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Proposal:

OHT Platform Architecture Project

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Mission and ScopeDevelop an architecture specification for platform and tool

developersOperate under open source rules of engagementCommitters to represent key stakeholders in developer and

consumer communities• Led by NCI (Charlie Mead)• Participation by NHS, Ocean/NexJ, Infoway, NEHTA, HL7

communities• Commitment to significant participation (>=20%)

Goals:• Immediate focus on OHT Platform and Tools projects• Longer term to foster enterprise architecture to support

semantic interoperability (link to other efforts?)

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History

2007: Architecture workshops in Sydney and Toronto• Good start, produced vision and high level

architecture statements• Effort stalled due to lack of committed

resources, no clear focus, no team cohesion

Progress on OHT Platform and Tools projects underscores need to reboot and try again

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Way Ahead

Assemble initial team Orlando Jan 10• First iteration (one month) tasks and assignments

- Charter (terms of reference)- Initail roadmap- First Release Cycle (three months) plan with deliverables

and milestones - Communication plan

• Report to Board at next meeting and seek final approval