> There is already a Java-based archetype editor available here: > > http://svn.openehr.org/knowledge/archetypes/dev/index.html
Too bad, the sourcecode still is not published (last time I downloaded it), I would like to see some improvements in (f.e.) error-handling. It does never say why I ADL-file cannot be loaded, it just says it cannot load it. There are many ADL-files, which it does not load, and I think for good reasons, but it should say why. If it had sourcecode with it, I would have repaired this, for my own use, because I have need for an Archetype-editor which can also be used for debugging purposes. Another good feature I would like to see is two way editing, in a GUI and in ADL-editor, and see how changes on both sides reflect on the other side. And another feature is support for more ADL-versions, not only the latest. This could help migrate older ADL-files to newer versions. People who have invested in previous versions now have to dive into the (for some people) painful process of manually updating their ADL-files to newer versions. So, except for not distributing the source-code, and to simple error-handling, it is a very stable and good tool. I expect the source-code to be published some day, because the creators indicated they will, but they did, as far as I know, not indicate when. The archetype editor from Ocean, which looks as GUI about the same as the Java-Archetype-editor, has sourcecode, and if you do not like dotnet-VB, you can still use it to extract useful parts of the architecture, and build your own in every language you want. The Ocean version has a few instabilities. So there are two Archetype-Editors, both look about the same in GUI, but both are build on complete different technologies. And both need improvement. I think there is a need for more, specially if there are improvements on GUI-thinking. I know, all Word-processors look the same, and all cars look the same, but is it the best way a car or Word-processor should look? We do not know, so I suggest that someone who want to build an archetype-editor, should not look at those who exists, he could get trapped in obvious thinking. These are only some suggestions from a rainy day in region of the South Central France regards Bert Verhees > > Regards, > > Mattias Forss > > 2006/8/27, minreddy minreddy <minreddy at yahoo.com>: >> >> Hello >> >> I'm thinking to port Archchetype editor to Linux. >> (As myself don't run windows at all) >> >> Are there any other dependencies other than ADL parser? >> (adl_java_lib.dll) >> >> Any help will be greatly appreciated! >> >> >> rgds >> minreddy >> >> ------------------------------ >> Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great >> rates >> starting at 1?/min. >> <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39666/*http://messenger.yahoo.com> >> >> >
