openEHR Specifications - Release 1.0 Candidate

This version of the specifications is under development as the candidate for Release 1.0 of the openEHR Specification Project. Not all content changes have yet been approved by the openEHR ARB.

The openEHR Specifications project generates the requirements, normative specifications and implementation technology specifications of the openEHR computing architecture for health records. It also develops a number of guides. All deliverables available in the explorer tree to the left. Deliverables containing changes with respect to current latest release are listed below.

Resources

• Change Request Database
• Release 1.0 candidate Subversion document tree: http://www.openehr.org/svn/specification/BRANCHES/Release-1.0-candidate/publishing/ (directions on use)

Architecture - new drafts

• 02 February 2006
• New Architecture Overview document
• Roadmap document rewritten to be a document roadmap
  
• 27 January 2006
• EHR Information Model (CR-000194: Correct anomalies with LOCATABLE.uid; CR-000195: Rename EHR.all_compositions to compositions; major text review)
• Demographic Information Model (CR-000194: Correct anomalies with LOCATABLE.uid)
• Data Structures Information Model (CR-000196 - Rename History.items to events; CR-000192: Support change, increase and decrease Events in History)
• 19 January 2006
• Archetype Definition Language (ADL) - (CR-000154. Convert ADL archetypes to dADL documents)
• 16 January 2006
• Data Structures Information Model (CR-000192 - display-as-absolute; CR-000193: Simplify INTERVAL_EVENT for archetyping and paths)
• Support Terminology (CR-000192 - display-as-absolute)
• 13 January 2006
• EHR Information Model (CR-000187, CR-000191 EHR directory, VERSIONED_FOLDER, EHR_SUMMARY)
• Common Information Model (CR-000187 updates - VERSIONED_FOLDER)
• 31 December 2005
• EHR Information Model (CR-000140 Instruction, Action, and workflow)
• 22 December 2005
• Common Information Model (minor changes to Feeder audit)
• 15 December 2005
• Data Structures Information Model (CR-000185 - Improved EVENT model)
• Common Information Model (CR-000065, CR-000163 & CR-000165 - major changes to Feeder audit, CR-000187)
• Data types Information Model (CR-000163; upgraded DV_IDENTIFIER)
• 05 December 2005
• Support Terminology (CR-000184 - separated out from Support model)
• Support Information Model (CR-000184 - removed terminology)
• Data Structures Information Model (CR-000183 - Remove root node from ITEM_TREE)
• 19 November 2005
• Common Information Model (more refinements as part of CR-000162)
• EHR Information Model (more refinements as part of CR-000162; CR-000180, CR-000181, CR-000182)
• 30 October 2005
• Archetype Object Model (AOM) (removed Description package)
• 27 October 2005
• Support Information Model
• 26 October 2005
• Data Structures Information Model (CR-000014 - Adjust HISTORY)
• Archetype Definition Language (ADL) - CR-000153. Synchronise ADL and AOM attribute naming

Implementation Technology Specifications - new drafts

Java

• 13 January 2006
• Java ITS; PDF document (thanks to Rong Chen and the people at ACODE.se)

XML-schemas

• 06 December 2005
• BaseTypes - Support, Data Types, Common; document form; XSD file (added PARTY_PROXY)
• Structures - LOCATABLE + Data Structures; document form; XSD file
• Composition - COMPOSITION class and friends; document form; XSD file
• Content - descendants of CONTENT_ITEM; document form; XSD file
• Demographics - PARTY class and friends; document form (coming); XSD file