Should ATTESTATION.reason datatype really be DV_TEXT or rather DV_CODED_TEXT (or perhaps CODE_PHRASE)?

Thomas Beale wrote: >> Are end users really supposed to see the DV_TEXT.value >> of those? I guess aplication logic and GUIs are better off trying to >> use the embedded CODE_PHRASE than relying on the possibly language >> dependent DV_TEXT.value for those fields/methods. > > a base assumption in

Should ATTESTATION.reason datatype really be DV_TEXT or rather DV_CODED_TEXT (or perhaps CODE_PHRASE)?

I would agree - this is clinically the safest and correct action. Ian Dr Ian McNicoll office / fax +44(0)141 560 4657 mobile +44 (0)775 209 7859 skype ianmcnicoll ian.mcnicoll at oceaninformatics.com ian at mcmi.co.uk Clinical Analyst Ocean Informatics openEHR Archetype Editorial Group Member

Should ATTESTATION.reason datatype really be DV_TEXT or rather DV_CODED_TEXT (or perhaps CODE_PHRASE)?

g user, which could easily be different. - thomas * * -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20100304/029cac32/attachment.html>

Should ATTESTATION.reason datatype really be DV_TEXT or rather DV_CODED_TEXT (or perhaps CODE_PHRASE)?

not like to change the specifications now given the structural differences it would make to software and data. - thomas -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20100304/1724356e/attachment.html>