David Forslund wrote: > Definitely, this is the more direct path, and one that was mentioned a lot > in the talks. It should be possible to go directly from the RIM to XML > using the XMI and MOF. > > >Second, XMI is not about exchanging medical information, it is about > >exchanging information models (so called "meta data"). So, yea, while > >XMI is about UML and XML and DTDs and stuff, it doesn't give you a > >quick way to XML representations of medical information. So again, > >bringing in XMI and MOF is distracting and has little gain for an > >EMR application project. > > This was not the conclusion from the discussion we had. One should > be able to put the RIM into the MOF and create XML representations of it. > This isn't everything, but it would allow for a good start on creating > standard representations of > the RIM. [...] > I urge you to look at the MOF and the commercial tools being developed. > I believe they can be of great help to HL7. David, Could you help me then? I have looked at XMI and MOF previously and shortly before I wrote this to make sure I have not overlooked something. Now you say I have overlooked something. Can you point me to the exact section or page in these documents where it is explicitly stated that the approach is for generating DTDs for *instances* of a UML model? So far, all I can see is they define a structure for UML models themselves to be shipped around in XML representations. But this is a very crucial difference! regards -Gunther -- Gunther_Schadow-------------------------------http://aurora.rg.iupui.edu Regenstrief Institute for Health Care 1050 Wishard Blvd., Indianapolis IN 46202, Phone: (317) 630 7960 [EMAIL PROTECTED]#include <usual/disclaimer>
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