Facilitator

The role of the Publishing Facilitator includes the following:

• The Publishing Facilitator is responsible for coordinating the creation and editing of the content of a Version 3 Standard with the appropriate Technical Committees (TCs) and Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
• The Publishing Facilitator works with the appropriate Committee Chairs to ensure that a properly completed Ballot Request for Information Form is submitted to HL7 HQ by the deadline specified. This is required to have your document included in a Ballot Cycle.
• The Publishing Facilitator submits the Version 3 document components (PubDB, Visio Diagrams, etc) to HL7 HQ so that it can be included in a Ballot Cycle.

Responsibilities of a MnM Facilitator:

• Guide group through the HL7 Development Framework – current expression of methodology
  • Help group produce specifications that are clear, complete and consistent within and across domain
• Provide guidance in the use of the HL7 Specification Design and Documentation Tools
  • Know how to use tools, help others use tools, coordinate specification development
• Participate in “harmonization processes” to align model artifacts across domains
  • Prepare RIM harmonization change proposals
  • Prepare Vocabulary Domain change proposals for RIM structured attributes
• Provide feedback to MnM on effectiveness of the methodology and tooling
• Keep up-to-date with all of the above

Vocabulary Facilitator:

1. A facilitator can be nominated by either the Vocab TC or the domain TC, but must be approved by the co-chairs of both committees.

• Attend all scheduled vocabulary facilitator’s meetings. These sessions are held during the regular Working Group meetings and are usually scheduled for one half day.
• Attend the meetings of their designated Domain Technical Committee (PAFM, OO, Patient Care, Financial Management, etc.) when vocabulary issues are to be discussed.
  • Act as a expert resource to the technical committees on vocabulary and terminology principles and issues.
  • Assist the committee with the selection of value sets for use in coded attributes referenced in R-MIMs, CMETs, HMDs, and Message Types.
  • Guidance about how value sets are selected following the Good Vocabulary Practices Document and the Guidance to TC document (future), and how to build a new value sets.
  • Contact vocabulary system experts as needed for support in a specific subject or domain.
  • Make technical committee aware of official vocabulary policies and procedures.
  • Report back to the Vocabulary TC any issues raised in discussions in the domain TC.
  • Educate domain TC’s about how to use their vocabulary facilitator.
  • Prepare and submit value set additions to the HL7 vocabulary tables. The tools are available for making these submissions.
  • Attend the RIM harmonization meeting to explain and defend vocabulary submissions. (We should make it possible to attend via teleconference.)
  • Coordinate value set creation with the Modeling and Methodology facilitator to insure that the vocabulary and the model (R-MIMs, CMETs, HMDs, and Message Types) form a consistent whole.
  • For proposed use of external code systems, determine the licensing restrictions and copyright.
  • Be aware of how vocabulary choices will affect localization of the standard within specific realms