Korag This may well be the way to go soon - but I would think that an external datatype would be better for the moment as the representation will probably not be uniform (and openEHR should not impose uniformity in such a domain).
Also, we would see the genome as only forming part of the genetic record - as there will need to be a lot of other information present to make healthcare work. What do you think? Cheers, Sam Heard ____________________________________________ Dr Sam Heard Ocean Informatics, openEHR Co-Chair, EHR-SIG, HL7 Chair EHR IT-14-2, Standards Australia Hon. Senior Research Fellow, UCL, London 105 Rapid Creek Rd Rapid Creek NT 0810 Ph: +61 417 838 808 sam.heard at bigpond.com www.openEHR.org www.HL7.org __________________________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-openehr-technical at openehr.org > [mailto:owner-openehr-technical at openehr.org]On Behalf Of Koray Atalag > Sent: Thursday, 15 May 2003 11:10 PM > To: openehr-technical at openehr.org > Subject: Genetic information and RM (data types and structures) > > > Hi, > > I had problems wth my membership with the list for a while so I could not > catch up with recent stuff but during this time I had some time to examine > openEHR documents posted on the website. As a person who had > previously been > involved with bioinformatics and especially human genomic databases, some > part in my mind still reminds me of the fact that one day all these > information shall be integrated. Also personally, I believe the approach > taken in openEHR shall form the baseline for future of EHR systems. So I > would like this issue to be considered during these discussions. Enough of > good wishes, here is my question: > > Is there a specific way to represent genomic data of a patient (Either > Nucleic Acid sequences or protein sequences) in the Reference Models or is > the general purpose text data type is thought to be the solution? > I think it > could be wise to create a new class with its own attributes, methods and > constraints right into the RM because with this speed of biologic > evolution > I don't think the genetic code and concepts are going to change > for a couple > million years! > > Best regards, > > Koray Atalag > > > > - > If you have any questions about using this list, > please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org > - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
