On Tuesday 27 April 2004 01:28, David Forslund wrote: ... adoption ... > HL7's primary problem, in my mind, is its lack > of sufficient constraints,
>.... One is required to read the implementation > manual. I think the thing I would most like to change about HL7 is the policy on release of its documentation, where a modest sum is required of anyone who wants a copy of it, and therefore instead of a standard which the owners would like everyone to adopt, and show it, it beocmes a standard the details of which are locked up, whose administration must support copyright restriction, accounting and distribution of the instructions, and where serendipity is hampered. The same applies to the Read Code, except that doesn't have a manual. -- Adrian Midgley (Linux desktop) GP, Exeter http://www.defoam.net/
