MEDFLOSS Database of Medical Open Source Software Components

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• Current situation:
  • A lot of free Open Source softwares is already available in the public domain. However even if these software are non commercial and open, the collaborations between different teams are relatively poor. Many sotfawares provides similar functionalities, but just in a little different and incomatible ways.
  • See the MEDFLOSS portal providing information on hundreds of software packages, as well other resource.
• Objectives:
  • Promotion of the reuse of software components. Indeed the potential benefits of the Open Source philosophy is mainly based on know-how exchanges and on sharing develoment efforts.
• Approaches:
  • Maintenance:
    • Updates about the content of MEDFLOSS are very welcome. New Open Source projects should be added.
  • Further developments:
    • Global perspective:
      • Evolution to a more modular philosophy intended to promote the reuse of "software components".
    • Healthcare aspects:
      • Inventory of the most common requirements. Review and discussion on Considered Specifications for Software Components.
      • Compatibility issues with the most usual data definition standards.
    • Technical aspects:
      • Review of medical integration platforms available in the public domain.
      • Exploration of new technologies as non-blocking and event-based programming.