Note: These are NOT instructions for users of this module. This is a description of the project for the developers

Background

Originally, the only way to create data entry forms in OpenMRS was using Microsoft Infopath. Now there are alternatives--one that has several advantages is the HTML Form Entry module. It would ease migration to this module if there were an automatic utility to convert an Infopath form to an HTML Form. The point of this project is to write that utility.

What's in an Infopath form? An HTML Form?

An Infopath form is an XSN file. (This is actually just a CAB archive with an XSN file extension. Windows can handle these natively, while on linux you'd use the 'cabextract' utility.) Among other files, the archive contains:

• formentry.xsd -> the model of the form, representing the "form schema" in OpenMRS

• page#.xsl (multiple) -> each of these is the view for a single page of the form

An OpenMRS HTML Form is an xml document that contains mostly HTML, but also some special tags, in particular <obs/> which puts an observation widget on the form. See