OpenAtlas

We took a look at the patient records and thought about how to map the information:

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  • Create a source
  • name could be e.g. "Patient record 123"
  • the text as description
• Nr.
  • we could use and link a reference system but do we need it if the number is already in name and we won't have URLs anyway?
• Begin, End, diagnosis
  • Create an event (activity)
  • Use begin, end as dates
  • Link to source
  • Name could be e.g. "Patient visit 123" or "Patient visit of (name)"
  • Link diagnosis as type to event
• Name, age (optional integer), death (boolean)
  • Create a person
  • Link to event and source
  • If age available, create a time span for birth (Eva kindly suggested to add a few years time span to account for uncertainty)
  • If death
    • Add death date to person
    • Add type "outcome: death" to event

• Everything so far agreeable?
• How to deal with duplicates, e.g. persons or similar spelled diagnoses
• Do we want to enter origin (Herkunft) as places and link them as residence or birth place?
• What should we do with "half empty" records, e.g. row 1606 to 1609
• Maybe we should create a "case study" custom type with a sub type "Patients" or similar (can be renamed later) just to be able to separate them from other data if needed.