Isabel Rom?n Mart?nez wrote: >In my opinion this is a new namePartType, better than namePartQualifier. > >I think that as namePartType is a coded simple value, you only have to add a >new code for initials... > namePartType > O > CS > > > >The standard gives you some namePartType values, but this doesn?t mean that >you cannot add others. Does it? I think that this codes (and all codes) >should be managed by a terminology server to ensure the interoperativity. >This is only my opinion of course... > > I guess, you relay the problem to another location, this way, because a terminology-server must be able to express the added code for automated processing. or do I misunderstand something?
regards Bert Verhees >Regards >Isabel Rom?n >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bert Verhees" <bert.verhees at rosa.nl> >To: <openehr-technical at openehr.org> >Cc: "Jeroen Boonstra" <J.Boonstra at solweb.nl> >Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:29 AM >Subject: EntityNameParts > > > > >>I will come back to the answers I got about II later. >>Thanks for this. >> >>I have another question: about EntityNamePart in the CEN-standard. >> >>There seems to be no way to tell if a certain namepart actually are >>name-initials. >> >>f.e. >>Sometimes people often have more firstnames. >> >>Often they have a name that is used for casual contacts, and they have >> >> >names > > >>which are in their passport, their official firstnames, which are often >> >> >long > > >>names. >> >>Often, these long names are only known by initials >> >>Now I am extracting data from a local GP-system, and there is stored the >>shortname (f.e. Johnny) and the initials J.B. >>His friends call him Johnny B. Good. The second name in that system is >> >> >only > > >>known by Initial. I have to deal with that. >> >>Because I want to present as much information as is possible in the >> >> >standard, > > >>and I want to present the shortname (GIVEN NAME=Johnny), FAMILY NAME=Good, >>and because I want to give as much information as possible, because this >> >> >can > > >>be important to identify a person, I want to add an extra entityNamePart: >>J.B. >>And now I am looking for a namepartType or namePartQualifier for initials. >> >>Someone have an idea? >> >>Thanks >> >>-- >>Met vriendelijke groet >>Bert Verhees >>ROSA Software >>- >>If you have any questions about using this list, >>please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org >> >> > >- >If you have any questions about using this list, >please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org > > > > - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org

