TOOLS: ARTEFACT REPOSITORY

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5.1 TOOLS: ARTEFACT REPOSITORY

Achieving functional interoperability between the systems that make up the EHR within a region and eventually across jurisdictions is a complex technical challenge. The deployment of re-usable and interoperable EHR solutions to address this challenge requires access to design models, technical specifications and standards. Stakeholders in the healthcare industry, whether planning or implementing an EHR solution, can benefit greatly from having available electronically the latest versions of these documents and models in an easy to use library.

从只在一个区域内部实现EHR系统，到最终跨区域医疗管理机构来实现EHR，从实现功能互用方面来看，是一个复杂的技术上的挑战。可重复使用的和可互操作的EHR 解决方案的部署标志着这个挑战需要有权使用设计模型、技术规范和标准。医疗产业中的风险共同承担者，不论是计划执行或正在执行EHR的解决方案，只要拥有有效的最终版本的电子文档和模型（这些文档和模型都在一个易于使用的库中），都能从中获益匪浅。

In order to assist the jurisdictions with their projects, Infoway has created a web accessible repository of key work products (or artefacts) produced by Infoway investment projects and from any other publicly available sources. The Artefact Repository application is designed to be a trusted and reliable source to provide the EHR community in Canada with the ability to capture, maintain, and disseminate interoperability specifications and standards for EHR solutions.

为了帮助这些区域医疗管理机构提升他们的项目，Infoway建立了一个网络数据库。这个数据库中有Infoway投资项目的关键工作的结果（或artefacts）和其它来源公开的资料。Artefact Repository应用程序的设计目的是：作为可信赖的、可靠的来源，向加拿大的已经应用了EHR的那些联营机构提供获取、维护以及传播EHR解决方案的互操作性规范和标准的能力。

The Artefact Repository supports Infoway in its mission to accelerate adoption of interoperable EHR solutions by:

Artefact Repository，通过以下两种方式来支持Infoway在任务中促进采用可互操作的EHR 解决方案：

Providing a tool that has the capability to publish and disseminate specifications and standards;

提供一个有能力公布和传播规范和标准的工具。

Making available to the EHR community in Canada a reliable source of interoperability artefacts that can be reused and that provide a common framework for EHR data sharing across Canada;

向加拿大的EHR联营机构提供有效的、来源可靠的、可互操作artefacts，这些artefacts能够重复使用，能为在整个加拿大进行EHR数据共享提供一个通用的框架；

At the same time, it is important to emphasize certain things the Artefact Repository is not designed to do:

与此同时，必须要强调的是，Artefact Repository并不是设计用来做下列事情的：

It is not meant to replace development case tools, version or source management tools or specific repositories used to support development within each deployment project;

它并不意味着取代用于支持开发每个项目部署的开发工具、版本或源管理工具以及一些特殊用途的库；

It is not a workflow tracking tool, it will not automate processes to support active versioning and will not employ any form of check-out mechanism.

这不是一个流程跟踪工具,它不会自动运行以支持现行的版本,并且不会运行任何形式的检查机制。

Structure of the Repository

库的结构

The Artefact Repository is a bilingual tool in support of the EHR community in Canada and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is an easy-to-use web application which is accessible through a portal dedicated to EHR standards in Canada.

Artefact Repository是一个双语工具,它支持加拿大的EHR联营机构,并提供每天24小时,每周7天的服务。在加拿大，它是一个易于使用的网络应用,由一个专门的EHR标准门户网站来提供。

Artefacts in the repository can be easily downloaded, often in multiple formats, to assist users in repurposing this information for their own use. In some cases, supporting materials will also be provided in the form of templates and/or suggested formalisms to further encourage reuse.

在库中的构件可以通过多种格式轻松下载,以帮助使用者更新这一信息,供自己使用。在某些情况下,也可以用模板和/或形式化建议的形式来提供辅助材料,以进一步鼓励重复使用。

Initial content for the repository is collected from Infoway funded EHR initiatives, but once operational is provided by the EHR community at large. Submissions will also be accepted from other sources and projects; however these will be moderated (filtered and annotated) to ensure their appropriateness for publication in the repository.

