Deliverable D7.1 Specifications and adaptation of the selected Pilot systems for the MIDAS platform, released

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The objective of Work Package 7 (WP7) is to evaluate the functioning, the reliability, and the effectiveness of the MIDAS framework in real business domain settings. In particular, the WP7 is in charge of defining and implementing two different pilots that are going to be submitted to the MIDAS framework for testing, specifically:

  • Healthcare SOA infrastructure based on the standard HSSP , and
  • Supply chain SOA infrastructure based on the standard GS1 LIM .

More specifically, the activities of WP7 aim at building the test framework for the healthcare and supply chain scenarios according to the architecture and the specifications of the MIDAS framework (D2.1 – Requirements for automatically testable services and services architectures [1], and D2.2 – Architecture and specifications of the MIDAS framework and platform [2]) and at carrying out the produced test campaigns.

This document reports on the first set of outcomes obtained by the work done and planned at the 24th month for the WP7. In more details, for the healthcare pilot:

  • a real healthcare scenario that consists of an integrated care process management has been identified;
  • a HSSP-based SOA infrastructure that supports this scenario, by exploiting the implementation of the HSSP services arose from the HealthSOAF project , has been defined (implemented) and built (deployed);
  • the selected HSSP-based healthcare SOA infrastructure has been adapted in order to be compliant with the compatibility requirements and recommendations for automatically testable services and services architectures that are prerequisites of the MIDAS framework.

For the supply chain management pilot:

  • a pre-existing solution has been adapted to the service-oriented architecture paradigm;
  • specific logistic scenarios in a real-world environment have been identified;
  • a GS1-based SOA infrastructure that supports this scenario has been defined (implemented) and built (deployed);
  • The built GS1-based SOA infrastructure has been adapted in order to be compliant with the compatibility requirements and recommendations for automatically testable services and services architectures that are prerequisites of the MIDAS framework.

Healthcare Services Specification Project (HSSP) is an open, global community focused on improving health interoperability within and across organizations through the use of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and standard services. The intention is to reduce implementation complexity, promote effective integration, foster marketplace support, and drive down implementation costs and barriers impacting healthcare solutions.
http://hssp.wikispaces.com/

The GS1 Logistics Interoperability Model (GS1 LIM) is the GS1 framework of business processes and related data communication interchanges. The Objective of the GS1 LIM is to bring business benefits for global supply chains by fostering interoperability between the Transport and Logistics partners to overcome barriers of scalability and achieve visibility. The GS1 LIM was developed by the GS1 Transport & Logistics community including retailers, manufacturers, material suppliers and LSPs.
http://www.gs1.org/transportlogistics/forum/work_groups/lim/

HealthSOAF is a research project, co-financed by MIUR under the “Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON) Ricerca e Competitività 2007-2013” (National Operational Programme for Research and Competitiveness), aims, through research and testing, to implement a framework of plug-and-play services, based on the SOA paradigm and comply with international standards HSSP for the new generation of distributed architectures of Electronic Healthcare, which comprises the use of ICT tools to support and promote the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring these diseases, and the management of health and lifestyle.
http://www.healthsoaf.it/SitePages/hshome_en.aspx