It has been recently discovered that the null flavour attribute in the
ELEMENT class was spelled in US english. This contradicts the
XML-schema, which uses the international english used elsewhere in
openEHR. See the CR describing the proposed change
http://www.openehr.org/issues/browse/SPEC-283 - essentially, the change
would correct the spelling in the reference model. The XML-schema, and
existing data will remain the same. Some software might need a change,
but it seems far preferable to do this than to change the schema, and in
any case, the schema is more correct anyway. The changes proposed by
this CR are visible in
http://www.openehr.org/svn/specification/BRANCHES/Release-1.0.2-candidate/publishing/architecture/rm/data_structures_im.pdf
- search for 'null_flavour'; see the change bars.
Can anyone who might have any objections please review these materials
and come back to this list as soon as possible.
thanks,
- thomas beale
A quick request:
Is there anyone in the us academic circle that is doing any work with open ehr?
I am looking for a collaborator from the US
thanks
Simpa
SIMPA DANIA wrote:
A quick request:
Is there anyone in the us academic circle that is doing any work with
open ehr?
I am looking for a collaborator from the US
thanks
Simpa
current academic activity we know about - see
http://www.openehr.org/shared-resources/usage/academic.html
- thomas beale
Hi not from US but just as an update to the list:
I am doing research on openEHR in the University of Auckland, New Zealand as a continuation of my Ph.D. work. I am specifically working towards measuring the maintainability and interoperability of ICT systems build using openEHR archetypes and dual modelling (or multi-level I call). My clinical domain is gastrointestinal endoscopy and I have already collected huge amounts of clinical data and also technical data (i.e. time required to make modifications or number of requirements changes etc.) since 2000.
I think we desperately need to demonstrate objectively the pros and cons of open systems (including open source) in healthcare ICT. Only then can we achieve interoperability - yes we can 
Cheers,
-koray
Thomas Beale wrote: