On Feb 5, 2008 3:56 AM, Mark Spohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a couple of points to put into the basket when you are considering how > to approach this problem... > > - Mirth is an interface engine. As such it handles messages. It can > receive these in a number of formats. It stores, transforms, filters, and > re-send messages in various formats. It does not have a 'user interface' > that any user would ever use. Your application would provide the user > interface to create and receive the messages.
good thought! > > - eMail is any easy analogy for people to understand and is probably a good > way for users to think of your system. However, email on the back end is a > mess from an informatics standpoint (lack of structure on input and output > will drive you crazy parsing messages and trying to retrieve useful data) so > you should probably avoid it as a foundation piece. Something more > structured is definitely in order. Agreed. I have mostly structured data, along with a plain text message. It is intended to look and feel to the user like email. But the plumbing should be much more "normalized". > > All the best, > Mark > > > > > On Feb 4, 2008 6:28 PM, Fred Trotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > All, > > Thanks for your responses. As always I have more information > > than I can easily digest. It looks like I have some reading to do. > > > > Mark suggested that I look into Mirth, and I definitely have > > an eye towards integration with that project. However, I am very > > concerned with human side interfaces, which I do not think Mirth does > > yet. (I understand that might be changing!!) > > > > The other is the "email analogy". I do want people to think > > of email with my system, because that is relatively easy to > > understand. Heck, e-mail itself is a technology that references the > > prior model (snail mail). So I am going with the KISS principle for > > now. > > > > Does anyone know what kind of messaging is available in VistA? > > > > -FT > > > > -- > > Fred Trotter > > http://www.fredtrotter.com > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mark Spohr, MD > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Fred Trotter http://www.fredtrotter.com
