> ------------Original Message------------ > From: Wayne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, Nov-30-2004 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: Free US ICD-9-CM as plain text? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > David Forslund wrote: > | One representation of the ICD-9-CM and others is the LexGrid work at > Mayo of Harold Solbrig. > | > | > This is the same Harold Solbrig of the OMG's LQS work I suspect?
Certainly is. > | > | My major "objection" is that it > | seems to be tied to the LDAP representation, which seems to me to be > an implementation issue not > | a design issue. > | > Both design and a practical strategy to drive implementations. I > believe I tried to start a project bridging an OMG PIDS service with an > LDAP service at one time for the same reasons. We've implemented PIDS on top of LDAP as one of the implementations. It doesn't show up in the abstract data model, however. I do need to study his CTS/LQS implementation in more detail, but the schema he publishes refers to LDAP. There is a lot more to it than that, however. > > We talked about using LDAP as a 'technology driver' during the PIDS > design discussions. > | It is available at: http://informatics.mayo.edu/ > | > | It is very fine work. > | > Knowing Harold, it probably is very fine work. And it is open source! Dave >
