Summary

While there may be other data-access and data-persistence tweaks in later iterations, and there are a few data objects whose specific details aren't known yet because of integration concerns with other systems, the bulk of the data objects work is complete. 

Thus far, the development iterations against the hms_sys code bases have had most of their attention focused on what might be thought of as system functionality – ensuring that data structures are well formed, can be validated, and will live longer than a single user session or Python run. Interaction with system data from a user perspective hasn't been addressed yet at all. Before that can be addressed, though, there is another layer that needs to be at least analyzed, if not built – the Artisan Gateway service, which acts as a central point where data from remote...