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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

2009/9/30 Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>

> Hi Lars
>
> Does this confirm then that a DataSet is meant to be the set of elements
> which make up a particular entry screen?  So we need something else to
> describe dataelements with the same dimensionality which form part of the
> dataset.
>
> Perhaps we call it a DataSubSet?  Restriction being that DataSets are a
> superset of DataSubSet and that DataSubSet has only elements of the same
> dimensionality.
>
> Regards
> Bob



At least the DataSet object has been and is representing a data entry form
in both DHIS  2 and 1.4. We actually have a Section object in the
API (org.hisp.dhis.dataset) which represents a subset of a DataSet, but the
single dimensionality is not enforced.