# **Quarter \<1-3\> 2008-2009 caBIG Cross-Cutting Workspace Status Report for**

# **Center for Comprehensive Informatics, Emory University**

\<03/07/2008-11/30/2008\>

**[Progress Description]{.underline}**

-   Task 3.2 -- Architecture Workspace Participation and VCDE Workspace
    Participation

    -   **Task 3.2** -- **Attend Architecture 2^nd^ and 4^th^ Friday
        Meetings, and Bi-weekly VCDE WS Teleconferences.** Documents
        attendance at Architecture/VCDE Teleconferences and Face-to-face
        meetings.

  -------------- ------------------- -------------------------------------
  **Date**       **Arch or VCDE      **Attendees**
                 Teleconference**    

  All regular    Architecture        Joel Saltz, Tahsin Kurc
  Architecture                       
  WS calls                           

  10/16/2008     VCDE                Tahsin Kurc

  All regular    In-Vivo Imaging WS  Tahsin Kurc, Joel Saltz
  In-vivo                            
  Imaging WS                         
  calls                              
  -------------- ------------------- -------------------------------------

-   **Task 3.2** -- **Attend Arch/VCDE Face-to-face meetings.**

+-------------+------------------+------------------------------------+
| **Date**    | **Arch or VCDE** | **Attendees**                      |
|             |                  |                                    |
|             | **F2F Meeting**  |                                    |
+-------------+------------------+------------------------------------+
| 10/27/      | Arch-VCDE Joint  | Tahsin Kurc, Joel Saltz            |
| 08-10/29/08 | F2F meeting      |                                    |
+-------------+------------------+------------------------------------+
| 09/09/      | In-vivo Imaging  | Tahsin Kurc, Joel Saltz            |
| 08-10/09/08 | Face-to-face     |                                    |
|             | meeting          |                                    |
+-------------+------------------+------------------------------------+
|             |                  |                                    |
+-------------+------------------+------------------------------------+

-   **Task 3.2.1 -- Lead of TEAM Project Activities**

    -   **Task 3.2.1.1** -- **Mentor of Domain WS Developer Projects**.
        This documents Domain WS projects you are mentoring, as well as
        the Architecture/VCDE cancer center participant who is the
        mentor, deliverables under review, start and end date of review,
        documentation, risks and LOE. Please list, for example, kick-off
        meetings, other teleconferences, significant emails exchanged,
        meeting notes, issues surfaced and resolved, review of
        development artifacts, compatibility review submission package
        posted to Gforge, etc.

Arch/VCDE WS Mentor name:

  ------------ ----------- ------------------- ------------ ------------------- -----------
  **Date**     **Project   **Item              **Gforge     **Issues            **LOE\***
               Name**      Description**       Link to      Raised/Resolved**   
                                               Document**                       

  Throughout   In-vivo     Tahsin Kurc is the               General interaction 140 hours
  the year.    Imaging WS  Guides-to-Mentors                with the projects   
               projects    Architecture                     in the IVI          
                           liaison to the IVI               Workspace to        
                           projects and their               provide them        
                           mentors. Joel Saltz              guidance on caBIG   
                           is both an Arch WS               compatibility. Work 
                           participant and an               with mentors in the 
                           IVI WS participant.              workspace to        
                                                            address their       
                                                            questions and       
                                                            ensure they engage  
                                                            their respective    
                                                            project teams. In   
                                                            addition to the     
                                                            project mentors and 
                                                            reviewers in the    
                                                            IVI WS, provide     
                                                            guidance to other   
                                                            mentors when need   
                                                            arises. Ensure      
                                                            projects within the 
                                                            IVI WS interact     
                                                            with each other for 
                                                            better              
                                                            interoperability.   

                                                                                

                                                                                
  ------------ ----------- ------------------- ------------ ------------------- -----------

-   **Task 3.2.1.2** -- **Lead Compatibility Review Groups**. This
    Documents the activities of the lead reviewer. Please note dates of
    kick-off meeting, other teleconferences, significant emails
    exchanged, meeting notes, issues raised and resolved, review
    documents posted to Gforge site, etc.

Arch/VCDE WS Lead Reviewer name:

  ------------ ----------- ------------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------
  **Date**     **Project   **Item              **Gforge Link   **Issues            **LOE\***
               Name**      Description**       to Document**   Raised/Resolved**   

  Throughout               Tahsin Kurc is the                  General interaction 70 hours
  the year.                Guides-to-Mentors                   with the projects   
                           Architecture                        in the IVI          
                           liaison to the IVI                  Workspace to        
                           projects and their                  provide them        
                           mentors.                            guidance on caBIG   
                                                               compatibility. Work 
                                                               with reviewers in   
                                                               the workspace to    
                                                               address their       
                                                               questions and       
                                                               ensure they         
                                                               understand and      
                                                               execute the         
                                                               compatibility       
                                                               review correctly    
                                                               for their           
                                                               respective          
                                                               projects. In        
                                                               addition to the     
                                                               reviewers in the    
                                                               IVI WS, provide     
                                                               guidance to other   
                                                               reviewers when need 
                                                               arises.             

