On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Elpidio Latorilla wrote: > On Monday 07 June 2004 16:20, Horst Herb wrote: > > We really should each focus on designing a small module with a well defined > > scope, implement it well, and publish a platform/language independent RPC > > API for it. If we could work out a common *framework* in which such > > independent modules can exist and cooperate efficiently (and pain free for > > the developers),
Horst, OpenEHR and OIO are both attempting to do exactly that. The independent modules that you speak of are the OpenEHR archetypes and OIO forms, workflows, schedules, and reports. ... > The idea of modules created by more or less independent groups but still can > work together as building blocks and fully interchangeable is great. We > should really work in this direction. Framework-oriented projects face many obstacles. Frameworks take much longer to engineer and implement. The promise may be great but delivery is quite difficult. > But I see a problem with each group ( or module developer) freely > creating his own set of RPC API's. OIO provides a common set of "API" to its plug-and-play modules. For example, the XML schema for describing OIO forms. ... > I hope that what you mean with "common framework" is a "common set of API" > that all those modules strictly adhere to. Publishing an API is not sufficient. We also need adequate tools to create modules that use the API. ... > Technically this is very easy to achieve but we all know that the > problem lies somewhere else (it is not the technology). We face both technological and dissemination challenges. I am happy to share our experiences from the OIO project if they are of interest to you. Best regards, Andrew --- Andrew P. Ho, M.D. OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes www.TxOutcome.Org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: GNOME Foundation Hackers Unite! GUADEC: The world's #1 Open Source Desktop Event. GNOME Users and Developers European Conference, 28-30th June in Norway http://2004/guadec.org _______________________________________________ Care2002-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers
