Hi Lorie,
Archetypes provide a capability that's very
familiar to programmers, but take it to the next level. At the most
basic level, it's about decoupling. An RDBMS shields programs from the
need to know about the underlying structure of the data. A program needs
only know about the db schema. Views provide another level of
abstraction, shielding programs from changes in the schema.
Archetypes (which I believe do not depend on an RDBMS implementation) provide a
similar capability, but take it to the domain level.
When working with an archetype-enabled system,
programs / programmers work directly with domain concepts like blood pressure or
height or weight. The underlying data is stored / accessed through the
archetype. A trivial example of the benefits would be lbs. vs. kgs..
In an archetype-enabled system, the program has no knowledge of the
unit-of-weight measure used to store the data. Programs access the data
store with statements like (no representation made re: syntax)
store_weight(220, lbs) and patient_weight = retrieve_weight(patient_id,
kgs).
You might want to take a look at http://oceaninformatics.biz/archetypes/MindMap/ArchetypeMap.html for
a better, high-level understanding of the above. This, and a
good deal of the related stuff, will be migrated shortly to the openEHR
site.
Be happy to provide / get you
more in-depth info if desired.
hth,
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