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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Calle Hedberg <chedberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  Lars,
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> You definitely want to bind those values to a combination of data set and
> data element, because different data sets will have different scopes. This
> should be even more obvious when moving into survey data, where drop-downs
> are a must.
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> Simple example:
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> You have two data sets related to different types of disease notifications
> – let us say one is about haemorrhagic fevers (ebola, Marburg, etc) and the
> other about vaccination related diseases. Both data sets are using the data
> element “Diagnosis” or “Disease”, but the possible diagnoses for each will
> be different. You do not want “measles” to appear when capturing
> haemorrhagic fever data, and you do not want “Marburg” to appear when you
> capture vaccine-related diseases.
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Sure, makes sense, thanks for the clarification.