CCR-Validator is a project mainly written in Java, based on the AGPL-3.0 license.
A JBoss Drools Based Syntactic and Semantic CCR Validator
Copyright 2010 OpenHealthData, Inc.
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This is a simple J2EE Servlet implementation of the CCR Validator. This Validator utilizes a RETE based rules engine (JBoss Drools) to implement the validation testing. This allows for the rules to be updated independently and more importantly supports the implementation of rule packages for different profiles.
The validation rules are stored in "org/astm/ccr/rules." The subfolder "core" contains the rules to explode the CCR and assert all the components into working memory. The subfolder "v1" contains the validation rules for ASTM E2869-05 Continuity of Care Record Implementation Guide. The subfolder "meaningfuluse" contains the validation rules for the use of the CCR within the Federal Regulations for Meaningful Use.
You can add other subfolders to "org/astm/ccr/rules," if you wish to add your own validation rules. If you do not want the meaningful use rules to be used, you can unzip the .WAR file and remove the org/astm/ccr/rules/meaningfuluse folder.
MAY NEED TO CHANGE URL FOR XSL The entry point is org.openhealthdata.validator.ValidatorServlet which is tied to the context "/ValidationService" Currently the location (URL) of the XSL, which is used to renyder the resulting XML is inferred based on server IP, PORT, and servlet contextu. If your server is in a NAT'd environment, you may need to change this behavior. There are instructions in the org.openhealthdata.validator.ValidatorServlet source file. A future release will have a property file that can be set to override this behavior.
NEED TO ADD CCR XSD The ASTM E2369-05 CCR XSD is copyrighted to ASTM. You will need to add your copy to org.openhealthdata.validation and name it CCRV1.xsd. There is a stub file there now. There is a Maven (see Deployment below) test looking for updated content and will cause a failed test if this stub is not replaced. The CCR XSD is available at http://www.astm.org/BOOKSTORE/ADJUNCT/734.htm
The project is organized using maven. Any developer familiarized with this technology should be able to set up its IDE to start working with the project.
Maven - http://maven.apache.org/
Run $ mvn package and you should get a .war file into the target/ folder. This is the CCR validator webapp. This is deployable in any servlet container because it doesn't use any proprietary extension
For testing purpose it's possible to run an embedded jetty server with $ mvn jetty:run
Then open a web browser to http://localhost:8080