Hi! On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Thomas Beale <thomas.beale at oceaninformatics.com> wrote: > ADL and XML [...removed a load of XML-bashing from the man with a brain-integrated ADL-parser :-) ...]
> ADL can be guaranteed as 100% correct all the time, and are the mathematical > reference form of archetypes Actually I would prefer more emphasis on the view that the AM is the main reference and that ADL is a serialization of it. But a "reference form" of individual _archetypes_ needs a serialization not just an object model of course... No matter how nice and pure ADL might be, I have seen people getting suspicious of "this OpenEHR-thing" when ADL has been focused too strongly. (Or people getting upset by having to learn yet another language, alternatively having been put of by the idea of having to write an ADL parser in a new environment.) It's wonderful that there are now two "official" ways (ADL and XML) to serialize AM constructs, having even more would probably not hurt. Thomas Beale wrote: > Interesting links: > http://www.json.org/xml.html For some months I have been wanting to experiment with making a simple JSON implementation of the AM (and eventually also the RM) as a compact javascript- and Flash/Flex-friendly alternative to ADL/dADL and then submit it as an ITS for openEHR. I realize I won't have the time for it though so I drop the idea here hoping that someone else gets inspired. Links http://www.json.org/ http://groups.google.com/group/json-schema (You'd probably want a schema in the ITS) http://www.jspon.org/ (Not sure if you need the power of JSPON. The built in name/path mechanisms of the AM/RM might be enough.) Anybody interested? :-) Best regards, Erik Sundvall erisu at imt.liu.se http://www.imt.liu.se/~erisu/ Tel: +46-13-227579
