Thomas Beale schreef: > > Bert, > > I think you are making this much more complicated than it needs to be. > There is nothing /a priori/ to stop physical deletion of _parts_ of a > record. However in version controlled systems, something special > behind the scenes is usually needed to effect it. How this appears in > the API has nothing to do with how it is implemented. All I said is > that it would be quite normal that the action of physical deletion > (even if The content under this subject shifted, it is no problem, but quick, a remark, while the original subject is still a bit warm....
It is not that important to me, logical or physical deleted, I make money programming, I am not a scientist. So I am working with the wonderful OpenEhr specs, suddenly a GP, important for my projects comes: "Hey, how about article 455 of the WGBO? " (which explicitly demands the possibility for deletion of data, and does not mention logically or physically, to be law-compliant, one must read the law as simple as possible, and try to understand the intention of the law) > available in the API) requires a higher level of access than other > operations, i.e. cannot just be done by any normal user - it might > require a system administrator with special permissions. This is > because physical removal of pieces of an EHR (like pieces of any > versioned repository) can easily lead to inconsistencies in the > remaining part. So I as I read above, it is possible to be law-compliant in the OpenEhr system, but it is difficult. It would be nice if every composition had a method: DestroyAndLeaveNoTrace, but I understand that this not desirable because it must be possible to revert to the state of the record where the information is in tact. I do not understand why, because when the law in case of art 455 says that it is not allowed (destruction means no way back!!) to revert back, why should openehr want to revert back? But as I said, it is not important to me, at the time it occurs I will find my way to comply to the law. regards Bert Verhees
