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[ohf-dev] OHF IHE and Bridge Summary Update


I think we also owe this list a summary too - though IHE-related activity has been quite active on the newsgroup - so check that out too.

Over the fall of 2007, we updated the OHF code for the edits and a few new IHE profiles implementations for 2008. We now have a brach for the code for the 2007 and prior version of the IHE profiles. This branch will see no more new features, only bug fixes. Documentation can be found on the wiki at:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/OHF_IHE_2007_BRANCH

The main branch now features code compilant with the 2008 IHE profiles. Most notable new additions are that of XDS.b and XUA support. The XDS.b profile is a more pure web-service method for sharing clinical documents. The original XDS functionality is still supported (at both the plugin and bridge) and is now referred to as XDS.a. XUA is a profile for the management of user assertions (ie. SAML or WS-TRUST).  API for this profile is available at the plugin and bridge level. Updates regarding the main branch can be found at:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/OHF_IHE_MAIN_BRANCH

In January 2008, OHF was well represented at the North Americal IHE Connectathon in Chicago, IL, USA. For the first time ever, the OHF Bridge was allowed to test as an individual component and passed with flying colors. OHF technology was used by 8 companies and we additionally congratulate them on their success at this event - with some systems surpassing 100 valid interoperabiltiy tests. For more information about OHf and the IHE connectathon see our wiki:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/IHE_Connectathon_2008

We are now at the European Union Connectathon in Oxford, UK in support of several European companies using OHF technology for their IHE interfaces. After this event we will be resolving any open Connectathon related issues and creating another CVS tag and a new post-Connectathon build - something for our community to look forward to.

Regards,
Sarah Knoop

Healthcare Systems Research Manager
IBM Almaden Research Center
650 Harry Rd.
San Jose, CA 95120-6099
email: seknoop@xxxxxxxxxx
phone: (408) 927-2622  (tie 457-2622)



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[ohf-dev] STEM Summary Update






I haven't seen a lot of activity on the dev list lately and I  know that that doesn't reflect the high level of activity in the OHF project.  To jump start our communication channel a bit I've written a short summary of the status of the STEM project (http://www.eclipse.org/ohf/components/stem/) which is developing an open platform for disease modeling based on Eclipse.


Some highlights:


We recently (last week) hired a technical writer for the project who will be helping us with documentation, wiki, etc.


We received multi-year funding from the USAF to incorporate features for disease model validation.  The implementation of those features is going well.


We recently extended the core modeling framework to add an additional component called an "Experiment" which is a container for the specification of multiple simulations all based on a single root Scenario.  This is a powerful addition to the STEM representational framework as it allows a base model to be modified in specific ways to explore the potential effects of different public policy decisions.  It also enables the process of disease model validation by making it easier to explore the variations in disease models and compare them to known data sets.


The development team is migrating from Eclipse3.4M5 to Eclipse3.4M6.


The STEM build process has been automated.  Though there is still some work here to complete the job.  Right now the process builds STEM for Windows, MAC and Linux, but it does not yet deploy the builds to the download site.  Consequently, the last available build was in December.  This needs to change.


We're working with the legal department to clear our geographic datasets.  


The MapView graphics can now display the edges connecting geographic regions.  This was literally an "eye opener" as it made several mistakes in our common border edge data sets blindingly obvious.  There were errors in the USA county border connects and others in Africa and China.  This wasn't too surprising as the connections were generated automatically by examining region Lat/Long border data, but even 99.99% correct isn't good enough.


We're rewriting the EMF generated editors.  The EMF editors work well enough, but they really need to be customized to the particular framework component being edited to make them more user friendly.


There has been some work on profiling the performance of STEM and this has resulted in some fine tuning of the internal MapView graphics.


We currently have 92 open bug reports with 16 unassigned.


Dan Ford
IBM Almaden Research Center
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