IHE Demographic Data Server : Webservices

The WSDL file describing the web service is here. You can also download an example of a project soapUI that use These methods from here.

Functionalities

Functionalities of DDS can be used by web services methods. In fact, DDS implement 7 methods on web service :

• returnAddress : generate random address from the country code
• returnAddressByCoordinates : generate a specific address from country code and coordinates
• returnAddressBtTown : generate a specific address from a town
• returnHL7Message : generate HL7 message on format XML from a country code
• returnPatient : generate a patient from a country code. We can restrict generation on same persons by specifying attributes like the gender, or on specifying a nearby name or a part of the name
• returPerson : generate a person without address, using the same attributes of generation of a patient
• sendHL7Message : generate and send a HL7 message to a target host and port.

Static WS Client for DDS

We have implemented a Static WSClient for DDS. This related jar is easy to use. You have only to add the jar file to the project, and use it.

The jar file is downloadable here. The documentation of classes on this jar is there.