                                                                                   

                                                                                   
  ------------ ----------- ------------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------

-   **Task 3.2.1.3** -- **Lead Vocabulary Review Groups**. This
    Documents the activities of the lead reviewer. Please note dates of
    kick-off meeting, other teleconferences, significant emails
    exchanged, meeting notes, issues raised and resolved, review
    documents posted to Gforge site, etc.

VCDE WS Lead Reviewer name:

  ---------- ----------- --------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------
  **Date**   **Project   **Item          **Gforge Link   **Issues            **LOE\***
             Name**      Description**   to Document**   Raised/Resolved**   

                                                                             

                                                                             

                                                                             
  ---------- ----------- --------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------

-   **Task 3.2.1.4** -- **Lead Ad Hoc Working Groups**. This Documents
    the activities of the working group lead. Please note work on
    Charter, assembly of group, dates of kick-off meeting, other
    teleconferences, significant emails exchanged, meeting notes, issues
    raised and resolved, documents (including Charter, presentations,
    recommendations and white papers) posted to Gforge site, etc.

Arch/VCDE WS Lead Reviewer name:

  ---------- ----------- --------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------
  **Date**   **Project   **Item          **Gforge Link   **Issues            **LOE\***
             Name**      Description**   to Document**   Raised/Resolved**   

                                                                             

                                                                             

                                                                             
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-   **Task 3.2.3 -- Lead CDE Standards Review Groups.** This documents
    the activities of the CDE lead reviewer. Please note assembly of
    group, dates of kick-off meeting, other teleconferences, significant
    emails exchanged, meeting notes, issues raised and resolved,
    documents (including submission package, presentations and final CDE
    standards) posted to Gforge site, etc.

VCDE WS Lead Reviewer name:

  ---------- ----------- --------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------
  **Date**   **Project   **Item          **Gforge Link   **Issues            **LOE\***
             Name**      Description**   to Document**   Raised/Resolved**   

                                                                             

                                                                             

                                                                             
  ---------- ----------- --------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------

-   **Task 3.2.2 -- Participate in Team Project Activities**

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-   **Task 3.2.2.1 -- Participate in Mentoring.** There may be cases in
    which the Lead mentor needs assistance in mentoring a project. In
    this case, participants may be asked to help in the context of a
    team to review documents, provide expertise on teleconferences, etc.
    Please note dates of meetings, review of documents, issues raised
    and resolved, links to documents and notes on Gforge, etc.

Arch/VCDE WS Participant name:

  ---------- ----------- --------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------
  **Date**   **Project   **Item          **Gforge Link   **Issues            **LOE\***
             Name**      Description**   to Document**   Raised/Resolved**   

             IVI WS      See description                                     
             projects    and explanation                                     
                         for Task                                            
                         3.2.1.1                                             

                                                                             

                                                                             
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-   **Task 3.2.2.2 -- Participate in Compatibility Review Groups.** This
    documents Architecture/VCDE cancer center participant who is
    participating in compatibility reviews. Please note dates of
    meetings, review of documents, issues raised and resolved, links to
    documents and notes on Gforge, including final presentations and
    review documents, etc.

Arch/VCDE WS Lead Reviewer name:

  ---------- ----------- --------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------
  **Date**   **Project   **Item          **Gforge Link   **Issues            **LOE\***
             Name**      Description**   to Document**   Raised/Resolved**   

             IVI WS      See description                                     
             projects    and explanation                                     
                         for Task                                            
                         3.2.1.1                                             

                                                                             

                                                                             
  ---------- ----------- --------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------

-   **Task 3.2.2.3 -- Participate in Vocabulary Review Groups.** This
    documents VCDE cancer center participant who is participating in
    Vocabulary reviews. Please note dates of meetings, review of
    documents, issues raised and resolved, links to documents and notes
    on Gforge, including final presentations and review documents, etc.

VCDE WS Participant Reviewer name:

  ---------- ----------- --------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------
  **Date**   **Project   **Item          **Gforge Link   **Issues            **LOE\***
             Name**      Description**   to Document**   Raised/Resolved**   

                                                                             

                                                                             
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-   **Task 3.2.2.3 -- Participate in Ad Hoc Working Groups.** This
    documents Architecture/VCDE cancer center participant who is
    participating in Ad Hoc Working Groups. Please note dates of
    meetings, issues raised and resolved, links to documents and notes
    on Gforge, including presentations, recommendations and white
    papers, etc.

