Forgive me for a late comment, but I would like to clear the record at
little concerning hL7. HL7 is an accredited ANSI body, and follows ANSI
rules. Itis an organization that is not funded by any outside group. As
such, the organization deopends on membership for dues to support the
organization. I agree that totally free standards would be the best, and I
have argued that position within the HL7 Board. The best I have been able
to do is to get the draft available free. At the same time, release of a
new standard is always accompanied by an increase in membership. Also, I
must point out, that I think it is reasdonable for anyone who will gain
advantage from the standard to contribute. The proce for the standard is
just slightly greater than membership dues. Also, I point out that ISo and
ANSI sells standards - actually for more than HL7.
I hope you all will continue to support HL7 and its work. I always find it
interesting when people talk about HL7 as if it was a them and us. I hope
it is just us, and we struggle to support the tremendous cost of producing
the standard. I think the US may be the only country whose government does
not support the creation of standards - but at the same time, I don't think
that is all wrong.
We need the support of all the poeple who understand the value of standards
to work together and get the appropriate standards out there while the
stars are aligned. All of you are making important contributions.
Ed H
David Forslund <dwf at lanl.gov>@openehr.org on 08/20/2003 09:37:41 AM
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At 09:22 AM 8/20/2003 -0400, HOPTIMIS at aol.com wrote:
To give to HL7 the name of an "exclusive club" is very strange; could you
give some explanations?
I don't know that it merits the name of an "exclusive club", but the "open"
standards that the
HL7 produces are only available to paying members, which makes them a
little less than open,
in my opinion.? This is a practice followed by other SDO's, but not by all
open standards bodies.
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