January 12, 2023 Technical Committee Meeting Notes
- Esther Ogunjimi
- Steve Conrad
Attendees
@Steve Conrad
@Wes Brown
@Taylor Downs
@nashcroft (Unlicensed)
@Sainabou Jallow
@Sarah Farooqi
@Uwe Wahser
@Martin Karner
@Damian Szafranek
@Satyajit Suri
@Jaume DUBOIS
@Tarek Rashed
@Laurence Berry
@Damian Borowiecki (Deactivated)
@Ain Aaviksoo (Deactivated)
@Nyoman Ribeka
@Shukla, Ayush
@Betty Mwema
@Mauree, Venkatesen
@Dominika Bieńkowska (Deactivated)
@Rachel Lawson (Unlicensed)
Meeting Notes
Agenda | Presenter | Duration | Discussion |
| @Esther Ogunjimi | 10 minutes | TC Process - Meetings and Responsibilities TECH-175: Technical Committee Action ItemsDone
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Updates to non-functional requirements | @Steve Conrad | 5 minutes | Convene a small team (3-5 people) for 1 1/2 to 2 months to rework this document. Any volunteers? Indicated volunteers
Ramkumar - the doc need to be qualified Steve - it will be part of the mandate of the working group to find the right name |
Present Unconditional Social Cash Transfer (USCT) use case | @Wes Brown @Steve Conrad | 20 minutes | Next steps:
Ramkumar - there could be example of multiple implementations that could link to the UC scenario definition document. There should be an agreed naming convention for consistency.
Wes - The ID can be simplified by sector. Steve - the envisioned process for this is, when PC hands over the UC doc, TC will identify the first step to work on, and then, create the example implementation for each of the steps in the UC. Each BB would be the Lead for implementing the example for that step i.e Registration BB will take the lead for registration step. Then work with other BB teams where there are interactions to be defined.
Ramkumar - Not to get too technical with the UC doc but add the technicality in the BB specification appendix - under the API definitions (these will include what is an API and the call that will be utilised to implement the API in order to generate a set of test sequence etc). This can be linked back to the BB definition template.
Steve - this will inform the testing team on the creation of the actual API spec - what is API foot print and pay load etc.
Ramkumar - what is the level of clarity for defining the API? The current flow is defining what you do and get, but it does not care about the format and how it is presented, which should come first or last or JSON, all these are not part of the present doc. The doc is not in specific format but it is readable for a non technical person. |
Recap of standards discussion and recommendation | @Taylor Downs @Steve Conrad | 20 minutes |  Will this change our approach to testing? Compliance? Sandbox? Steve
There are two approaches as defined in the diagram above
Uwe - how sector specific does GS want to be? and will it make sense to have sector specific of data standard for GS? So far, it could make sense to describe things down to the attribute. The health sector already has loads of standards and it will not be useful for GS to come up with some set of standards. Sector applications and data standard should be developed by the people in the sector in a way that it will make sense and not the defined generically.
Wes - We are not talking about defining context standard for things. For the purposes of BBs to define API within the BB, the API define in BB should be specific enough to show what should be part of the end point - have common understanding of how to use the APIs and not just abstract API.
Ramkumar - Need to have a baseline to test what is being built - have minimum data set for UC Have a reference frame to adapt to be GS.
Martin - it will not be the adaptor approach when building something against information mediator but a clear cut product direct API call and not intermediary buddy. Allow start forward calls or map to be attached to IM and not third party or intermediary. |
Retrospective | @Esther Ogunjimi @Steve Conrad
| 30 minutes | Review of meetings and responsibilities: TC Process - Meetings and Responsibilities Link to retro board |
Meeting Recording
Action Items
Decision