As a follow-up to the Jan 2009 Clinical LOINC meeting, I’ve posted the file containing my proposed harmonization plan for existing LOINC terms over on the main LOINC website:
http://loinc.org/discussion-documents/document-ontology/documents-for-committee-review/2009-04-16-docont-master
The DocOnt – Master spreadsheet contains all of the elements from existing LOINC codes in the DocOnt domain with a proposed harmonization plan, classified in the “Disposition” field into EXACT, EASY, and HARD. The proposed value for the new harmonized name appears in the two “HarmonizesTo” fields (the second field accommodates the SMD/Role breakdown). My comments for discussion/consideration appear in the Comments field.
As discussed, we will consider those with disposition EXACT to be done. (The old words match the new/approved values exactly). The ones with disposition=EASY are those where I have proposed a harmonized string that I suggest are relatively non-controversial. (I could be wrong). The ones with disposition=HARD are those that will require discussion/debate/resolution.
This is a good place to post such discussion comments.