Request to get a recent overview - Thanks in advance

[Thore Oltersdorf]

Dear Modelica Community.

I would like to get to know the state of OM regarding the following issues:

1. Is the building model library (recent or for my purposes sufficent: 
verson until 0.4.0) of LBNL of Matthias Wetter able to be used (newest 
version needs stream connectors)?
2. ExternalMedia is available as a direct link between Modelica and 
FluidProp. Is this running?
3. Is the Spark Solver added to the OpenModelica Solver family as 
recommended by Wetter et al.?
4. Is the ModelicaFluid Library fully supported now?
5. Would the FlowDissipation library developed at TUHH and XRG run 
within OpenModelica?
6. Do you know in any form the state of interoperability between 
SciLab/SciCos/Xcos and OpenModelica?
7. What is the roadmap of OpenModelica in the next months/year to get a 
hint on compatibility in the above mentioned fields? I had orientation 
problems - or maybe insufficient patience ;-)) - to get to know that 
from the OpenModelica-Website.
8. What activities are running in getting a benchmark between Dymola and 
OpenModelica? Are recommendations and wishes as presented by the Siemens 
Team (K. Link et al.) on the Modelica 2009 be realised already or easier 
to be realised as for Dymola since user community can contribute?

Thanks for your help!

Best regards,
Thore Oltersdorf