库的初始内容是收集来自infoway资助的EHR主动参与者，但一旦投入运行，则由EHR联营机构来提供。除此以外，还将接受来自其他来源和项目的内容；但是，这些内容将进行调整(进行过滤,并注明)，以确保其适合发表在库中。

Each artefact is catalogued by a set of metadata to support queries of the repository and to assist in assessing the current state of objects. Updates or versioning of items in the repository is done manually, with the existing metadata entry updated with a new version identifier, along with a textual entry explaining the differences between the previous and the current version. The new artefact is then linked to this metadata and uploaded to the repository.

每个artefact都根据一个元数据集来分类，以支持对库的查询，并协助评估目标的当前状态。库中artefact的更新或版本的控制都由手工来操作，并伴随着现有的元数据更新了一个新的版本标识符，并有一段文字来解释以往的和当前的版本之间的差异。新的artefact然后就会和这个元数据相连接，并上传至资料库。

Projects conducted in Canada or elsewhere are expected to extend definitions of the EHRS Blueprint as they consume and refine the material during analysis, design and implementation. The reusable architectural specifications of the Blueprint are made available through Infoway’s Artefact Repository a freely available, web-enabled software tool that will be used for this purpose. It will allow any organization or person to submit a request for publication of any new requirement or specification that extends or refines the EHRS Blueprint definitions and specifications for other EHR solutions in Canada.

在加拿大或是其它国家进行的项目预计将会扩展EHRS蓝图的定义，就像在分析、设计和执行过程中来消耗和提纯原材料。通过使用Infoway的Artefact Repository的一个免费的、可联网的软件工具，可以生成此蓝图的一个可重复使用的工程规范。这个工具允许任何组织或个人提出请求来发布任何新的需求或规范，以扩展或优化其它EHRS蓝图定义和EHR解决方案规范。

The key EHRS Blueprint analysis and design deliverables, that will be recorded and maintained in the Artefact Repository, use UML as a foundation for the following notations and documentation for design and development:

关键的EHRS蓝图分析和设计成果将予以记录并保存在Artefact Repository中，使用UML作为接下来的设计和开发所用的注释和文档的基础： 

Use Cases – Use Case diagrams应用案例-应用案例图示
Data Model 数据模型
- Conceptual – Class diagrams 概念-类图示
- Data Domain Views – Class diagrams 数据域视图-类图示
- Transaction Views – Collaboration diagrams 事务视图-合作图示
- System Services Definitions – Class Hierarchies 系统服务定义-分层
EHRi Transactions EHRi事务
- EHR IPs/Communication Steps – System Use Case diagrams EHR IPs/通讯层次-系统应用案例图示
- I-IPs – Sequence diagrams I-IPs -程序图示
HL7 Message class models, interaction diagrams and descriptions HL7消息类模型，交互图示和说明
IHE Integration Profiles IHE集成规范
Other message standards documentation 其它消息标准文档。

Other artefacts associated with the implementation and deployment phases of EHRS related projects that may also be of value for the Artefact Repository could include:

其他与执行和部署相关EHR项目有关的artefacts也可能对Artefact Repository具有价值,可以包括：

Implementation plans 执行计划

Training plans and materials 训练计划和设备

Database schemas 数据库模式

Test plans 测试计划

Test scripts 测试脚本

Test databases 测试数据库

Code Snippets / Examples 代码片断/例子

Interface proxies 接口代理

Infoway’s Knowledge Management program is responsible for capturing strategic project deliverables that are not directly related to system design and development. These “knowledge objects” include project artefacts such as strategy documents, project management plans, business case documentation, business workflow documentation, benefits evaluation documentation, change management deliverables etc. This information is assembled from Infoway’s Investment Programs, Change & Evaluation Services, Benefits Evaluation Services into Infoway program toolkits particular to a domain such as Client Registry, Provider Registry, DI, Telehealth, Lab, Drug, iEHR and Health Surveillance that are distributed for use by different projects.

