • https://confluence.hl7.org/pages/templates2/viewpagetemplate.action?entityId=131497996&key=TA
• Quorum not met in last meeting - no voting, but much discussion

• E-vote for review of terminology expectations for IG developers
  • Terminology Expectations for IG Developers (Working)
  • E-vote has been set up: 2022-07-11 TSMG e-Vote
  • Please comment on open questions (in pink text) or bring them back to next call
  • Review is due by 18Jul22
• Supporting implementers to anchor IG content in THO prior to above being approved
  • Corey Spears would like guidance on 'holding' a THO anchored URL for content that is in progress and is intended to be in THO later
  • MaryKay: this is impactful when they are across IGs rather than when there are across IGs (being balloted at staggered intervals)  this would allow for stable declaration while these different ballots resolve.  Additional use case includes the need for declaration for a code system, while the value set members are being worked-out in ballots
  • Jess: alternative approach may be to utilize the "Pending" tab rather than establishing a naming system and filling out all its requisite metadata.  this is not completely fleshed-out at this time. But it could be used for this purpose
  • Carol (in chat): http://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/UTG/newcsnotify.html.   When the tooling is complete and is working as designed - the purpose of the "Pending" tab is to support situations like this one.  Expresses concern that this request would create a situation where a manual process to update would be required to resolve. 
  • Resolution:  JBL will circle back to Corey and will manually add naming systems as requested under the pending tab per his request knowing that this will not be the process in the future, as a proforma ticket
• THO release schedule
  • Propose that THO release be published 4 weeks prior to IG content deadline, with THO freeze happening 6 weeks prior to the IG content deadline
  • Sent inquiry and follow up to IG authors for feedback on proposed schedule. Very little feedback received.
  • Davera makes a motion that THO release be published 4 weeks prior to IG content deadline, with THO freeze happening 6 weeks prior to the IG content deadline. Second: JBL  Motion passes 7-0-0
  • Suggest Jess reach out to see if this could be added to the co-chair webinar agenda, add to official calendar, noted for inclusion in the developing education materials.
• Scheduling next THO release
  • We cannot meet the schedule proposed above for this cycle, final content deadline is 8/7
  • Also depends on Marc's availability, possibly by the September WGM
  • Jess will discuss with Mark & Grahame and report back with a suggested date for next version.  Possibly in next week's TSMG meeting
• Versioning policy for UTG/THO
  • Reuben sending out doodle poll later today for new task force to define versioning policies for:
    • External code system metadata records
    • Value sets
    • Naming systems
    • Concept maps
• Subcommittee work in progress
  • Many CodeSystems use terminology.hl7.org urls when they should be hl7.org/fhir FHIR-37440 - Getting issue details... STATUS
    • Discussed in 23Jun22 Vocab WG AI as follows:
      • "Need to follow audit trail to see how these resources got in R4B 
      • Need to pick one and reach out to WG to determine how it got that way
        1. Rob H, Carol and Jess will investigate"
  • Deprecation Policy and Implementation
    
    • Inventory of deprecated content and tab creation in progress
    • Deprecation Policy Framework
    • Issue logged to render identifier.period: https://github.com/HL7/fhir-ig-publisher/issues/455
  • Filling slots for UTG OSG Voters
    • Management Groups for Product Family OSGs 
      • FMG: John Moerke (Bryn discussing final slots with FHIR-I today)
      • CMG: Lisa Nelson, Alexander Henket, Marc Duteau
      • V2: Michael Faughn, Frank Oemig, Rob Snelick
  • Vocab WG follow-up: Policy Requiring Identification of Stewards for HL7 (Internal) Code Systems
    • Rob H reached out to Grahame about mining for steward values
    • List of code systems without steward is here
• eMail from Reuben re: internally managed identifier systems
  • deadline of this Friday indicated in eMail
  • No need to develop an additional tab