Changes between Version 22 and Version 23 of OnyxExportOntology

Timestamp:

01/31/11 10:18:36 (13 years ago)

Author:

jeff.lusted

Comment:

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 Most categories are much more complicated than the above, particularly in a questionnaire stage, where they spawn a lower variable (like tobacco_any.N in the !RiskFactorQuestionnaire where the N is described within the previous tobacco_any variable as a Category). But the above choices (ELECTRONIC and MANUAL) are a bit like stand alone enumerations. At present for categories this simple, the choices are being overlooked and are not collected, which represents a loss of information.[[BR]]
 I suggest we collect this type of information by creating a lower level construct. I'm not sure what to call it, but I'm not concerned about the name provided its not misleading. What about <enum>? We can always change our minds later.
+
+==== Weakness Two ====
+It is possible to have a question within a questionnaire stage where the question does not invoke an answer at all, under any circumstances. I've only encountered two of these. This one is from the !ConclusionQuestionnaire:
+{{{
+  <variable name="CONCLUSION" valueType="text" entityType="Participant">
+    <attributes>
+      <attribute name="stage" valueType="text">ConclusionQuestionnaire</attribute>
+      <attribute name="questionnaire" valueType="text">ConclusionQuestionnaire</attribute>
+      <attribute name="section" valueType="text">CHECKLIST</attribute>
+      <attribute name="page" valueType="text">1</attribute>
+      <attribute name="questionName" valueType="text">CONCLUSION</attribute>
+      <attribute name="boilerplate" valueType="boolean">true</attribute>
+      <attribute name="label" valueType="text" locale="en">This concludes the data collection process for this patient. Please ensure all notes are returned to the Medical Records Department.</attribute>
+      <attribute name="required" valueType="text">true</attribute>
+    </attributes>
+  </variable>
+}}}
+Note that this is basically a statement. There is a similar construct within the !VerbalConsentQuestionnaire. They do not seem to require an answer, at least as far as I can see. I suggest we simply drop these. But it raises a good protocol: we need an exception report to highlight unusual cases when producing the intermediate ontologies.