Hi Tony, Please allow me start by thanking you for all the great work you are doing, most especially in the medical field, and the willingness to help us improve our documentation!!! That is a wonderful contribution!!!
Getting straight to your questions: We have a REST Web Services module which you can use as one of the ways to access the OpenMRS API. Details of this module can be found at: https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Webservices.rest+Module >From the same link, you will also see a link which will let you download a standalone (just download and run without having to install anything) version of OpenMRS bundled with this REST Web Services module. You can get more details on how to use the standalone version from: https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/OpenMRS+Standalone Please note that the current version of the REST Web Services module does not expose the entire OpenMRS API. We started with the functionality that is commonly asked for and will continually expose more of the API through web services based on what people like you and others would love to get access to. If suitable for your needs, you could also just use the OpenMRS API jar file and access the entire API. Am sure you still have more questions and please feel free to continue asking, giving suggestions, and anything else you would love to let us know, as we together work towards saving lives!!! On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Tony Dunbar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi...I am considering implementing OpenMRS. However, I am interested > primarily in OpenMRS API and Data Model. I have an application > with significant investment in an existing web app implementation and would > only like to use the concept based record system. I would assume I could > leverage the functionality via the API to access the OpenMRS data model. > From the design documentation available on the wiki I have gathered this is > possible with little or no refactoring of the API. Could someone please get > in touch with me and share some insight whether this is possible with the > current design? > I am an experienced Java developer and would be able to leverage the API > assuming I would not have to modify the existing source code. Preferably, I > would like to use the API and data model as is, and only have to create code > to retrieve form questions and answers for display on my existing web > application. > > My initial system requirements are simple. I would like to build my own > medical record system data model on top of OpenMRS in order to reduce the > number of schema changes related to constant addition of medical record > attributes. I believe the "concept" type is key to a flexible design. > > I can see that the group has been attempting to produce some dev > documentation. If this team is interested, and if someone is willing to > help me with my questions and getting started, *I would be willing to > commit to producing dev documention for the API and data model portion of > the OpenMRS system.* > I currently have the database installed with your demo data. I attempted to > install the apache web app but experienced several errors with not finding > the openmrs-runtime.properties file. I gave up with the install after > several attempts. I was not able to find reference to the problem from the > wiki resources. Despite the implementation issue, I see the value in the use > of the OpenMRS data model design and data model. I am hoping I can at least > leverage that aspect of the system. > > > My environment details: > Debian Linux OS > Apache2 > Java 1.6 > MySql 5.1 > > More about me: > I have been employed as a software developer for almost 30 years...Started > in Assembler...Then moved onto C...Then on to C++...Then to Java...and > C#...I have a computer science background. Developed a language called > Metal (*Meta* *L*anguage). Metal was a high level scripting language for > performing non-domain specific software engineering tasks. More higher > level than Perl or Python for example... > I work as a Software Architect for a company called MedAssets in Atlanta. > I don't have a specific project I am looking to use OpenMRS for; I am > wanting to perform some R&D around avoiding some of the clinical > database deploy and maintenance headaches. I am interested in learning the > extent you have leveraged the concept data model. > > Thanks, > Tony Dunbar > Atlanta, GA > > ------------------------------ > Click here to > unsubscribe<[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l>from > OpenMRS Developers' mailing list -- The greatest want of the world is the want of men—men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole, men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall. _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Developers' mailing list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-devel-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l]
