February 14 2017

Created by Mary Jo Kochendorfer (Deactivated)
Last updated: Feb 27, 2017

Call Information

  • 6:00AM PST - Seattle
  • 9:00AM EST - New York, DC
  • 5:00PM EAT - Tanzania
  • 10:00PM GMT +8 - China

Webex Link: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M299H1X42RL8F1ABXL3LOKN9TN-3O29&rnd=371900.06805

Meeting Number: 192 173 465

Host Key: 352864

Audio Connection:  +1-415-655-0001 

AGENDA:

ItemTimeLead

Software Development Update

20 min

Mary Jo Kochendorfer (Deactivated)

GS1 Support and Product Model

Introduction to Medical Commodities: OpenLMIS Model for GS1. The model has been updated for OpenLMIS 3 based on the conversations between Josh, Mike and others (USAID BI&A, Intellicog and GS1 consultants).

  • Data Model

  • Malaria Example

  • Review other key sections

  • Q & A


20 min

Brandon Bowersox-Johnson

Versioning Discussion

OpenLMIS 3 is adopting a periodic release schedule. After the 3.0 release, the community can expect:

  • Patch releases with bug fixes will come out on an as-needed schedule (3.0.1, 3.0.2, etc);
  • Minor releases with new functionality will come out quarterly and will be backwards-compatible (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, etc);
  • Major releases would be for non-backwards-compatible API changes. None is planned at this time (4.0 and above).

These release numbers use a standard called Semantic Versioning.

The goal of the 3.0 re-architecture is to enable multiple country implementations to share a common code base and derive "shared value". For example, Country A's implementation might fix a bug or add a new report, they would contribute that code to the open source project, and Country B could use it; and Country B could contribute something that Country A could use. For this to succeed, a few things must happen:

  • Two or more countries adopt the 3.0 series. (In Progress first in Malawi; second country TBD)
  • Each country be ready to share any bug fixes or improvements with the open source community.
    • Core team be available to review pull requests.
  • Each country ask the core team if they need extension points to customize OpenLMIS for country-specific needs.
    • Core team be ready to quickly add those extension points.
  • Each county implementation upgrade to latest versions (3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.1, 3.2, etc) as they become available.

The first bullet point is already underway. The remaining bullet points need to be established with each country implementation. Each of these pieces is critical to establish a strong global community of shared benefit for all participants.

We want to make sure everyone in the OpenLMIS community understands this and has the information they need to advocate for this.

Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1k4oecJ2vgsxXvv5czJAIaHiNjad8aa3M8JzxtaZBpKg/edit?usp=sharing


20 minBrandon Bowersox-Johnson

Stock Management

  • #25.3
  • #29
Not enough time, Will follow up on the listserv

Shiyu Jin (Deactivated)

3.1 Scope and Priorities

  • Need to begin reviewing and prioritizing. Governance Committee will want to review and sign off.
  • Discuss an approach to voting and giving community members a way to note down preferences.
Not enough time, Will follow up on the listservMary Jo Kochendorfer (Deactivated)

Update on requests from the Governance Committee

  • Functional spec toolkit is up on Confluence - Functional Specification Template (Vaccine work is exploring more enhanced features within Confluence, more to come soon)
  • Publish current implementation's roadmaps publicly
    • Update from Ashraf (Cote d'Ivoire, Zambia, Tanzania)
    • Update from Mary Jo (Benin and Mozambique)
  • Merging roadmaps to see across all implementations and 3.x
    • Blocked by first step
Not enough time, Will follow up on the listserv

Mary Jo Kochendorfer (Deactivated) and Ashraf Islam (Unlicensed)

3.0 Website Refresh

  • Content review needs to be completed by Feb 17th
Reminder


ACTION ITEMS:

ATTENDANCE:

NOTES: 

Mary Jo

  • Finishing Sprint 19;
  • The team is organizing/prioritizing the bugs found out during the UAT that took place last week;
  • Ashraf and Shiyu: Wants to help out on the blog post/release notes of the release of OpenLMIS 3.0;
  • Mary Jo: To follow up with Tenly on the production/translation of the blog in Portuguese
  • Mary Jo: should we do a webcast/live demo with OpenLMIS 3.0? Later check - probably produce one in Portuguese;
  • Raised that the committee will need to figure out a way to voice/vote priorities for the 3.1 release. More to come on this and please weigh in on the listserv on your thoughts/ideas to do this effectively.

Brandon

  • Changes in ver. 3
  • Orderable = Product (Ver 1 and 2)
  • Trade item = manufacturer or brand owner and are typically identified by that manufacturer or brand outside of OpenLMIS;
  • Commodity types = classifications of commodities, e.g., UNSPSC


Versioning

  • Review the presentation in the agenda for details on the conversation.
  • Brian highlighted that each service will have a version number. 
  • The presentation describes the version of the reference distribution (overall product). Each service will have a version number and can have its own minor releases.  The key version for our partners to keep in mind is the one for the reference distribution.

There wasn't time for stock management so information and questions will be circulated to the group via the listserv.


RECORDING


ADDITIONAL READING: