If we consider this an ordinal based model, in which numbers which have 
multiple possible values, e.g. skin type: 1 is for tissue paper dry, 
oedematous, etc - this would be modelling using terminological synonyms 
for a notional term whose meaning was something like 'waterlow skin type 
1'.

- thomas

On 01/08/2011 16:17, Ian McNicoll wrote:
> I have come across an interesting example of where we might want to
> model an ordinal constraint where the values associated with each term
> are not unique.
>
> The example is the Waterlow Score
>
> http://www.judy-waterlow.co.uk/downloads/Waterlow%20Score%20Card-front.pdf
>
> If you look at the bottom-right corner "Major surgery / Trauma" you
> will se that two terms have identical values.
>
> Currently the openEHR Archetype Editor will not let me add duplicate
> values with separate terms. It is not clear (at least to me) from the
> specifications that this behaviour is correct.
>
> Is this a CR for the Archetype Editor, a CR to the Ref Model, or a
> clever alternative modelling suggestion to me?
>
> Regards,
>
> Ian
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