The beginning of the end

Seems funny to start a blog about the end of a project, but it seems like the emails are getting confusing, and we could use a clear place to post information and announcements, both about the end of Distribute, about the Gossamer code base, which is now open source, and about the PHENIX system, as it takes shape.


In brief:

• CDC funding for Distribute ends May 31, 2012.  (Actually, there may be carryforward funding, but ISDS is ending support for the Distribute system as of May 31).
• The Distribute Restricted site is currently scheduled to be taken off line May 31, 2012.  (I may move that up in time a bit).
  • https://isds-auth.cirg.washington.edu/distribute
• The Distribute Public Site was taken off line April 4, 2012.  There is now a page there w/ an explanation.
• http://isdsdistribute.org/ 
• ISDS published a letter on April 4, 2012 providing some additional information
• http://tinyurl.com/DistributeEndLetter 
• We will make each site's data available to them in an archive form, but there will be no more use of or access to Distribute contributors' data as of May 31, 2012, perhaps sooner.

Happier news:

• The cloud-based, open source equivilent of Distribute has been freely available since Spring 2011.  We're still improving this is part of the final Distribute deliverable, "A cloud-based Distribute".
• http://gossamerhealth.org
• The PHENIX project is starting.  Contact please contact Marc Paladini (mpaladin@health.nyc.gov), Atar Baer (atar.baer@kingcounty.gov) or Bill Lober (lober@uw.edu) for more details.  PHENIX is a gossamer-based system to support voluntary sharing of surveillance indicator data.