# Overview

**Category:** [Technical (archive)](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/technical-archive/156)
**Created:** 2011-04-03 11:17 UTC
**Views:** 1
**Replies:** 2
**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/overview/15057

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## Post #1 by @A.H_Sharif

Dear Friends,
I started OpenEHR and want to know the project.
Any good references, over-views and ... can help me.
I planned to know the concept, architecture and source subsequently.
Any help will be appreciated before.
Regards,

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## Post #2 by @thomas.beale

Most of the references at [http://www.openehr.org/shared-resources/getting_started/getting_started.html](http://www.openehr.org/shared-resources/getting_started/getting_started.html) are likely to be useful, depending on what you have already read. For a 'serious' technical overview, see the Architectural Overview ([PDF](http://www.openehr.org/svn/specification/TAGS/Release-1.0.1/publishing/architecture/overview.pdf), [HTML](http://www.openehr.org/svn/specification/TAGS/Release-1.0.1/publishing/html/architecture/overview/Output/front.html)) - a long-ish technical overview with many diagrams, covering the whole architecture of *open*EHR.

- thomas beale

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## Post #3 by @ian.mcnicoll

Hi and welcome to the list,

openEHR is a big and wide topic - is your interest technical, clinical, research or implementation.

We are a friendly bunch but it would help to know more about your background and reason for interest in openEHR so that you get some pointers in the right direction.

Ian

Dr Ian McNicoll
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Honorary Senior Research Associate, CHIME, UCL
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