February 2016 - OIDM Project Group Teleconference

• Original request from Matt Cordell  See December 2015 meeting page for details.

• Discussed during January 2016 - OIDM Project Group Teleconference.
• Farzeneh and Suzanne have prepared FSNs and text definitions. See attached meeting file "EditorCommunication201602.docx"

Info only

OIDM Project space has been made public.

Project Group Members need to have Confluence account.

Questions from the chair:

1. Will "Management via Confluence" (only) be acceptable to the membership of this PG?
   1. Is this "one page starts as agenda and becomes minutes" OK?
2. Is "watching" an adequate substitute for notices sent by the chair (or other member)?
3. Can "Discussions" substitute for formal surveys and votes?
4. Can we use Confluence to improve our ability to interact with stakeholders (to solicit input etc.)? 
   1. Can we improve DOCUMENTATION of interactions between this group and end users (who seem unlikely to participate in teleconferences)?
5. What more should be added to the home page? to this collaboration site?

•  Jeff Wilcke will send one final email notifying existing recipient list of the changes approved today.

We spent 2015 addressing issues presented to us by the Microbiology Findings group and addressing specific requests as recorded in the SIRS system. I would like to return to what I hope can be the primary focus and activity of this group - creating a model for the organisms hierarchy and initiate editing to conform to said model.

Where do we start? Are these appropriate topics for discussions?

Do we need to define/re-define the focus of "remodeling"?

Who's the audience for the organism hierarchy and what do they do with it?

• Microbiology laboratories - looking for report values
• Public health - looking to aggregate information?
• IHTSDO modelers - defining findings, infectious diseases etc.

Can we define boundaries / priorities?

• How "deep" can organisms be reliably modeled?
• Which sub-hierarchies have priority (bacteria, viruses, protozoa, etc.)?

•  Jeff Wilcke will create access to "outstanding issues" documents/listings etc. for next meeting.