How does this overlap and recapitulate CorbaMed?
John Gage
Gregory Woodhouse wrote:
>
> I think this is an excellent idea!
>
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> Gregory Woodhouse
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> "An atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the
> believer caught up in his own false image of God."
> --Martin Buber
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alvin Marcelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 12:11 PM
> Subject: Project for the whole list
>
> > Okay...I'm getting jitters for my presentation next week. But here's what
> > I plan to present:
> >
> > One, that open source is a promising development in medical informatics.
> > Two, that the initiative needs some boost and leadership (maybe from NLM?)
> >
> > I will ask support for:
> >
> > Common Open Source Medical Objects (COSMOS) -- standard building blocks
> > for EMR construction
> >
> > Phase 1: Convene all existing open source projects and create a common
> > representation of what they currently have using UML
> >
> > Phase 2: Present this to the openhealth list (RFC)--- modify as needed.
> >
> > Phase 3: Maintain the model in a repository and provide tools (open
> > source) for using it. I particularly like the way
> > www.objectsbydesign.com
> > (http://www.objectsbydesign.com/tools/modeling_tools.html) describes how
> > parts of the model can be turned on or off by these tools.
> >
> > To quote:
> >
> > "A repository is generally built on top of a database, which provides data
> > sharing and concurrency control features. By providing locking and
> > read-only access, the repository permits one developer[the alliance or
> > maybe NLM] to own the model
> > while allowing others to read the model and its components, as well as to
> > incorporate these components into their own designs. Important: The tool
> > should allow you to pull in only the components that you want from another
> > model, without having to import the entire model [key point in using
> > UML]."
> >
> > This would be consistent with the desiderata Gregory just posted.
> >
> > Question: We know source code can be GPL'd...but how about UML?
> >
> > Alvin
> >
