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> I don't agree with this, and I think the example I just made above
> strengthens that. There are dimensions that are needed in data entry to be
> able to break up a data element (age, gender, etc.), and there are other
> dimensions that are broader groupings of data like type of diseases that
> you
> do not need to know about in order to register data about diseases.

Some semantic musings...

Adjectives related to the general description of a noun should be DE group.
Adjectives related to a specific event should be categoryoptions.

Some can be both; Sexually transmitted might be a description (attribute)
of the disease HIV, but Sexually transmitted might also be a description
of the special case of Freddie Mercury's tick in the tally sheet (in
contrast to blood transfusion).

So, in other words, there are dimensions to an indefinite noun (DE
groups), and dimensions to a definite noun (categoryoptions), that are
intrinsically different in use. DHIS should support both, in one way or
another.

Johan