# openEHR-technical Digest, Vol 33, Issue 24

**URL:** <https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-technical-digest-vol-33-issue-24/15335>\
**Category:** Technical (archive)\
**Created:** [17 November 2014 06:57 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-technical-digest-vol-33-issue-24/15335 "2014-11-17T06:57:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![WILLIAM\_R4C](https://discourse.openehr.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@WILLIAM\_R4C](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/WILLIAM_R4C)\
**Post date:** [17 November 2014 06:57 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-technical-digest-vol-33-issue-24/15335/1 "2014-11-17T06:57:08Z")

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**Author:** ![ian.mcnicoll](https://discourse.openehr.org/user_avatar/discourse.openehr.org/ian.mcnicoll/32/4430_2.png) [@ian.mcnicoll](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/ian.mcnicoll)\
**Post date:** [17 November 2014 10:30 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-technical-digest-vol-33-issue-24/15335/2 "2014-11-17T10:30:13Z")

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Hi William,

I can see the value of what you are proposing but I am not sure that I  
would carry this kind of knowledge in the archetype. It feels to me  
more like 'guidelines' knowledge in terms of Alan Rector's diagram.

Ian  
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**Author:** ![Talmon\_CRISP](https://discourse.openehr.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@Talmon\_CRISP](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Talmon_CRISP)\
**Post date:** [17 November 2014 12:08 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-technical-digest-vol-33-issue-24/15335/3 "2014-11-17T12:08:02Z")

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I agree with Ian, more so because this can of procedures may vary around countries, while the medical concepts described in the archetypes are more generally applicable.

Jan Talmon