XML-MIF Publishing Process

XML-MIF Publishing Project - Background

This project arose from the tactical analysis of how to improve and stabilize the V3 Publishing process that is based opn XML and currently trying to migrate to MIF representations of all V3 artifacts. The tooling projects forwarded to the HL7 Board state:

The Tooling Work Group and the Publications Work Group has determined that a third foundational project should be performed at this time. In the last two years we have standardized on using MIF2 as our model (i.e., artifacts) exchange format. Working with the Publishing Work Group we have determined that it is time that we upgrade the XML that we use in our internal publishing processes to make use of MIF2. This requires that we produce MIF2 export from our Publications Database and convert our existing XML publishing process to be MIF2 enabled.

This will allow HL7 to upgrade its existing XML stream in the publishing process which is needed to participate in the new Specification Publication Process. We also need to document the implied requirements so that we have solid information as we start producing the other new tools necessary to support our complete tooling plan.

For the remainder of this year we plan to get all publishing process MIF2 enabled for the 2010 V3 publication. Paul Biron and Andy Stechishin (publishing WG) are prepared and capable of doing this work.

Roles/Style

• Plan/Oversee/Design Critic - WB under current HL7 contract
• MIF Review, Schema Design, Transform Design - PB - new contract
• Transform Development, Testing, Process Design & Documentation - AS - new contract