# Is DV\_PARAGRAPH used?

**URL:** <https://discourse.openehr.org/t/is-dv-paragraph-used/2187>\
**Category:** Specifications\
**Created:** [13 December 2021 04:57 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/is-dv-paragraph-used/2187 "2021-12-13T04:57:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![pablo](https://discourse.openehr.org/user_avatar/discourse.openehr.org/pablo/32/3505_2.png) [@pablo](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/pablo)\
**Post date:** [13 December 2021 04:57 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/is-dv-paragraph-used/2187/1 "2021-12-13T04:57:14Z")

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Continuing with my checks for classes that are not currently supported by modelling tools (prev. [Is DV\_STATE and it's profile constraint C\_DV\_STATE used anywhere in the specs?](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/is-dv-state-and-its-profile-constraint-c-dv-state-used-anywhere-in-the-specs/2026)), I’m not sure at which extent DV\_PARAGRAPH is used or if it’s even useful. I know the original design was kind of a model for text data analysis, where part of the text could be just free text, and specific terms/concepts could be coded, and the DV\_PARAGRAPH acts as a container for all those texts and coded texts.

Besides NLP I don’t see much application of this data type.

What do others think?

PS: the background of this check is to verify if we need to add DV\_PARAGRAPH validation tests in the conformance tests spec.

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**Author:** ![bna](https://discourse.openehr.org/user_avatar/discourse.openehr.org/bna/32/1994_2.png) [@bna](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/bna)\
**Post date:** [13 December 2021 07:18 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/is-dv-paragraph-used/2187/2 "2021-12-13T07:18:12Z")

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We have no usage of DV\_PARAGRAPH in DIPS.

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**Author:** ![joostholslag](https://discourse.openehr.org/user_avatar/discourse.openehr.org/joostholslag/32/1981_2.png) [@joostholslag](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/joostholslag)\
**Post date:** [13 December 2021 07:36 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/is-dv-paragraph-used/2187/3 "2021-12-13T07:36:47Z")

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I wouldn’t need dv\_paragraph conformance tests. Mainly because it’s deprecated.

I do have a NLP usecase where dv\_paragraph could have been a solution. [Semi structured narrative data](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/semi-structured-narrative-data/2007)

Our archetype editor does support dv\_paragraph, but I suspect our clinical app UI doesn’t. And I’d be surprised if it’s used in our real world archetypes. And we are not interested in our conformance test because openEHR is just a backend technology for our EHR suite, not something we market or sell as an ‘openEHR product’.

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**Author:** ![pablo](https://discourse.openehr.org/user_avatar/discourse.openehr.org/pablo/32/3505_2.png) [@pablo](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/pablo)\
**Post date:** [27 December 2021 23:03 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/is-dv-paragraph-used/2187/4 "2021-12-27T23:03:11Z")

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Related to this, is anyone using DV\_TIME\_SPECIFICATION?

> **[Data Types Information Model](https://specifications.openehr.org/releases/RM/Release-1.1.0/data_types.html#_time_specification_package)**
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> openEHR Data Types Information Model specification