IRC Chat : 2009-05-24 - OpenMRS

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02:30:50 <OpenMRSBot> Recent updates in the world of openmrs: OpenMRS Forum: Re: Problem list, Fx/SH - how stored? <http://forum.openmrs.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=448#p1588>
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04:41:00 <r0bby> I can't start coding :<
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05:00:40 <r0bby> hey smehmood :)
05:01:30 <smehmood> hey
05:01:42 <smehmood> I had a question about the FormEntry module on InfoPath
05:02:29 <smehmood> If I use InfoPath to generate Forms, can client's enter data without InfoPath installed on their machines? I read somewhere that it was only necessary for IE, but not Firefox
05:02:56 <smehmood> but that didn't quite make sense to me, since I couldn't see what on Firefox could perform the equivalent operations. Could it have just been referring to the Html FormEntry module?
05:11:34 <smehmood> ah, I guess you're not there anymore r0bby? or are you not sure exactly what the answer is
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05:30:04 <r0bby> smehmood: that is relevent to HtmlFormEntry Module
05:30:13 <r0bby> as far as i understand: infopath is needed
05:45:18 <Mkop> smehmood: I think so too
05:45:32 <Mkop> that's the reason for the push for non-infopath formentry modules
05:45:47 <Mkop> things like htmlformentry, groovyforms, things like that
05:46:16 <Mkop> also, see: http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_offset=0&comments_threadId=0&comments_parentId=3067&comments_threshold=0&thread_sort_mode=commentDate_asc&forumId=1&time_control=3600
05:46:18 <OpenMRSBot> <http://ln-s.net/3DvP> (at support.mozilla.com)
05:46:21 <smehmood> Well, I just mean for a doctor to enter in new patient data
05:46:26 <smehmood> not to create a new form
05:47:16 <Mkop> the idea is that implementers can create forms in things other than infopath
05:47:27 <Mkop> bypass infopath entirely by having html forms instead of infopath
05:47:53 <smehmood> Right, the Implementer has InfoPath. The question is whether the computer with the server and/or the computers the doctors use will need it
05:48:32 <Mkop> as far as I can tell, if the form is an infopath form, you need infopath to fill it out
05:48:46 <Mkop> jmiranda: you're not here, I imagine....
05:50:07 <Mkop> smehmood: out of interest, what's your connection to openmrs?
05:50:11 <Mkop> are you an implementer?
05:51:33 <smehmood> My friend is an implementer
05:51:46 <smehmood> I'm his computer science major friend who's trying to help him figure out this issue
05:51:56 <Mkop> where do you live?
05:51:59 <smehmood> My friend will be implementing OpenMRS in Sierra Leone this summer
05:52:02 <smehmood> I live in New Jersey
05:52:06 <smehmood> he lives in Canada
05:52:15 <smehmood> we both go to university in New Jersey
05:52:26 <Mkop> where in NJ?
05:52:34 <smehmood> Princeton
05:52:42 <Mkop> oooh
05:52:44 <Mkop> I go to Penn
05:52:55 <Mkop> does that mean we're not allowed to talk to each other? :-P
05:53:36 <smehmood> Haha, I'm sure we can get along for the sake of an open-source EMR system
05:53:47 <smehmood> Are you an implementer?
05:53:48 <Mkop> yeah, I guess we can force ourselves
05:54:15 <Mkop> I'm a hobby developer
05:54:18 <Mkop> if you can call me that
05:54:23 <Mkop> I'm relatively new around here
05:54:50 <Mkop> there's a few strata of developers around here
05:55:14 <Mkop> there's a group of about 8 people who work full time on OpenMRS or related stuff
05:56:03 <Mkop> jmiranda, ben wolfe, paul biondich, burke, brian mckown, etc.
05:56:46 <Mkop> then there are people like r0bby, nribeka, Keelhaul, and people like that most of whom have gone through google summer of code or are otherwise working on openmrs but not full time
05:56:51 <Mkop> then there are idiots like me
05:57:04 <Mkop> I'm a gopher, essentially
05:57:21 <Mkop> if this were a real office, I'd be the guy getting coffee for the first two groups
05:57:38 <smehmood> haha
05:57:44 <Mkop> but since that doesn't quite work over IRC, I do small tickets cleaning up code, stuff like that
05:57:50 <smehmood> So you're an OpenMRS dev, and not an implementer?
05:57:55 <Mkop> yes
05:57:58 <smehmood> ah ok
05:57:58 <Mkop> you should become a dev
05:58:01 <Mkop> it's fun
05:58:23 <Mkop> is your friend in touch with the implementers community via the implementers mailing list?
