RE: Versioning vs Temporal modeling of Patient State

> It is not as though the state 'non-existent' is replaced with
> another state with a new name, at least that is how I am thinking of
> versioning. The instance data to describe the state of the tumor is
> different based on some action, e.g. passing of time.

[VK] I agree with the above.. I was rather loose in the modeling aspects and
just wanted to convey the basic idea. I wouldn't consider this as versioning
though!




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