[Gnumed-devel] re: server-side object

[sjtan]

a xml-rpc application server that has

1.get_brief_demographics_and_id_by_name( list of names)

2.get_patient_demographic_and_clinical_record_and_document_references( 
id ,  days_old)

3.get_patient_clinical_record_extract(id,  period)

4.get_documents( list of reference_id)

5.save_demographic_extract( id, extract)

6.save_clinical_extract( id, extractr)

7.save_document(id, doc)


that returns xml with dtd documents would be fairly cross-application 
compatible, be usable
on a WAN, as well as LAN. 


It wouldn' t be difficult to do a version of the current gui - business 
object -|- postgres setup to become
gui - business-object-proxy - xml-(de)serializer - xml-rpc-client -|- 
xml-server - xml-(de)serializer -  business-object - postgres

substitute  xml for  "gnumed human-and-computer-parsable home-grown wire 
protocol" , if you like.

The LAN version is fine;
in fact, xml-rpc wouldn't be necessary if every client had it's own LAN 
postgres server(s), and there was
a messaging system federating the LANs regulating WAN  authorized 
transfer/copies of medical records.

(which is a reflection of what's happening here in oz).

But it's still nice to demo a WAN efficient system,
say for VPN  for the nursing home road warrior.