05:58:24 <smehmood> What confused me about this whole thing is that I went to demo.openmrs.org and I was able to edit an Observation on a patient
05:58:38 <smehmood> and I'm on Ubuntu, so I certainly don't have InfoPath
05:58:55 <Mkop> not all data entry needs to be done via forms
05:58:56 <smehmood> yeah.. he's on the mailing list. He should probably just send out his question to there
05:59:04 <Mkop> you can edit them manually
05:59:20 <smehmood> and "editing them manually" means editing them via HTML forms?
05:59:24 <Mkop> but forms are often easier when you're dealing with a set list of things that you want to add
05:59:36 <nribeka> Mkop, i'm guessing everyone is on vacation or sleeping right now :P
05:59:39 <Mkop> editing them manually means without any kind of forms
06:00:05 <Mkop> what you did did not use any forms
06:00:14 <smehmood> I mean, it used an HTML form
06:00:23 <smehmood> I looked at the source
06:00:32 <Mkop> i.e. it used html forms in the technical sense, but it didn't use the HTMLFormEntry module
06:00:36 <smehmood> ah ok
06:00:46 <smehmood> yeah, that's what I was asking, sorry
06:00:47 <Mkop> we mean form in a slightly different sense from what you're thinking of
06:01:12 <smehmood> yep, I get that now
06:01:21 <Mkop> nribeka: do you know, are there any examples of screenshots of forms that we could see?
06:01:28 <smehmood> a form instance is an XML document, and a form in the abstract sense is an XML Schema?
06:02:52 <nribeka> hmm ... i'm not sure such example exist Mkop
06:03:26 <Mkop> smehmood: I'm not sure....
06:03:36 <nribeka> quick search: http://openmrs.org/wiki/Creating_Forms_in_OpenOffice
06:03:37 <OpenMRSBot> <http://ln-s.net/1mnD> (at openmrs.org)
06:04:06 <nribeka> is that kind of screenie you're looking for?
06:04:31 <nribeka> or this one?
06:04:32 <nribeka> http://openmrs.org/wiki/Html_Form_Entry_Module
06:04:38 <smehmood> nribeka: I'm actually looking for how a doctor would interact with a form, so data entry, not form creation.
06:05:36 <Mkop> smehmood: those pages have screenshots of what a form would look like
06:06:01 <nribeka> look at the second link. is it like that?
06:06:17 <smehmood> Yeah, I see it in the Html_Form_Entry_Module , but I was curious how it would look in the ragular FormEntry module, but in any case, I think I have my question answered.
06:06:26 <Mkop> ~videos
06:06:29 <Mkop> !videos
06:06:29 <OpenMRSBot> Mkop: "videos" --- http://openmrs.blip.tv
06:06:30 <smehmood> The upshot of all this is that this clinic is going to need Windows and Office licenses
06:06:35 <Mkop> look at those videos
06:06:40 <Mkop> one of them has an example of entering data
06:06:54 <Mkop> smehmood: if you're going to use infopath form entry, then yes
06:07:16 <Mkop> unless you get SharePoint server, in which case you won't necessarily need that
06:07:33 <Mkop> if that cost is a concern, then use htmlformentry instead of infopath
06:07:37 <smehmood> Thanks Mkop
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06:08:10 <nribeka> awesome Mkop :)
06:08:44 <smehmood> Cyarn: is my friend, the implementer
06:08:59 <Mkop> hi, Cyarn!
06:09:41 <Mkop> apparently you go to some community college in NJ, I hear....
06:09:45 <Mkop> (I go to Penn) :-P
06:10:23 <smehmood> yeah, this video basically answers the questions I had, thanks again Mkop
06:10:26 <nribeka> hi Cyarn
06:10:53 <Mkop> smehmood: you're looking at the simple data collection video?
06:10:58 <smehmood> yeah
06:11:21 <smehmood> so the server could run on Linux, and the OpenMRS software can handle the XML document just fine without InfoPath
06:11:26 <smehmood> but all the clients need InfoPath
06:11:41 <Mkop> yeah
06:12:25 <Mkop> see also: http://www.mail-archive.com/openhealth@yahoogroups.com/msg01650.html
06:12:27 <OpenMRSBot> <http://ln-s.net/3DvV> (at www.mail-archive.com)
06:16:36 <nribeka> bed time guys ...
06:16:41 <nribeka> cya laters
06:16:48 <Mkop> seeya, nribeka
06:19:18 <smehmood> See, I've never gotten around to doing real dev work for an open source project
06:19:28 <smehmood> I always wanted to do GSoC but I never had a free summer
06:19:48 <Mkop> smehmood: you don't need to do it full time like that
06:19:55 <smehmood> I sort of do some dev stuff for Django, but I've never submitted a patch
06:20:08 <Mkop> join the dev list, checkout the svn, look at some intro tickets, and have fun
06:20:14 <smehmood> though I may do it this summer if someone doesn't get to it first
06:20:20 <smehmood> OpenMRS is all JSP, right?