Arch/VCDE WS Participant name:

  --------------- --------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------
  **Date**        **Project       **Item            **Gforge Link   **Issues            **LOE\***
                  Name**          Description**     to Document**   Raised/Resolved**   

  March-October   caBIG Gold      Attended the                                          28 hours
                  Compatibility   teleconferences                                       
                  Working group   and contributed                                       
                                  to the Gold                                           
                                  compatibility                                         
                                  guidelines check                                      
                                  list.                                                 

  November \--    IVI WS          These meetings                                        2 hours
  present         Harmonization   are held as                                           
                  meetings        teleconferences                                       
                                  to look at model                                      
                                  harmonization                                         
                                  issues across the                                     
                                  projects in the                                       
                                  IVI WS as well as                                     
                                  between the IVI                                       
                                  projects and the                                      
                                  VCDE                                                  
                                  harmonization                                         
                                  efforts.                                              
  --------------- --------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------

-   **Task 3.2.4 -- Participate in CDE Standards Review Groups.**
    Documents VCDE cancer center participant who is participating in
    Data standard reviews. Please note dates of kick-off meeting, other
    teleconferences, issues raised and resolved, documents (including
    submission package, presentations and final CDE standards) posted to
    Gforge site, etc

VCDE WS Lead Reviewer name:

  ---------- ----------- --------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------
  **Date**   **Project   **Item          **Gforge Link   **Issues            **LOE\***
             Name**      Description**   to Document**   Raised/Resolved**   

                                                                             

                                                                             

                                                                             
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-   **Task 3.2.5 -- Architecture or VCDE WS Leadership role**

    -   **Task 3.2.5.1 -- Serve as Guide to Mentors.** This documents
        the interactions with Domain Workspaces, mentors and software
        projects. Please note teleconferences attended (need not be
        exhaustive), Domain WS projects and mentors and issues managed,
        relevant documentation on Gforge, etc.

**Project:**

The In-vivo Imaging Workspace projects. These projects include:
Annotation and Image Markup (AIM), In-vivo Imaging Middleware, NCIA,
RadLex, Algorithm Validation Tools, Image Query Formulation, eXtensible
Imaging Platform (XIP), and DICOM Ontology.

**LOE:** 220 hours

**Status report (including issues and resolutions):**

*Tahsin Kurc is the Architecture Guides-to-Mentors liaison for the
In-vivo Imaging WS. He closely collaborates with Stuart Turner, who is
the VCDE Guides-to-Mentors liaison for the IVI WS. Tahsin Kurc and Joel
Saltz have participated in all of the IVI WS teleconferences, informing
the IVI WS participants about caBIG Guidelines and other Architecture WS
related activities that are relevant to the IVI WS. In addition, Tahsin
and Joel have attended the IVI WS Face-to-face meeting in September.
Tahsin and Stuart presented an overview of Guides-to-Mentors activities
and the roles of the mentor guides for the IVI WS. In that meeting, we
also engaged the various projects to ensure that they know about our
activities and can contact us if any issues related to caBIG
compatibility, mentoring, and/or reviews. Other activities include the
following:*

-   *Teleconference with the IVI Middleware team, Salvatore Mungal, and
    Stuart Turner to discuss several issues which had been raised during
    the review of the data models developed by the IVI middleware team.*

-   *Teleconference with Baris Suzek, Stuart Turner about questions
    related to the AIM review. In addition, teleconference with Baris
    Suzek and caArray review team about the caArray review process and
    related questions.*

-   *Teleconference with the AVT team, Stuart Turner, and Quan Chen
    (VCDE mentor for the AVT project) about the mentoring of the AVT
    project. The teleconference focused on the issues that might arise
    as far as the caBIG complatibility is concerned and discussion on
    how the mentoring of the project should be carried out given its
    dependencies and relationships to the AIM project as well as to the
    IVI middleware project.*

-   *Teleconference with the IVI middleware team, the Image Query (IQ)
    formulation team, and Joshua Philips. The discussion was about the
    overlap between the IQ project and what Joshua had been doing in
    terms of semantic query support in caGrid. It seems there are a
    number of interaction points and the two teams will be
    coordinating.*

-   **Task 3.2.5.2 -- Serve as Vocabulary Leadership.** This documents
    the interactions with Cross-cutting workspace leaders and
    participants, Domain Workspaces, mentors and software projects.
    Please note teleconferences attended (need not be exhaustive),
    Domain workspace interaction, Vocabulary projects and issues
    managed, relevant documentation on Gforge, especially a project
    management worksheet of Vocabularies reviewed to consider for
    review, etc.

**Project:**

**LOE:**

**Links to reviewed documents:**

**Status report (including issues and resolutions):**

*brief summary of meetings attended and would likely include a reference
to the mentor on the project (e.g., 3 project/review telecons and 1 ad
hoc call with Joe Mentor)*

-   **Task 3.2.5.3 -- Serve as CDE Leadership.** This documents the
    interactions with Domain Workspaces, mentors and software projects.
    Please note teleconferences attended (need not be exhaustive),
    Domain WS interaction, issues managed, relevant documentation on
    Gforge especially a project management worksheet of CDEs reviewed,
    to consider for review, etc.

**Project:**

**LOE:**

**Links to reviewed documents:**

**Status report (including issues and resolutions):**

*brief summary of meetings attended and would likely include a reference
to the mentor on the project (e.g., 3 project/review telecons and 1 ad
hoc call with Joe Mentor)*

\* Note: Level of Effort (LOE) can be expressed as total number of hours
spent on an activity or it can be more granular to express number hours
spent on various tasks for a given activity (for example, LOE for
leading a compatibility review can be expressed as 24 hours OR broken
down into 12 hours reviewing material, 4 hours on
teleconferences/coordination of small group and 8 hours creating review
documentation)