# **Quarter \<4\> 2008-2009 caBIG Cross-Cutting Workspace Status Report for**

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

\<12/01/2008-2/7/2009\>

**[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                           

  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**  |                                    |
+-------------+------------------+------------------------------------+
|             |                  |                                    |
+-------------+------------------+------------------------------------+

-   **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 a                 Interacted with     45 hours
  the year.    Imaging WS  member of the                    project teams in    
               projects    Guides-to-Mentors                the IVI Workspace   
                           group. He is the                 to provide them     
                           architecture                     guidance on caBIG   
                           liaison to the IVI               compatibility and   
                           Workspace and to                 other Architecture  
                           mentors for                      related issues.     
                           projects in that                 Worked with the     
                           workspace. Joel                  mentors to answer   
                           Saltz is an                      their questions and 
                           Architecture WS                  provide them        
                           participant as well              guidance about      
                           as an IVI WS                     their projects.     
                           participant.                                         

                                                                                

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

-   **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                  Interacted with     25 hours
  the year.                the                             reviewers for the   
                           Architecture                    IVI Workspace       
                           liaison to the                  projects as well as 
                           IVI projects                    reviewers for other 
                           and the                         projects (such as   
                           architecture                    the reviewers for   
                           mentors for                     the caArray         
                           those projects.                 project) to provide 
                                                           them guidance on    
                                                           caBIG compatibility 
                                                           and their           
                                                           respective          
                                                           projects. Worked    
                                                           with the reviewers  
                                                           to address their    
                                                           questions and any   
                                                           issues with the     
                                                           review of a         
                                                           project.            

                                                                               

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

-   **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**   

                                                                             

                                                                             

                                                                             
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-   **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**   

                                                                             

                                                                             

                                                                             
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-   **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:

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  **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                                             

                                                                             

                                                                             
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-   **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**   

  December   EPR Working This working                                          30 hours
  \--        Group       group is tasked                                       
  present                with developing                                       
                         guidelines and a                                      
                         white paper on                                        
                         how to handle                                         
                         "End Point                                            
                         Reference" in a                                       
                         caBIG compatible                                      
                         way. The group                                        
                         has had regular                                       
                         weekly                                                
                         teleconferences                                       
                         and worked on use                                     
                         cases and a white                                     
                         paper.                                                
  ---------- ----------- ----------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------

-   **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:** 75 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. Other activities
include the following:*

-   *Teleconference with the AVT team, Stuart Turnerabout the mentoring
    of the AVT project. The teleconference focused on the progress of
    the project, whether they had additional mentoring requirements, and
    if they had any questions about caBIG compatibility.*

-   *Teleconference with the NCIA team and Stuart to discuss the status
    of the NCIA application. Provided guidance to the NCIA team on the
    architecture component of caBIG compatibility. I reviewed their
    existing implementation for caBIG compliance and provided feedback.
    In addition, emailed a short report to the Architecture WS lead
    about my findings and recommendations on moving forward with the
    NCIA project.*

-   **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)