# Are there any tutorial on ADL 2.0

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**Created:** 2018-01-04 10:12 UTC
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**Replies:** 1
**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/are-there-any-tutorial-on-adl-2-0/12019

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## Post #1 by @system

Hi,

So far I have been using the template designer and archetype editor to create templates. But I want to explore using ADL 2.0 going forward.

Since the graphical tools available are limited, I am considering hand coding in ADL 2.0. However I am unable to find any documentation other than the OpenEHR specification ([http://openehr.org/releases/AM/latest/docs/ADL2/ADL2.html](http://openehr.org/releases/AM/latest/docs/ADL2/ADL2.html)). Is there any help, documentation or guide that explains the process step by step to get me started?

Thanks in advance for your help

regards

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## Post #2 by @system

Hi,

right now you could use the [ADL Workbench](https://www.openehr.org/downloads/ADLworkbench/home) to edit ADL 2 archetypes. It's not friendly, and the editor is not anywhere near full-featured, but you can build archetypes and templates within the tool using the GUi for the main structure and terminology, with some inline editing to fix terminal nodes (until I implement more editors for those). This is what HL7 CIMI uses.

Otherwise there is a project underway to create a new tool in Java, currently called Archie, [see here at Github](https://github.com/openEHR/archie). This is still building core libraries, and is still integrating libraries from other sources, so a GUI tool is a little way off.

- thomas

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