Re: [Hardhats-members] POJOs in Action

2006-03-27 Thread Richard Schilling
. Works great! Jim, I'm curious to know more about your ideas for approaching VistA data through Mozilla. Several things have been tried - PHP integration, etc... (and from what I hear from Terry Weichman the PHP interface is difficult). Thoughts? Richard Schilling Cognition Group, Inc

Re: [Hardhats-members] Fwd: Re: Open Source Interoperability (was) Re: [openhealth] Re: OS at MedInfo 2007

2006-03-22 Thread Richard Schilling
service This product has been in use for some time. The work being done now is to integrate the VistA platform with these services and provide other services like billing, etc. Dave Forslund and I also sit on the OMG healthcare domain task force, ASTM and X12 standards bodies. Richard

Re: [Hardhats-members] Open source and accessibility

2006-03-21 Thread Richard Schilling
recognition, the technical and financial cases are made for FOSS. We're shooting ourselves in the foot because of lack of accessibility, obviously. Richard Schilling Greg Woodhouse wrote: *FOSS Community, Disabled Users Must Learn to Communicate NewsForge (03/18/06) Fioretti, Marco

Re: [Hardhats-members] persistence layers for VistA integration (was Re: [Hardhats-members] Rewriting CPRS in Java)

2006-03-18 Thread Richard Schilling
Gregory Woodhouse wrote: (snip) Does JDO support a query mechanism or is just a framework for object storage and retrieval? Yes. There's a complete query mechansim. You can read about it in the JDO spec: http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr012/index2.html ===

[Hardhats-members] persistence layers for VistA integration (was Re: [Hardhats-members] Rewriting CPRS in Java)

2006-03-17 Thread Richard Schilling
. And here's some links for true object stores: http://mdr.netbeans.org/architecture.html (see the section on btrees) www.csg.is.titech.ac.jp/~chiba/oopsla98/proc/lee.pdf Thoughts? Richard Schilling Cognition Group, Inc. Seattle, WA

[Hardhats-members] Re: persistence layers for VistA integration (was Re: [Hardhats-members] Rewriting CPRS in Java)

2006-03-17 Thread Richard Schilling
I have a correction to my post: It is interesting to note that since Caché provides a JDBC driver for it's data store, it is possible to use jpox to persist Java objects *in MUMPS through JDBC* as opposed to using Caché Objects directly. Richard Richard Schilling wrote: The whole

Re: [Hardhats-members] persistence layers for VistA integration (was Re: [Hardhats-members] Rewriting CPRS in Java)

2006-03-17 Thread Richard Schilling
Gregory Woodhouse wrote: () It might be a good idea to start out by defining what you mean by a true object store. I doubt seriously that we're all on the same page here. Right ... good call. By true object store I mean a data store that is capable of storing a) entire objects

Re: [Hardhats-members] persistence layers for VistA integration (was Re: [Hardhats-members] Rewriting CPRS in Java)

2006-03-17 Thread Richard Schilling
Gregory Woodhouse wrote: In your original post, you focused primarily on object storage and access. Those are important, of course, but we can hardly ignore the question of how that database should be queried: What is the most natural way to refer to objects? If we have OIDs we're in

Re: [Hardhats-members] Rewriting CPRS in Java

2006-03-15 Thread Richard Schilling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, the bottom line is that VA can employ their current infrastructure to accomplish what it is seeking bids for. Hmm. Not exatly. The conversion of CHCS and code to a cross-platform infrastructure requires much more than just using more of Cache. There's a

Re: [Hardhats-members] Rewriting CPRS in Java

2006-03-15 Thread Richard Schilling
Jim Self wrote: Richard Schilling wrote: When objects are stored wholesale in an object store, I call it an object database. When object data is stored in a SQL database and then managed by some intermediary API, I call it a persistence layer. So, perhaps we're splitting hairs here

Re: [Hardhats-members] Rewriting CPRS in Java

2006-03-15 Thread Richard Schilling
database from, say, SQL Server, and do queries. Thanks, Douglas From: Richard Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Rewriting CPRS in Java Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:32:41 -0800 Jim

Re: [Hardhats-members] SQL SERVERS process SQL languages (That's what the term server is for)

2006-03-15 Thread Richard Schilling
Any product that is able to process the Structured Query Language, and provide a SQL table view of data is by definition a SQL server. Cache's SQL processing conforms to the ANSI SQL specification in many ways, and Cache provides ODBC and JDBC drivers as well. All the features of a SQL

Re: [Hardhats-members] Positive article on msnbc.com regarding the VA and VistA

2006-03-15 Thread Richard Schilling
Great news spot! Thanks for posting this. Richard Marc Krawitz wrote: Please see: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11844694/ A big advantage for the VA is electronic medical records. The VA has the largest, and one of the most modern systems in the world. When a VA patient visits any

Re: [Hardhats-members] Rewriting CPRS in Java

2006-03-14 Thread Richard Schilling
When objects are stored wholesale in an object store, I call it an object database. When object data is stored in a SQL database and then managed by some intermediary API, I call it a persistence layer. So, perhaps we're splitting hairs here. Roy Gaber wrote: the ideal high-performance

Re: [Hardhats-members] Wiki -- who owns the content?

