Hi Gerard, I 'm afraid I agree with Tim on this one. The difference between 'breaking' Version changes and non-breaking Revisions is clearly documented in the specification. The reason for confusion and non-use within the NHS is simply that the current tools do not support Revisions. Now that the Template Model has been produced, I would hope that we can properly support Revisions in both Archetype Editor and Template Designer.
I appreciate that at first, Version / Revision is confusing because of the similarity in English, but I think it is too late now to change these terms, which at least have clear technical definitions. I was interested to see Thomas's comment that a future version of the parser will offer guidance on whether an altered archetype needs to be re-versioned. BTW What would be the equivalents in Dutch for Revision and Version? Ian 2008/6/4 Tim Cook <timothywayne.cook at gmail.com>: > > On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 21:56 +0200, Gerard Freriks wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> >> The text below by Thomas warrants a conclusion: >> - openEHR needs a (place in a) document that defines the correct >> wording and meaning of: >> version and revision. >> >> >> To my mind these words are to much similar and can generate >> confusions. >> Alternatives: >> Package (new Archetype that breaks the previous package archetype) >> plus conversion script from the Old to the New Archetype) >> Version (new Archetype as the result of some editorial changes, only, >> not breaking the previous version) > > > Hmmm, seems to me that you are introducing a new term AND omitting a > term that is in use. While not clarifying the previous terms which Tom > did quite well. > > I believe that Tom very well defined a version change as a change that > substantially modified a previous version in such a manner as to render > it incompatible with previous versions. > > A Revision (which you omitted) is a change that may further constrain or > otherwise modify an archetype but does not render the expressed > information unusable. > > This is also the same information that can be found in the relevant > documents. But I see no reference to 'Package' as far as archetypes are > concerned. > > Package implies a grouping of some type. An archetype is (AFAIK) > considered to be the expression of a single clinical concept. > > > Regards, > Tim > > > > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-technical mailing list > openEHR-technical at openehr.org > http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical > > -- Dr Ian McNicoll office +44(0)141 560 4657 fax +44(0)141 560 4657 mobile +44 (0)775 209 7859 skype ianmcnicoll Consultant - Ocean Informatics ian.mcnicoll at oceaninformatics.com Consultant - IRIS GP Accounts Member of BCS Primary Health Care Specialist Group ? http://www.phcsg.org
