Some time ago I thought about using the HL7 XML Schema files as a source for creating the structure libs (using a schema parser like xsom). I did not follow up on this very thoroughly, but on first glance it seems that most (if not all) of the required data can be also found in the schema files. The advantage would be that the schema files are available to all HL7 subscribers (and eventually maybe to everyone depending on the final HL7 licenses) and can thus be built independently from running and accessing a database.
The schema files have their bugs, but in the past it turned out that the database was also buggy and required some custom coding in the generator. Speaking of student projects.... ;-) cheers Christian 2013/3/12 James Agnew <ja...@jamesagnew.ca>: > Hi Rahul, > > I actually gave this a shot once, basically exporting all of the data into a > MySQL database and then running the queries against that. Unfortunately > basically none of the data queries worked at all and after spending a while > trying to clean them up I eventually gave up. > > I'm actually not sure what HL7's movement to open the specification will > mean to the database. At least as far as I have seen there have been no > announcements about what will happen with it, but if I were to guess I would > say they won't be making it available for free. If anyone knows either way > I'd love to hear about it- It would be great to try and find a volunteer to > have another go at that conversion. Might actually make a good student > project now that I think about it. > > Cheers, > James > > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Rahul Somasunderam > <r...@certifydatasystems.com> wrote: >> >> Is it possible to export MS Access to a SQL Dump and then use any other >> database (H2 or HSQLDB) such that the build can be performed easily? >> It has been a problem so long because of the way HL7 licensed their >> database. Now that they mentioned they are open sourcing their database, >> would it be any easier? >> >> R, >> rahul >> >> On Mar 12, 2013, at 9:08 AM, James Agnew <ja...@jamesagnew.ca> wrote: >> >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > Just a quick note to anyone who is wondering where HAPI 2.1 is. At this >> > point there are no remaining showstoppers blocking release, so we should be >> > out very soon. I would say that it should be safe for anyone doing new >> > development to begin using the 2-1-beta1 release, with the expectation that >> > they can migrate to the final shortly. >> > >> > If anyone is curious, the only thing blocking our release is an issue >> > with the structures JAR builds. The HAPI structures are generated using the >> > HL7 database, which is an Access DB. The hapi-sourcegen project reads this >> > DB using the Microsoft Access ODBC bridge, which they have only ever >> > released for 32 bit windows (grrrr) so the HAPI build is done on a Windows >> > XP virtual machine. At this point, the structures JARs are generating so >> > many files in each JAR that we are hitting some kind of "maximum line >> > length" limit in XP because of the way that the Maven Compiler plugin uses >> > Javac. We worked around this in the last release by doing the generation >> > step in XP and them doing the compile step in OSX, but this was clunky and >> > I >> > feel like it's bound to fail one day and cause us to release a JAR that is >> > missing files. >> > >> > The holdup therefore has been trying to diagnose why maven-compiler is >> > failing. I feel like we're almost there! >> > >> > Cheers, >> > James >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester >> > Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the >> > endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to >> > tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. >> > >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev_______________________________________________ >> > Hl7api-devel mailing list >> > Hl7api-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hl7api-devel >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar > _______________________________________________ > Hl7api-devel mailing list > Hl7api-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hl7api-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Hl7api-devel mailing list Hl7api-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hl7api-devel
