Or only against the meta-Archetype model Gerard
-- <private> -- Gerard Freriks, arts Huigsloterdijk 378 2158 LR Buitenkaag The Netherlands +31 252 544896 +31 654 792800 On May 26, 2005, at 2:37 AM, Andrew Goodchild wrote: > Hi, > > > Does anyone know what it actually means to specialize an archetype? > And what the rules are? > > > I looked at the archetype editor and created a specialized > archetype of another. The editor seemed to just copy the parent > archetype and then allowed the user to change anything about the > archetype. > > For example, I can now make a mandatory field optional, or I can > extend a parent archetype with new mandatory fields that don?t > exist as optional fields in the parent archetype > > > To me this particular example is not safe as one of the basic rules > of specializing archetypes is you should be able to validate any > new specialized EHR data against the parent archetype. > > > -Andrew > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20050527/8581ea13/attachment.html>
