David More wrote: > Hi Tim, > > Do you actually think the spec exists as other than a Word document that has > been > converted to a .pdf?
I have no idea - that's why I asked Eric Browne, and I look forward to his reply. Tim C > On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:02:46 +1100, Tim Churches wrote: >> David More wrote: >>> All, >>> >>> NEHTA have just released the General Practitioner and Specialist/Critical >>> Care Referral > Data Content Specifications v1.0. Its a small document of some >>> almost 500 pages. >>> >>> You can find it here. >>> >>> https://www.nehta.gov.au/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=176&Itemid=139 >>> >>> I am curious to know from the technical experts among this group. >>> >>> 1. Just how practical, implementable and workable is this specification? >>> >>> 2. How likely is it that any system developer will implement it in the >>> forseeable > future? >>> 3. Do people think this project is adding anything that will make a >>> difference to > health service quality and safety anytime soon? >> Dear Dr Eric Browne at NEHTA, >> >> Please provide the substantive contents of your document (that is, the >> list of data items and all their attributes, relationships etc) in a >> machine-parsable format (eg a comma-separated value file or files) so >> that we may slice, dice and manipulate the information in a way that >> allows us to digest it and otherwise get some handle on it. You will >> appreciate that the number of people who are able to get their head >> around a 500 page text document, without the use of other tools, is very >> small. We are > not dummies, but nevertheless the rest of us need to use >> computerised tools to help us understand the contents of your document, and >> for that we > need computer-parsable data files, not just a PDF >> designed to be printed and then read by (some very unusual kind of) a human. >> >> Tim Churches >> >> __________ NOD32 2085 (20070228) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com > _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
