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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:32:23 +0100, Jan Dockx wrote: >Totally agree. The change in domain name is, BTW, less likely than a >change in software vendor. With OID's chances are that not the >hospital will have an OID, but the software package installation, as a >sub of the software package, as a sub of the software company. FQDN of >the software company or the hospital is never worse. And the whois >objection is extra: this feature isn't even defined for OID. >On 9 Mar 2005, at 2:31h, Thomas Beale wrote: ><excerpt>Jan Dockx wrote: ><excerpt>There is such a system: DNS. Why in heavens name did we >invent a new one? ></excerpt>DNS is great. In fact, I would suggest that DNS has more >chance of including more organisations (represented by their domain >names) than ISO OIDs. But...what if a hospital changes domain name, >but is still the same hospital? DNS does not have identifying >information other than the domain name administrator details (what >whois returns); is this enough? In any case, DNS only works for >organisations and sometimes pieces of organisations. But how do we >want to identify a prescription for example, or a lab result? One way >is with an OID; another way is domain_name+lab_result_id. I think the >latter is much more realistic today, even if the former seems more >theoretically satisfying (even if it completely unreadable to humans;-) >- thomas >- >If you have any questions about using this list, >please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org ></excerpt><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><x-tad-smaller>Met >vriendelijke groeten, >Jan Dockx ></x-tad-smaller><color><param>0000,8080,0000</param><x-tad-smaller> >PeopleWare NV - Head Office</x-tad-smaller></color><x-tad-smaller> >Cdt.Weynsstraat 85 >B-2660 Hoboken >Tel: +32 3 448.33.38 >Fax: +32 3 448.32.66 ></x-tad-smaller></fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Times</param><x-tad-bigger> ></x-tad-bigger></fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><color><param>0000,8080,0000</param><x-tad-smaller> >PeopleWare NV - Branch Office Geel</x-tad-smaller></color><x-tad-smaller> >Kleinhoefstraat 5 >B-2440 Geel >Tel: +32 14 57.00.90 >Fax: +32 14 >58.13.25</x-tad-smaller></fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Times</param><x-tad-bigger> ></x-tad-bigger></fontfamily><underline><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param><x-tad-smaller> >http://www.peopleware.be/ ></x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://www.mobileware.be/</x-tad-smaller></color></fontfamily></underline> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20050310/718bbac0/attachment.html>
