Dear all, this message is to signal a minor Release 1.0.1 of the openEHR specifications within the next two weeks or so. Based on feedback during the last 3 months, this release fixes errors, typos etc in Release 1.0, and includes changes to make openEHR properly ISO8601:2004 compliant.
The Release 1.0.1 specifications are at http://svn.openehr.org/specification/BRANCHES/Release-1.1-candidate/publishing/index.html The CRs that have been executed are visible at: http://svn.openehr.org/specification/TRUNK/history.htm CRs still to go are visible at (first 3 rows): http://svn.openehr.org/specification/TRUNK/todo.htm One further CR has yet to be created, which will complete the ISO8601 compliance work - this CR will remove the partial date/time types, and move the functionality to the remaining 4 classes DV_DATE, DV_TIME, DV_DATE_TIME, DV_DURATION, which have 1:1 counterparts in the ISO standard. While it has been somewhat painful to do these date/time changes now, they orient openEHR to the most widely used standard for date and times, and consequently to existing and emerging software libraries like the Joda library for Java. Release 1.0.1 will be a landmark in stability of openEHR - the CRs slated for later releases make compatible additions rather than changes, so software developers are on very safe ground now. The reference implementations (Java, Eiffel, with .Net open source release coming soon) are progressing well, and will see fast development during the next few months. Thanks to the community for all its input so far. - thomas beale -- ___________________________________________________________________________________ CTO Ocean Informatics (http://www.OceanInformatics.biz) Research Fellow, University College London (http://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk) Chair Architectural Review Board, openEHR (http://www.openEHR.org)
