Thanks for this Tom, Good to see this exploration looking at healthy blend of archetypes & terminology together.
I agree ref set approach seems best..interested if anyone has another view.. Regards, Tony Thomas Beale wrote: > * > * I attended the IHTSDO meeting just finished in Copenhagen. Things look > pretty good for where SNOMED CT is going generally - the RF2 technical > infrastructure seems relatively well designed. There is a lot of > activity in content modeling, the IHTSDO workbench and many other areas > relevant to openEHR. Converely, I believe openEHR will be very important > to make SNOMED CT work in many places, since it will be via archetypes, > templates and associated ref sets that information systems will be able > to connect to terminology in a disciplined way. I believe that ref sets > are the future of SNOMED CT (and any terminology for that matter) in use > in real systems. > > I was asked to present a view from openEHR about 'terminology binding', > i.e. connecting terminology and information models. My presentation is > on this page http://www.openehr.org/wiki/display/term/Terminology+Binding > or see the following direct links: > > * PDF - > > http://www.openehr.org/wiki/download/attachments/5997267/openEHR_term_binding_IHTSDO_april_2010.pdf > * PPTX - > > http://www.openehr.org/wiki/download/attachments/5997267/openEHR_term_binding_IHTSDO_april_2010.pptx > > I hope this is useful. I will continue to document IHTSDO-related > thoughts on the openEHR wiki, and I encourage others to do the same. > > - thomas beale > -- ******************************************************************************************************************** This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender that you have received the message in error before deleting it. Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is the secure email and directory service available for all NHS staff in England and Scotland NHSmail is approved for exchanging patient data and other sensitive information with NHSmail and GSI recipients NHSmail provides an email address for your career in the NHS and can be accessed anywhere For more information and to find out how you can switch, visit www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail ********************************************************************************************************************

