The document summarizes efforts to translate the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) Version 1.0 into German using open source technologies. A German-speaking ICNP user group was established to facilitate the translation work using online tools like a phpWiki communication platform and a BaT-MySQL translation browser and database. A first balloting procedure was conducted as a pre-test to evaluate user translations and reach consensus on preferred terms and synonyms before completing the official German translation of ICNP Version 1.0.