Re: [openhealth] Re: Hi folks..

2007-02-20 Thread Tim Churches
Paul wrote: > Heya Tim, > > --- In openhealth@yahoogroups.com, Tim Churches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Yes, it seems to me that openEHR as it stands is an interesting and >> potentially useful technical advance which permits greater semantic >> precision and thus may ease the valid interchan

[openhealth] Re: Hi folks..

2007-02-20 Thread Paul
--- In openhealth@yahoogroups.com, Will Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul, > > See below. > > - - - - - - - - > > Can the OCC be accessed by non-OpenMRS sites? And, as a corollary, > can non-OpenMRS sites contribute to the concept coop? > > Thanks! > > - - - - - - - - Hi Will, We

[openhealth] Re: Hi folks..

2007-02-20 Thread Paul
Heya Tim, --- In openhealth@yahoogroups.com, Tim Churches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, it seems to me that openEHR as it stands is an interesting and > potentially useful technical advance which permits greater semantic > precision and thus may ease the valid interchange of health data, but

Re: [openhealth] Re: Hi folks..

2007-02-20 Thread Tim Churches
Nandalal Gunaratne wrote: > Paul, > > This is a good explanation of what OpenMRS is about, > and I find it quite refreshing. The problem of > constraints to allow greater acceptance and "accuracy" > (OpenEHR) against allowing change as you seem to do to > allow freedom to improve and grow in new d

Re: [openhealth] openEHR archetype licensing by UK NHS (was Re: Hi folks.)

2007-02-20 Thread Tim Churches
Thomas Beale wrote: > Tim Churches wrote: >> Thomas Beale wrote: >> >> No, what I am trying to point out is that it is *not* the same in >> openEHR, because openEHR archetype definitions are not currently >> licensed under licenses which conform with open source licensing principles. >> > Tim

Re: [openhealth] Re: Hi folks..

2007-02-20 Thread Will Ross
Paul, See below. - - - - - - - - On Feb 20, 2007, at 5:32 AM, Paul wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > --- In openhealth@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Beale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Nandalal Gunaratne wrote: >>> The power of this approach is hard to appreciate >>> until you're in a situati

Re: [openhealth] openEHR archetype licensing by UK NHS (was Re: Hi folks.)

2007-02-20 Thread Nandalal Gunaratne
I agree with Tim. The licensing is ambiguous in regard to open licenses (OSI) and copyleft principles of FOSS. However OpenEHR may want to keep this "open" for change. The archetypes at least, must be protected from being commercialised as they are the collaborative work of many people. Nandala

Re: [openhealth] Re: Hi folks..

2007-02-20 Thread Nandalal Gunaratne
Paul, This is a good explanation of what OpenMRS is about, and I find it quite refreshing. The problem of constraints to allow greater acceptance and "accuracy" (OpenEHR) against allowing change as you seem to do to allow freedom to improve and grow in new directions, but which can cause confusio

Re: [openhealth] Re: Hi folks..

2007-02-20 Thread Nandalal Gunaratne
Thank you Thomas. This is not urinalysis but urea and electrolytes! What is the "Any Result" "data type is not set" doing here. It is, after all, urea and electrolytes, and the electrolytes are mentioned. Is this to leave room for rare electrolytes like the level of copper in the blood or iron?

Re: [openhealth] openEHR archetype licensing by UK NHS (was Re: Hi folks.)

2007-02-20 Thread Thomas Beale
Tim Churches wrote: > Thomas Beale wrote: > >> > > No, what I am trying to point out is that it is *not* the same in > openEHR, because openEHR archetype definitions are not currently > licensed under licenses which conform with open source licensing principles. > Tim, you have a technical mi

Re: [openhealth] Introduction

2007-02-20 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
Ime, If you haven't already this is a good group for content related work: HIF-net: working together to improve access to reliable information for healthcare providers in developing and transitional countries. Send list messages to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To join or leave the list, send an email

[openhealth] Re: Hi folks..

2007-02-20 Thread Paul
Hi Thomas, --- In openhealth@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Beale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nandalal Gunaratne wrote: > > The power of this approach is hard to appreciate > > > >> until you're in a > >> situation where lots of people have lots of things > >> they want to > >> characterize in a

Re: [openhealth] openEHR archetype licensing by UK NHS (was Re: Hi folks.)

2007-02-20 Thread Tim Churches
Thomas Beale wrote: > Tim Churches wrote: >> Thomas Beale wrote: >> >>> >> Yes. openEHR archetype definitions are analogous to the SQL back-end >> database schema and triggers, and to some degree to the middleware >> business logic, in traditional applications. > actually, they are not; that is

Re: [openhealth] openEHR archetype licensing by UK NHS (was Re: Hi folks.)

2007-02-20 Thread Thomas Beale
Tim Churches wrote: > Thomas Beale wrote: > >> >> > Yes. openEHR archetype definitions are analogous to the SQL back-end > database schema and triggers, and to some degree to the middleware > business logic, in traditional applications. actually, they are not; that is the openEHR reference model

RE: [openhealth] Re: Hi folks.. OSHCA conference

2007-02-20 Thread Klaus Veil
All, I assume people on this list have seen this: http://blogs.sun.com/Sun_on_Health/entry/open_source_and_open_standards Could Sun be a sponsor for OSHCA 2007? Klaus _ From: openhealth@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dr Molly Cheah Sent: Monday, 19 February