On Thursday, 2 October 2014 18:33:59 UTC+3, Chris Larsen wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I stumbled across an interesting issue when setting up product categories
> for biomedical equipment:
>
> If you look at the 2011 WHO Core Medical Equipment
> <http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/95788/1/WHO_HSS_EHT_DIM_11.03_eng.pdf>
>
> documentation, there is, for instance, a product category called:
>
> "Analyzer, Laboratory, Hematology, Blood Grouping, Automated", which can
> be translated nicely into a category tree.
> However, there are currently two "standards", UMDNS and GMDN, that mean
> the same, yet have different naming conventions, plus give a code to each
> of their very own terms. Example:
>
> UMDNS equivalent: Analyzers, Laboratory, Hematology, Blood Grouping,
> Automated
> UMDNS code: 16817
>
> GMDN equivalent: ABO/Rh(D) Blood Grouping Analyser IVD, Automated
> GMDN code: 56712
>
> That is close enough for aliases of a given category term, but we also
> need a fields for the respective standards' codes.
>
> Would it be possible to attach the attribute and attribute categories
> facility to the product categories, so that for each category we could
> define aliases and coses for each alas, PLUS a code for the category term
> itself?
>
> I would otherwise see some serious issue in using Tryton for
> "standardised" products, especially, if there are several "standards"
> competing with each other, as is often seen in high-value environments,
> such as health.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks a lot, indeed -
>
> Chris
>
>
>
An add-on, related:
I noted that in the Product Categories section, I can sort only by Name in
the left-hand column showing the ends of each branch of the category tree.
The 2nd column showing the whole tree is not sort-able at all, yet it
should to cope with complex trees.
Am is missing something? Thanks a lot,
Chris
