Could be one file per patient, more likely several. Point I was making was
that by embedding the data syntax within the document you distinguish the
"database fields" for the database applications and enable computer
manipulation, whilst preserving the option to "view" the document as (say)
an HTML page.
Gerard are you still there?
What future quaint old edifact?
Paul Galloway
Woman goes into a mail list and asks for a double entendre.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Midgley <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 02 November 1998 21:30
Subject: Re: Hubris: file formats facilitate political direction
>[log in to unmask],Net wrote at 14:41 on 02/11/98
>about "Re: Hubris: file formats facilitate political direction":
>-----------------------------
>>Buy a book on XML Midge and then you won't have this schizoid outlook
>on
>>life :-)
>>
>>Databases vs. narrative bah !! Old hat
>>
>Writing one.
>XML is one file per patient, no? With links out to other items by
>all means.
>
>The collection of patient record files constitutes a database, but a
>more usful one to the owners than the current variety of RDBMS
>based ones. Probably.
>--- OffRoad 1.9r registered to Adrian Midgley
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|