WG6 maintains the overall consistence of the DICOM Standard. It provides technical guidance to all DICOM working groups and serves as the technical coordination point. It also develops extensions (Supplements) to DICOM typically related to overall systems enhancements. Some of the responsibilities include:

• Executing the DICOM Maintenance Process (Correction Proposals). The process is used to make “corrections and minor changes” to the current versions of the Standard. Any corrections made are processed using the normal Letter Ballot procedures as defined by NEMA.
• Provision of technical coordination and guidance for all WGs. This includes review and official approval before the Public Comment, Letter Ballot, and Final Text draft releases of all supplements.
• Development of Supplements to the Standard related to Print, Image Management, Workflow Management, etc.
• Tracking the progress of workitems and supplement and report stalled items (no activity over a period of three years) to the DICOM Standards Committee.
• Coordination of joint development efforts with ASTM (DICOS), ISO and JIRA.
• Coordination with MITA for the publication of DICOM.

Current Supplements, Work and Objectives:

• Progress after the June 2021 Base Standard meeting:

• Supplements in work (GREEN indicates good progress, YELLOW indicates progress, RED indicates candidates for cancellation):
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• Change Proposal packets finalized since the last DSC meeting
  

-          CPack 111 with 17 CPs (June 2021)

 

• WG6 full week meeting plan 2021:

  -          The current mode of operation for WG-06 in 2020 is to have five virtual 5-day-week long meetings spread out over the year: In January, March/April, June, August/September and in November. The full week meetings are prepared with one or two Tele-Conferences as appropriate to the Change / Correction Proposal workload. We plan to go back to normal face to face meetings as soon as the pandemic circumstances make it possible.

Full week meeting schedule 2021:
August 30^th – September 3^rd, November 8^th – 12^th.

Challenges and Opportunities (Environment):

• We need more active participants in WG-06 Base Standard.

Future Roadmap and Objectives (Committee Direction):

• No change of direction