Please once more your attention: There is no way, except by use of the OID, for an automated process, to find out which kind of identifier is presented in the extension.
(As described in TS14796, the assigningAuthority may not be used by an automated process, and the assigningAuthority says nothing about the kind of II, but only about the name of the Authority, which often is a government institution, a healthcareprovider-name or a company-name.) The OID heavily relies on services which are not yet defined or implemented in many environments in the (Dutch) field. Therefore, the OID is at this moment not useable for me, and I doubt if it will be coming few years in the Netherlands. What is also important, is that the OID often only will be resolvable when there is a connection to the overall Internet, which not always may be the case. Therefor, I would welcome if there would be a Qualifier in the II-object, which defines what kind of identifier is presented in the II-object. This qualifier could use a not too long list, for example - local system ID - insurance number - social security number - .... This would be a blessing for the project on which I am working. How can I handle this best and efficient? Are there any thoughts about this? Thanks Bert Verhees - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
