Tim Churches wrote: >On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 04:56, Thomas Beale wrote: > > >>Dear all, >> >>The latest versions of these two tools are available at >>http://www.OceanInformatics.biz. The code is open source, and a binary >>of the workbench is on the openEHR website, but until we make the site a >>bit friendlier for downloads, the packages at OceanInformatics.biz will >>be easier to use. >> >> >... > > >>Both the ADL workbench and the Clinical Editor were demonstrated a >>number of times at the HL7 Atlanta meeting just finished (26sep - 1oct), >>and were well received. Clinical users are starting to see how their way >>of seeing things can be directly encoded into formal domain models - the >>archetypes. >> >> > >Thomas, > >I am still a bit unclear as to whether there are plans to build an open >source Archetypes/openEHR storage and retrieval server. > there is. It will be done at UCL, and prelim work is underway. I will be spending a large amount of my time at UCL for the next 12+ months. We expect a first version in mid 2005 - complete archetype and template enabled openEHR-based data processor component; it will be deployed in initially (probably) a J2EE environment.
> Personally I >don't think Archetypes and openEHR will gain widespread acceptance (as >opposed to theoretical interest) until there is some readily available >means of directly using Archetype definitions to manage data. I am aware >of the Ethidium proprietary implementation, and also of the DSTC work >being done for the HealthConnect pilots - but there is no indication of >an open source implementation that I can see. There is a menu item of >"EHR Server" on the openEHR web site under projects, buut the link does >not go anywhere. > > not today;-) >Note that I am not complaining that the openEHR Foundation or Ocean >Informatics has not yet produced an open source Archetypes server - it >may not be part of your business plan to do so - I am merely asking >(again - I know I have asked this same question several times >previously) whether there are in fact concrete plans to create an open >source server, and if so, what is the timetable. We would love to use >Archetypes to manage various types of public health data - they would >solve many of the data management difficulties we are running into now - >but we do not have the resources or expertise to be able to create an >Archetypes storage engine ourselves. > > well, as I say, v1 of the server by mid next year, probably earlier for initial versions of the kernel component. It's taking a long time, but without more resources, things go at this speed. Sad to say, vast amounts of money are continually spent on dead-end things around our ears! - thomas - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
