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[Brajesh Murari <brajesh2murari@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Brajesh,
>
> Sorry if my cross-posting offended you, please see my responses below:
>
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Brajesh Murari <brajesh2ndirari@xxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>> hi Knut,
>>
>> I extremly apologise for writing this but i want to know some thing,
>> 1. Are you advertising OpenMRS on DHIS2 mailing list...!
>>
>
> No. I have been forwarding messages that I find relevant to the people on
> this list, though I have cut down.
>

that's very nice Knut. Please don't treat yourself like you have been cut
down, there are so many people on "dhis2-devs" list
who like your microscopic view and ideas..which is always
been appreciated here...


>
>> 2. Do you think DHIS2 community need to track OpenMRS community
>> activities..
>>
>
> Definitely, especially in places like India (and elsewhere) where both
> systems are in use. But also because I think there is a lot to be learnt
> (both ways) from the developments in two quite similar open communities in
> the same (health) space, but with mostly different focus. You seem to feel
> that there is mainly antagonism and competition between the two projects -
> which is not how I see it. While I do think some competition is healthy, I
> see the relationship as much more complementary and potentially mutually
> beneficial, both in terms of learning (since similar technologies are in
> use) and in terms of integration and collaboration. An example is the module
> that can aggregate data in  OpenMRS into an SDMX message which DHIS2 can
> import.
>

That's deeply appreciated....but more specifically, i think integration
should be bidirectional rather than unidirectional...

>
> 3. Do you think DHIS2 api and application architecture is not so powerful
>> than OpenMRS one ....!
>>
>
> You are reading far too much into this. I think they are quite different,
> but there are hopefully enough similarities that we can learn something. I
> think DHIS2 has reached an excellent stage now, but of course we always
> strive to improve further. In this particular instance, I was happy to see
> the REST webservice API as well as the new standalone instance of OpenMRS
> which works on all major operating systems, and was hoping it could be of
> inspiration to us - in the spirit of openness and sharing. I am not
> suggesting we  imitate - but I think it is good to be aware.  However,
> people can of course subscribe to the OpenMRS lists themselves if they are
> interested, so I will be more restrictive with crossposting.
>

 your cross-postings are some times very valuable.

>
>
Knut
>
> On Sat
>>
>
>
>> t, Jul 16, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Darius Jazayeri <djazayeri@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 3:38 AM
>>> Subject: [OPENMRS-DEV] Alpha Release of REST Web Services Module
>>> To: openmrs-devel-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> One of our main goals <http://roadmap.openmrs.org/> for OpenMRS this
>>> year is to build up a web services API for external clients to use.  Step 1
>>> was to create the framework and satisfy a few basic use cases<https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/projects/Web+Service+1.0+User+Stories>.
>>> We have accomplished this and now are releasing an alpha version to the
>>> community for additional testing and feature requests as we head towards a
>>> 1.0 release later this year.
>>>
>>> *Download the module for your OpenMRS installation: (you must be running
>>> OpenMRS 1.8.1+)*
>>> http://modules.openmrs.org/modules/view.jsp?module=webservices.rest
>>>
>>> *Download a standalone OpenMRS instance with this module already
>>> installed:*
>>>
>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmrs/files/prereleases/OpenMRS_1.8.1_Web_Services_Alpha/
>>>
>>> *Documentation starting point: *
>>> https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Webservices.rest+Module
>>>
>>> *API docs for client developers*
>>> https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/REST+Web+Services+API
>>>
>>> *JIRA project for bugs and feature requests:*
>>> https://tickets.openmrs.org/browse/RESTWS
>>>
>>> We're really looking forward to your feedback.
>>>
>>> -Ben, Darius, and the rest of the OpenMRS team members that put a lot of
>>> effort into the module
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers,
>>> Knut Staring
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Brajesh
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Knut Staring
>



-- 
Regards,
Brajesh