Infoway的知识管理程序是负责捕捉战略性项目成果，不直接与系统设计和发展相关。这些“知识对象”包括项目artefacts，如：策略文档、项目管理规划、商务案例文档、业务工作流文档、效益评估文档、改变管理成果等资料。这个信息是从Infoway’s Investment Programs、Change & Evaluation Services、Benefits Evaluation Services获取的，应用于针对特定一个域的Infoway程序工具包，这些域包括客户登记簿、医疗机构登记簿、DI、远程医疗、实验室、药品、iEHR和卫生监督，分配用于不同的项目。

Examples of Repository Content

The Artefact Repository will include many different kinds of artefacts, among them: Artefact Repository将包括很多不同种类的artefact，有：

Example Artefacts	Format
UML representation of EHRS Reference Framework UML描述的EHRS参考框架	ZIP file of HTML pages Native Magic Draw file XMI format exchange file
Implementation Guide for Client Registry HL7 v3.0 messages HL7 v3.0消息客户注册簿的执行向导	PDF
White Paper on the use of EHR Client IDs (ECID) ECID使用白皮书	PDF
Domain Information Model for Provider Registry Messaging 注册簿消息提供者的域信息模型	VISIO

Target Audience

服务对象

The primary audience for the Artefact Repository are business analysts, architects, developers and standards experts from jurisdictions or vendors who are engaged in planning or implementing EHR solutions in Canada. Other possible users include individuals engaged in similar activities from other countries.

Artefact Repository的主要服务对象是来自区域医疗管理机构的业务分析师、设计师、开发人员及制定标准的专家，或者是介入计划或执行加拿大的EHR解决方案的相关厂商。其他可能的用户还包括来自其他国家的独立的从事类似工作的人。

Access to the tool is free but interested persons will have to register to the website first, through a simple registration process.

获取工具是免费,但有兴趣的人士可以通过一个简单的注册过程首先在网站登记。

Contributing Content to the Artefact Repository

为Artefact Repository建立目录

Any person can register with the Artefact Repository and upload an artefact submission using the simple web-enabled application interface. All submitted artefacts will be reviewed by the repository manager before being accepted. The submitter will also have to ensure that all of the required metadata describing the artefact is included with the submission along with at least one classification for the artefact. Classifications supported by the Artefact Repository include:

任何人都可以通过Artefact Repository进行注册，通过一个简单的网络应用程序接口提交一个artefact。所有提交的artefact都将由库管理员进行审查，通过后才能被接受。提交者还将必须确认所有的描述artefact所必需的元数据，连同至少一个artefact的分类一起，都包含在了这次提交中。Artefact Repository支持的分类包括：

Artefact Type Artefact类型

Program / Project Name 程序/项目名称

Infoway or Non-Infoway Projects Infoway或非Infoway项目

Zachman Framework Zachman框架

HIPF Classification Guidelines HIPF分类指导

Geography 地理

A user of the Artefact Repository can then select a particular classification scheme to search for similar published Artefacts. Figure 5-1 below shows a sample screen of the Artefact Repository after a user has selected the classification ‘Artefact Type’ from the main page. Note that under each level 1 classification, documents are further grouped according to sub-classification categories.(e.g. Application Design | Behavioural Logic).

Artefact Repository的用户可以选择一个特定的分类模式来查找相似的已公布的Artefacts。图5-1所显示的是一个Artefact Repository的用户在从主页选择了分类“Artefact Type”后，所出现的一个简单的屏幕。值得注意的是,根据每1级分类,文件又按子分类类目进行分组(例如:应用设计|行为逻辑)。

Image:Artefact Repository Sample Screen.jpg

Figure 5-1 Artefact Repository Sample Screen

More information about the capabilities of the Artefact Repository and how to upload or find EHR related material will be found at Infoway’s web-site (http://www.infoway-inforoute.ca)

要获得更多的关于Artefact Repository的能力的信息，以及怎样上传或寻找EHR相关的材料，请访问Infoway的网站：(http://www.infoway-inforoute.ca)

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