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Subject: RE: [huml-comment] PC-33 -Section 4.4.6-race
From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamilton@acm.org] >That's a big step from a measurable physical characteristic. Is this going >to be added to the specification? It would depend on the codelist. And that is application dependent. It's a good point though; race is probably not a physical characteristic until it is enumerated further or measurable. On the other hand, it can be a a simple codelist for an observation and all the user does is pick from the list. Here is the standard codelist one finds in many public safety applications. It is itself, specified by a standard as many codelists are: RACE A = Asian B = Black I = Indian W = White U = Unknown One could probably take an average individual, give them an average group, and they would select among these choices correctly a reasonable number of times for some values of "correct" and "reasonable". What is done with these values once recorded is a separate issue, not of insignificant concern but not of concern in the primary. >PS: How is it that gender is not reflected as a physical characteristic in >the Human ML scheme of things? Oversight. SEX M = Male F = Female U = Unknown Every now and then, there is an argument to change that to "gender" but most forms use "sex" and don't quibble. len
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