On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Horst Herb wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:32, Andrew Ho wrote: > > 3) My proposal is to build hubs from the bottom-up - based on OIO forms > > that are in-use. Analagous to building a dictionary - opposite from > > building an "universal" language. Let's learn something from > > the failure of Esperanto, > > A MAJOR point, and I see this failure happening all over again and again, be > it in the domain of coding (where countless professionals have been mucking > around for decades in the quest for the ultimate coding system instead of > settling for a thesaurus like growing dictionary of terms) or in the domain > of health record architectures
Horst, Well said :-). > I'd wish we would settle for small independent modules all communicating via > *simple* protocols (like XML-RPC via HTTPS or Jabber), using self-growing > terminology dictionaries. DrugRef.Org, FreeB, and ZSVG_Graph have already started this process. We don't need to settle anything - just keep building these modules. If they are easy to connect to, many systems will connect to them. > I don't believe we need a monolithic architecture. All we need is well > defined APIs to extract and submit data. Again, I am opposed to wasting time discussing what is or is not a well-defined API. Put forth a proposal via OpenHealth if you like, build it, and maybe your colleagues will eventually try it and give feedback. (Or just use it quietly). By the way, I have been able to communicate with DrugRef.Org via XML-RPC in Zope without issue. Great work! Look for it in a future release of OIO :-). ... Best regards, Andrew --- Andrew P. Ho, M.D. OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes www.TxOutcome.Org
