Description Section
The description section of an archetype contains descriptive information, or what some people think of as document "meta-data", i.e. items that can be used in repository indexes and for searching. The ODIN syntax is used for the description, as in the following example.
description
original_author = <
["name"] = <"Dr J Joyce">
["organisation"] = <"NT Health Service">
["date"] = <2003-08-03>
>
lifecycle_state = <"initial">
resource_package_uri = <"http://www.aihw.org.au/data_sets/diabetic_archetypes.html">
details = <
["en"] = <
language = <[iso_639-1::en]>
purpose = <"archetype for diabetic patient review">
use = <"used for all hospital or clinic-based diabetic reviews,
including first time. Optional sections are removed according to the particular review">
misuse = <"not appropriate for pre-diagnosis use">
original_resource_uri = <"http://www.healthdata.org.au/data_sets/diabetic_review_data_set_1.html">
other_details = <...>
>
["de"] = <
language = <[iso_639-1::de]>
purpose = <"Archetyp für die Untersuchung von Patienten mit Diabetes">
use = <"wird benutzt für alle Diabetes-Untersuchungen im
Krankenhaus, inklusive der ersten Vorstellung. Optionale
Abschnitte werden in Abhängigkeit von der speziellen
Vorstellung entfernt.">
misuse = <"nicht geeignet für Benutzung vor Diagnosestellung">
original_resource_uri = <"http://www.healthdata.org.au/data_sets/diabetic_review_data_set_1.html">
other_details = <...>
>
>A number of details are worth noting here. Firstly, the free hierarchical structuring capability of ODIN is exploited for expressing the 'deep' structure of the details section and its subsections. Secondly, the ODIN qualified list form is used to allow multiple translations of the purpose and use to be shown. Lastly, empty items such as misuse (structured if there is data) are shown with just one level of empty brackets. The above example shows meta-data based on the openEHR Archetype Object Model (AOM).
The description section is technically optional according to the AOM, but in any realistic use of ADL for archetypes, it will be required. A minimal description section satisfying to the AOM is as follows:
description
original_author = <
["name"] = <"Dr J Joyce">
["organisation"] = <"NT Health Service">
["date"] = <2003-08-03>
>
lifecycle_state = <"initial">
details = <
["en"] = <
language = <[iso_639-1::en]>
purpose = <"archetype for diabetic patient review">
>
>