2006-03-13 Thread Richard Schilling
keeping a permanent archive either Richard Schilling Bhaskar, KS wrote: No, it doesn't. But I was only speaking to the concern voiced in your post that I replied to. -- Bhaskar On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 16:07 -0600, Dan wrote: That really doesn't resolve the ownership issue though, does

Re: [Hardhats-members] Rewriting CPRS in Java

2006-03-13 Thread Richard Schilling
via the OMG CORBAMED specifications. It's slow progress at this point. Richard Schilling Cognition Group, Inc. There was a Request Joseph Puthooran wrote: Is any one working on rewriting CPRS in Java so it is independent of Windows? I would like to get in touch with anyone interested

Re: [Hardhats-members] Java-client access to VistA RPC (Remote Procedure Calls)

2006-03-13 Thread Richard Schilling
to workflow integration. We're also making progress (slow) on integrating workflow definitions directly into the software development process. Richard Schilling Cognition Group Seattle, WA USA J. Michael Towry wrote: Yes, we definitely do not want to reinvent -- or even modify -- CPRS. We do

Re: [Hardhats-members] Rewriting CPRS in Java

2006-03-13 Thread Richard Schilling
model (with inheritance) written on the MUMPS platform. There's a nice Java API to interact with the MUMPS-defined object model as well. Terry W. can speak more about it though. Richard Schilling Cognition Group, Inc. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Hardhats-members] Re: [Hardhats-members] Re: [Hardhats-members] VistA(r) is a registered trademark number 2134973

2006-02-27 Thread Richard Schilling
No discussion about VistA(tm) trademarks could be complete without this citation: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=docstate=o4sg71.2.1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despair%2C_Inc. Richard Schilling Nancy Anthracite wrote: Turns out there are LOTS of VISTAs on the TM

Re: [Hardhats-members] Fw: Mumps / Vista Programmer contract opportunity

2006-02-21 Thread Richard Schilling
. This is a jack/jill-'o-trades position. Wouldn't be surprised if there was already someone fingered for this job. Richard Schilling Cognition Group, Inc. Seattle, WA Kevin On 2/20/06, Nancy Anthracite [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maury, you forgot to put in the part about walks-on-water

Re: [Hardhats-members] VHA RFI for VistA

2006-02-18 Thread Richard Schilling
You don't have to register. Click on the link that says Synopsis toward the bottom of the page. Richard Schilling Cognition Group Seattle, WA Nancy Anthracite wrote: Do you have to register to see the full text of this, or maybe I have to do it from a Windows system? I just see a page

[Hardhats-members] VHA RFI for VistA

2006-02-17 Thread Richard Schilling
that of particular interest that VHA would like responders to address in their responses to this RFI: * Limited Payer Access * Payer Identification * Unreliable Payer Responses VHA is open to a 'best of breed' approach to solutions. Richard Schilling Cognition Group Seattle, WA

RCP Broker Message Structure (was Re: [Hardhats-members] new Java client for VistA.)

2005-10-22 Thread Richard Schilling
Manual, Version 1.1; Patch XWB*1.1*40 (Page 13-2): INTERFACES No *non*-VA products are embedded in or required by the RPC Broker software, other than those provided by the underlying operating systems. (emphasis theirs) Richard Schilling -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Hardhats-members] Accessing VistA/Linux/GT.M server from Windows Box

2005-10-21 Thread Richard Schilling
Enable telnetd on the Linux box - and use a VT102 terminal emulator on the Windows client. Richard Schilling Cognition Group, Inc. Seattle, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The later installs of Linux have telnet turned off or not even defined. - Original Message - From: K.S. Bhaskar

Re: [Hardhats-members] new Java client for VistA.

2005-10-21 Thread Richard Schilling
a friend was right there trying to help me out and was doing a bang up job of it. From the end user standpoint and delphi developer standpoint it's great. No question. But I haven't seen any documentation yet on the actual protocol used on the wire yet. Have you run across this? Richard

Re: [Hardhats-members] GT.M for Alpha/AXP available at Source Forge

2005-10-21 Thread Richard Schilling
was years ahead of its time in the 1980's/1990's. I hope HP keeps that architecture alive. Richard Schilling --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http

Re: [Hardhats-members] new Java client for VistA.

2005-10-21 Thread Richard Schilling
Schilling Todd Berman wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 13:51 -0700, Richard Schilling wrote: Nancy Anthracite wrote: You mentioned the Broker documentation, and I know you are not referring to this particular documentation, but I was poking around the Broker components while attempting to use

Re: [Hardhats-members] GT.M for Alpha/AXP available at Source Forge

2005-10-21 Thread Richard Schilling
I just have to say that I think this is all great news too! It opens up GT.M in its open source state for so many ... now...if you happen to have an extra AXP I can have access to :-) Richard Schilling K.S. Bhaskar wrote: This is the first release of GT.M for Alpha/AXP at Source Forge

Re: [Hardhats-members] CPRS alternatives (was: Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-21 Thread Richard Schilling
Jim Self wrote: Thanks Richard, I will look at the sources, but I don't have Tomcat/Resin so I can't easily see how the Swing applets work now unless that is demonstrated in an applet from one of your demonstration servers. Are there any more specific instructions for eliciting interesting

[Hardhats-members] new Java client for VistA.

2005-10-19 Thread Richard Schilling
(look in src/tools/gov/lanl/Database/GTM for OEMEDSRV.m). Richard Schilling Cognition Group, Inc. Seattle, WA --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http

[Hardhats-members] open roster for Vista programmer positions

2005-10-07 Thread Richard Schilling
package Thank you very much! Richard Schilling --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl

[Hardhats-members] Where's the Consortium?

2005-01-31 Thread Richard Schilling
source of information about the Consortium. Anyone find additional information, like say on Microsoft's or IBM's website? Richard Schilling Gilbert, Francis S. WCO wrote: Slashdot (www.slashdot.org) has a reference to the following on their website today. Lots of interesting comments from readers