-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > elaborate an (open component) ontology you can use for : > - interface > - data storage > - document publishing
What about data analysis, data merging and data abstraction ? I would agree that it is very important to be able to build a useable interface - and also that this is one area where the more popular offerings (ICD etc) have been especially poor. But, equally, I believe that a solution which supports a good interface and adequate storage is still suboptimal if, in fact, it can not support data analysis for the purposes of decision support - and note here that my requirements for decision support are very different from those of statistical aggregation. I would not, for example, by impressed by evidence that data entered could be converted into (for example) ICD codes. From the point of view of those of us trying to implement decision support, that is not progress. Can the data that Odyssee captures function as the input to a machine reasoning or decision support system, where data abstraction and classification can take place ? I could well believe that translation between human languages can be supported, precisely because human language is so imprecise and ambiguous. But I remain concerned that what Odyssee captures does not appear to me to be suitable as the input to the kinds of machine reasoning system that I have encountered. There is much similarity of approach between Odyssee and the Rotterdam ORCA system, and I am familiar with the analytical difficulties experienced with the data captured by ORCA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Jeremy Rogers MRCGP OpenGALEN [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengalen.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBO7iKgFLurXGRoC3KEQKZQwCg9WcfnwpzQrHdpf+agRXVCFjdH4kAnjZW DnWykIao7pf0tKtRdHa5QrAM =1Yo3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