06:21:05 <Mkop> it's too late for GSoC now
06:21:08 <Mkop> it starts tomorrow
06:21:18 <Mkop> java, jsp, some javascript here and there
06:21:19 <smehmood> no no, I mean submit a few patches for Django
06:21:28 <smehmood> I'm working at Microsoft this summer actually
06:21:31 <Mkop> oh
06:21:33 <Mkop> cool!
06:21:38 <Mkop> in WA?
06:21:44 <smehmood> yep, Redmond
06:22:00 <Mkop> doing what?
06:22:17 <smehmood> interning with the Live Mesh group
06:22:23 <smehmood> on the backend side
06:22:27 <smehmood> I don't know exactly what yet
06:23:02 <smehmood> maybe something analyzing different policies for storing data
06:23:26 <smehmood> content distrubtion network type stuff
06:25:32 <Mkop> cool
06:25:46 <smehmood> what year are you? Are you a CS student at Penn?
06:27:06 <Mkop> I'm actually a bioengineering student
06:27:11 <Mkop> though I'm a computer geek
06:27:17 <Mkop> just finished my junior year
06:27:47 <smehmood> ah ok
06:28:18 <smehmood> OpenMRS makes sense then
06:31:17 <Mkop> yep
06:31:48 <Mkop> I'm going to be working this summer for a lab at Penn optimizing image analysis software for optical breast imaging
06:39:34 <Cyarn> thanks for your help, mkop.
06:39:36 <smehmood> cool
06:39:46 <Mkop> Cyarn: my pleasure :-)
06:40:21 <smehmood> bioengineering always sounded cool
06:40:32 <Mkop> Cyarn: I'm interested - are you doing some program that's taking you out to Sierra Leone?
06:40:45 <smehmood> they don't have the major at Princeton, though there's a fair amount of computational and quantitative biology stuff you can do
06:40:49 <smehmood> not really the same though
06:42:32 <Mkop> yeah
06:42:37 <Mkop> interesting that they don't have it
06:51:01 <Cyarn> I'm going to work in the clinic funded by this NGO: http://www.goact.org/
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07:01:28 <smehmood> alright Mkop it was nice to meet you, I think I'm headed to bed
07:02:11 <Cyarn> good night mkop. thanks again.
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07:04:55 <Mkop> nice to meet both of you
07:05:05 <Mkop> smehmood: feel free to pass that on to Cyarn
07:05:28 <Mkop> I'm currently in mountain time so it's only 1 AM for me
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15:20:14 <OpenMRSBot> Recent updates in the world of openmrs: OpenMRS Forum: Installation of Latest Stable Release 1.4.2 <http://forum.openmrs.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=449#p1589> || Lu Zhuang Wei: Weekly Report for project(2009-05-24) <http://lzwgsoc.blogspot.com/2009/05/weekly-report-for-project2009-05-24.html>
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18:00:26 <OpenMRSBot> Recent updates in the world of openmrs: Dilupa Munindradasa: GSoC2009 - Quartz Module Updates <http://djmlog103.blogspot.com/2009/05/gsoc2009-quartz-module-updates.html>
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19:45:54 <Mkop> hi all
19:53:03 <nribeka> hi Mkop
19:53:09 <nribeka> nobody is here i think
19:53:10 <nribeka> :D
19:53:11 <nribeka> hahaha
19:53:17 <Mkop> you're here
19:53:20 <Mkop> Keelhaul is here
19:53:24 <Keelhaul> lies
19:53:24 <Mkop> r0bby is here, I bet
19:54:50 <nribeka> i'm not here
19:54:51 <nribeka> lol
19:55:31 <Keelhaul> working out when it's hot is tedious
19:55:39 <Keelhaul> feel like throwing up
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20:19:38 <JustJim> Hi all
20:39:14 <Mkop> hi, JustJim
20:40:01 <JustJim> Just applied with pih to be a mentor and was wondering if anyone could give me an idea what this would ential?
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20:57:47 <Keelhaul> programming mentor in rwanda?
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21:10:43 <OpenMRSBot> Recent updates in the world of openmrs: Nimantha Baranasuriya: GSOC 2009 Results Announced <http://nimanthab.blogspot.com/2009/04/gsoc-2009-results-announced.html> || Nimantha Baranasuriya: Data Integrity Module for OpenMRS - Week 1 progress <http://nimanthab.blogspot.com/2009/04/data-integrity-module-for-openmrs-week.html> || Nimantha Baranasuriya: Data Integrity Module for OpenMRS - Week 2 progress <http://nimanthab.blogspot.com/2009/05/data-integrity-module-for-openmrs-week.html>
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21:42:44 <OpenMRSBot> Recent updates in the world of openmrs: OpenMRS Tickets: Ticket #1519 (defect created): Cannot retire form in 1.4.2 <http://dev.openmrs.org/ticket/1519>
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22:41:53 <JustJim> yep
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