IO Specifications Publication Model

Specification Publication Types

When this designation is assigned, the specification is currently in development and may be in the midst of an internal and/or public review period. These specifications will generally benefit from lessons learned through development and pilots.

When this designation is assigned, the specification is considered to be a draft for trial use / trial implementation in production systems. It has been cycled through public open review and comment dispositioning has been completed. In some cases, features and capabilities or known issues may be documented in the backlog for inclusion in a future trial implementation release.

When this designation is assigned, the specification is considered to have addressed all stakeholder comments received in reviews of prior releases. Projectathon testing has been successfully completed, with all known issues resolved. And, all documentation is complete, providing implementers the ability to use the specification for compliance and certification of their products.

Specification Attribute Definitions

• In Development: when this designation is assigned, the specification is in the development process and subject to significant change. It is not ready for limited roll-out or production level use.
• Limited Roll-Out: when this designation is assigned, the specification is ready to be used on a limited scale projects to meet a health care interoperability need.
• Production: when this designation is assigned, the specification is ready to be used in production to meet a health care interoperability need.

• Beta Testing / Beta Projectathon: when this designation is assigned the specification is subject to significant changes and has undergone feature complete testing by the Infoway IO team. The specification may be available to implementers to test their solutions at a testing event, such as a beta Projectathon, to provide input and help prepare the specification for Projectathon readiness.
• Projectathon / Conformance: when this designation is assigned the specification is ready for testing and validation where implementers collaborate to test their solutions using methodology and tools that accelerate interoperability. A Projectathon provides an opportunity for participants to test their systems among themselves, against a reference environment and show conformance with the specification.
• Connectathon / Certification: when this designation is assigned, the specification is ready for implementers to perform detailed validation and achieve certification of their solutions to the specification.