----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Dal Molin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: OIO Library's Product rating criteria, was Re: best concepts
> >How far along is the SPIRIT project? There has been no news for a while.
Is
> there a website online? What are you using for your database and
application
> server >(if any)? If you decide to use Zope, perhaps I could interest you
in
> using the OIO system (if you need to collect data through the web).
>
> Some of the tools we are using are Zope, PHP, and PostgreSQL. Our first
set
> of public deliverables are due at the end of this month included are
several
> documents which describe where we are heading with the project. A good
part
> of our work is and will be focused on bringing together and growing the
open
> source health care community in Europe. So far we have had a very warm
> reception from both government and health care officials. The European
> Commission has done an excellent job of putting open source on the map as
a
> viable strategy for Europe.....which can only help the cause in other
parts
> of the world.
>
> It is very reassuring that there is interest in the project....we are
> anxious to complete this phase so that we can get feedback from the
> community.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Joseph
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew po-jung Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 4:54 AM
> Subject: OIO Library's Product rating criteria, was Re: best concepts
>
>
> > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 02:53:08 Joseph Dal Molin wrote:
> > ...
> > >Not at all, sharing best "concepts" or practices is one of the key
action
> > >lines in the European Commission's 5th Framework programme that is
> funding
> > >the SPIRIT initiative.
> >
> > Hi Joseph,
> >
> > Sorry to hear that they actually included the word "best" :-(. I suppose
> from a marketing stand point "best" is a useful word :-). Of course, what
is
> "best" depends on the specific locale, patient, time, application, cost,
> etc.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > >Having said that, I am curious as to what folks on this list think the
> > >criteria for defining "best" are?
> >
> > The OIO Library's product review criteria came from EWeek's product
review
> methodology. In brief, our quantitative criteria are 1) usability 2)
> capability 3) performance 4) interoperability and 5) manageability. These
> are rated on a visual analog scale from 0 to 100. In addition, there are 5
> qualitative items. You can go to our site now to actually fill out one of
> these forms.
> >
> > Again, I don't think we will ever claim that we know what is "the best"
> but we may be able to ascertain the relative strengths and weaknesses of
> specific products/projects/approaches.
> >
> > How far along is the SPIRIT project? There has been no news for a while.
> Is there a website online? What are you using for your database and
> application server (if any)? If you decide to use Zope, perhaps I could
> interest you in using the OIO system (if you need to collect data through
> the web).
> >
> > If you do decide to use the OIO system, then your user surveys, rating
> scales, reports etc would be plug-and-play between SPIRIT, OIO Library,
and
> all OIO-based clinical and research servers.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Andrew
> > ---
> > Andrew P. Ho, M.D.
> > OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes
> > www.TxOutcome.Org
> > Assistant Clinical Professor
> > Department of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
> > University of California, Los Angeles
> >
> >
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