On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 04:33:32AM -0600, William Archibald wrote: > > The ranges will be different across labs and across types of > > measurement due to "precision available", "reagants used", > > "technology applied", and a variety of other ugly real-world > > factors. Even for the very same LOINC from the very same lab. > > > > I don't think this knowledge should (or can) live in the > > archetype but rather be stored with the data and/or the > > interpretation of the data. > > On one hand - I agree with you whole-heartedly. On the other, it seems as > if you are saying that ultimately the real world is so complex (and has so > many options) that reducing it all to a normalized/modeled/semantic basis > is a fool's errand? Too many ugly "real-world factors" to ever be able to > model in detail? (This may be true - but I am simply asking if that is what > you are intending to declare.)
I am not attempting to declare that (though I see how it can be thought to be so :) I am only arguing this particular issue ATM. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ eu.pool.sks-keyservers.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 _______________________________________________ openEHR-technical mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org
