Important Information and Targets
From Prosit
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Aim of this development community is to provide valid and lasting open source disease models for chronic diseases such as diabetes. Until 2010 we want to have developed disease models for every possible late complication of diabetes mellitus (i.e. nephropathy, retinopathy, diabetic foot syndrome, stroke, myocardial infarction). The future mission is to integrate also models for other chronic diseases such as asthma, COPD and more.
Existing modelling guidelines and pharmaco-economic reporting guidelines shall be respected. The models shall be fully documented, transparent and reliable in their predictions.
The long-term vision is to build up a lasting Open Source library of disease models on the internet.
There will be yearly releases of each model and different development threads for country versions. Releases of final and interim versions are all published here in a central market place.
Different approaches in modelling techniques and underlying medical evidence will also generate new model versions. The models created here are based upon the OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet programme Calc. They are simple to use. There are low barriers to participate.
The models are published under the GNU public license (version 2) and users are free to find applications for this software. Even more, users are free to earn money with the models. Yet, all changes to the model are falling again under the GNU public license and must be made public again. This forum is the natural platform for this procedure.
All models are labeled with the brand name "PROSIT", which means that violations to the regulations of the GNU public license may be prosecuted according to trademark laws. The brand name "PROSIT" does not claim any form of ownership over the models, but it allows to protect the rights of this community and the GNU public license.
This forum is a unique approach in the world of disease modelling. No one ever has done this before. You are invited to become member of this exiting pioneer community.
Participate, innovate, create!
Wendelin Schramm (Schramm) for the PROSIT Disease Modelling Community
