Ian,

I agree.
But my wished outcome is clear.

And of course we have to deal with the past.
But the sooner we, ...

Gerard

On Jun 5, 2008, at 12:48 AM, Ian McNicoll wrote:

> Hi Gerard,
>
> I agree with most of your comments and in principle that  "most
> post-coordination (using modifiers in Snomed-space instead of
> Archetype/Template space) must end", this amounts to heresy in a UK
> context and I think we should be prepared to regard David Markwell's
> Grey Zone as a contested area for some time. I think we could waste a
> lot of energy in trying to reduce the grey zone and might be better
> served by allowing dual-representation in both openEHR paths and
> Snomed post-coordination, and concentrating our efforts on the clearer
> areaswhere one approach is obviously better than the other. I would
> rather present Snomed-openEHR as the productive marriage of 2 noble
> families, whose sum is greater than the parts, whilst accepting that
> there will remain on-going jockeying for position in the 'border
> lands'.
>
> Ian (joyfully mixing his metaphors)



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