Re: [set] Data Types...

["Stephen Green" <stephen.green@documentengineeringservices.com>]

Scott mentioned on the call that he believes that any HL7
implementation of CCTS v3
should avoid creating its own qualified datatypes and mainly use CCTS
ones. I would
be interested to hear reasons behind this. Would it help with mapping
at all? If two BBIEs
are based on the same core component and each has a datatype based on the same
core component type (datatype) then is there any problem introduced in
mapping one to
the other if one is based on an unqualified or CCTS-qualified datatype
and the other is
based on a custom-qualified datatype?

-- 
Stephen D. Green

Document Engineering Services Ltd



http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+22:37 .. and voice



2008/11/27  <asuman@srdc.metu.edu.tr>:
> Hi Scott,
>
> Many thanks for bringing up the data types issue during yesterday's telco and commenting on that it would be good if HL7 data types are harmonized with UN/CEFACT CCTS datatypes.
>
> Allow me to mention that there is an ISO effort "Health Informatics - Harmonized data types for information interchange (ISO/DIS 21090:2008)" in which ISO, CEN and HL7 are collaborating to harmonize the data types:
> http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=35646
>
> Just in case, the HL7 Version 3 Standard: Data Types - Abstract Specification, Release 2 is available from:
>
> http://www.hl7.org/v3ballot/html/infrastructure/datatypes_r2/datatypes_r2.htm
>
> I am lost on which standard body should contact the other on further harmonization.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Asuman