On 8/28/06, Mattias Forss <mattias.forss at gmail.com> wrote: > > 2006/8/28, Bert Verhees <bert.verhees at rosa.nl>: > > > > 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 [...] > > 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. > > > The source code will be published as open source in the future, but we at > Link?ping university haven't decided when that will be. >
If there now are people that seriously want to contribute to the development with patches etc (like Bert suggests) I believe that it's time to publish the source very soon. We'll try to look in to this within a couple of weeks. Remind us if we forget it ;-) 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? > > > Your suggestions on improvements are always welcome... > > 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. > > > We had a lot of ideas when building the Java archetype editor concering > the GUI, but eventually decided to design it like Ocean's GUI. There are a > number of reasons we did this... > Since it begun as a master thesis project I believe one of the main resasons for not inventing too many interface changes was the limited time available. Personally I am interested in information visualisation and usability and have several thoughts regarding possible interface alternatives. Time/resources still remain constraining factors so focus is on geting a somewhat complete editor first (and debugging/stabilising existing archetypes & specifications underway). But feel free to experiment with and contribute alternative views as soon as we release the code. Best regards, Erik Sundvall (ex-supervisor of Mattias, but now a colleague) Currently at MIE in Maastricht -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20060830/a639d998/attachment.html>
