Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed substance schema was Re: GNUmed and FreeDiams

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 10:01:36PM -0800, Jim Busser wrote:

> However in some cases this would make the substance name less informative, 
> for example the INN for
> 
> ATC V01AA07 is
...
>       V01AA07         insects 
> 
> whereas the "molecule name" as provided from Canadian source is
> 
>       APIS MELLIFERA VENOM PROTEIN EXTRACT
>       DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE
>       DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS
>       DOLICHOVESPULA ARENARIA VENOM PROTEIN EXTRACT
>       DOLICHOVESPULA MACULATA VENOM PROTEIN EXTRACT
>       HONEY BEE VENOM PROTEIN
>       POLISTES SPP VENOM PROTEIN EXTRACT
>       VESPULA SPP VENOM PROTEIN EXTRACT
>       WASP VENOM PROTEIN
>       WHITE FACED HORNET VENOM PROTEIN
>       YELLOW HORNET VENOM PROTEIN
>       YELLOW JACKET VENOM PROTEIN
> 
> so maybe I should not replace them.

No, by no means replace them ! But do apply the ATC code to
all of them. The ATC is optional in ref.consumable_substance
anyway.

> Also, the WHO points out in respect to ATCs
> 
> Prednisolone in single ingredient products is given several ATC codes due
> to different therapeutic use and different local application formulations:

...

> whereas the current GNUmed schema constrains any one substance
> 
>       {description, amount, units}
>
> to be unique, and therefore hold only a single ATC, making
> its ATC arbitrary and maybe serving only to identify the
> substance (but not how, or for what, it is being used).

That's right. That's also how I intended to use the ATC
code. It turns out I did not fully comprehend the *meaning*
of the ATC code.

I will add a comment to that effect to the field in question.

Karsten
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