> > You refer to machine computer system interfaces and that these might > be proprietary. Yes they could and will. > But when the holy grail is about plug-and-play interoperability then > these interfaces (archetypes) must be free to use.
Gerard, how about SNOMED-tables, they are expensive, and many other terminology-tables? Will there be free replacement for that? This question is also relevant for third world countries, or health-information-systems used by poor organisations, f.e. free health care systems for illegal immigrants in Europe and the USA. They may be able to read messages, because messages probably have beside the code, also the description, but they cannot produce messages, because they will not be able to code their content Thanks Bert
