Thomas, In a data type like DV - in my mind- only flags can be raised that indicate the technicalities of that number. And that means "round off error" with which it is reported.
All other flags are at the archetype level. Null-Flavors belong there. It is all at the semantic level, the knowlegde level. And not the numeric interpretation level. Gerard -- CEN/tc251 Convenor -- Gerard Freriks, MD convenor CEN/tc251 WG1 TNO ICT Brassersplein 2 Delft T: +31 15 2857105 M: +31 6 54792800 On 21-mrt-2006, at 17:34, Thomas Beale wrote: > Sam Heard wrote: >> It is a flag that says the value is very uncertain - accuracy is >> not known - how do we say this - or a quality factor makes the >> reading very uncertain. I just want to be able to see how we >> express when accuracy is poor but not quantifiable. >> Sam >> > doesn't it mean that the value is completely useless, and that > instead, a null-flavour flag should be set in the Element, and no > data value be recorded at all? > > - thomas >
