[Data-modeling] Medicine domain will not cover veterinary medicine or phytopathology

[Faye Li]

Hi Jessica,

Yes, I think it makes sense to create a separate Veterinary Medicine 
domain, at the same level as the current Medicine domain. That should 
help cut down on confusion.

It might be a while before the new domain becomes available... I'd like 
to take a look at the Medicine domain and its current types/properties 
with our data community and work out some additions/changes. I'm hoping 
that lessons learned there and the same design patterns may apply to the 
Veterinary Medicine domain. As a first-year veterinary student, I'm sure 
you already know more about veterinary science than the rest of us. If 
you have any ideas or suggestions, please share with the community! :)

-- Faye


Jessica Perry Hekman wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 06:55:08PM -0700, Faye Li wrote:
>
>   
>> Is there any objection for designating the current Medicine domain as 
>> the domain for *human* medical and health data, and thus will not 
>> include medical/health data on animals and plants?
>>     
>
> It sounds like you'd like there to be a separate Veterinary Medicine
> domain. You didn't specify anything about that, and I'm curious what 
> your plan is. Would it be a domain on the same level as Medicine? 
> Or a subdomain of it?
>
> As a first year veterinary student, I definitely agree that they should 
> be separate.
>
> Jessica
>
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