1. HL7 OHT Charter Proposal: OHT Platform Architecture Project

2. HL7 OHT Charter Mission and Scope Develop an architecture specification for platform and tool developers Operate under open source rules of engagement Committers 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?)

3. HL7 OHT Charter 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

4. HL7 OHT Charter 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