- From: Chimezie Ogbuji <ogbujic@bio.ri.ccf.org>
- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:03:01 -0400 (EDT)
- To: dirk.colaert@agfa.com
- cc: systemsbiology <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
There are ontological inconsistencies [1] with HL7 RIM that warrant a closer look. Though, admittedly, the criticism is more about HL7's Actions than its Roles. [1] http://ontology.buffalo.edu/HL7/doublestandards.pdf Chimezie Ogbuji Lead Systems Analyst Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation 9500 Euclid Avenue/ W26 Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Office: (216)444-8593 ogbujic@ccf.org On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 dirk.colaert@agfa.com wrote: > I am just popping into this thread. Why don't we look at RIM (HL7 > Reference Information Model)? > They distinguish 'entities' (a person is an entity) and roles: 'patient', > 'doctor', etc are examples of roles. That gives you an easy way of using a > standard description of a person, common to other communities, reusing > what exists, and still you can add properties to the rol 'patient' to have > whatever you need, specific in Health Care and Life Sciences. > > you can download the RIM model at > http://www.hl7.org/library/data-model/RIM/modelpage_mem.htm > > ______________________________________ > Dr. Dirk Colaert MD > Advanced Clinical Application Research Manager > Agfa Healthcare mobile: +32 497 470 871 > > > > Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com> > Sent by: public-semweb-lifesci-request@w3.org > 13/09/2006 06:47 > > To > Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> > cc > systemsbiology <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org> > Subject > Re: A question on the vocabulary for 'persons' > > > > > > > > > I had been using FOAF as a basis and then adding relations as needed. > -Alan > > On Sep 12, 2006, at 10:52 AM, Ivan Herman wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> we would need some feedback... >> >> There were some brainstorming on what vocabularies to use for the >> simple >> notion of 'Person' in various settings. There is old W3C note for >> an RDF >> version of vCard[1], but another version was created by Norm Walsh a >> while ago[2]. And, of course, there is FOAF. >> >> The issue came up because some people would like us to update the old >> [1] note but, if we want to do that seriously, it is not necessarily >> that easy (the vCard spec itself is not soooo o.k.). >> >> Hence the question as a feedback: what does the HCLS community use for >> something like 'Person'? >> >> Thanks for the feedback >> >> Ivan >> >> >> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/vcard-rdf >> [2] http://norman.walsh.name/2005/12/12/vcard >> -- >> >> Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead >> URL: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ >> PGP Key: http://www.cwi.nl/%7Eivan/AboutMe/pgpkey.html >> FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf#Me > > > >
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