Message-Id: <9310181811.AA16307@rs042.scic.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 11:07:48 -0800
To: rodgers@nlm.nih.gov (R. P. Channing ("Rick") Rodgers), uri@bunyip.com
From: kevin@scic.intel.com (Kevin Altis)
Subject: Re: URNs and authenticity
At 9:42 AM 10/18/93 -0400, R. P. Channing ("Rick" wrote:
>Whoa! I hope we are not going to make the computerized patient record (CPR) a
>model for what we are trying to do with URxs. If so, we are doomed from the
>start. The history of the CPR is a trail of tears. We need to be a bit more
>humble about our goals here.
...
>There is no way for a simple technical naming scheme to
>address all of the complex issues of authority, validity, reputation, etc.
>that a fully functioning electronic publishing system will require.
That's what I was trying to point out, but you said it better than I. There
are two many "wants" on the table now, so we have to chop out some of the
wants to do what is technically feasible while not getting bogged down in
many of the real and pressing social/organizational problems of electronic
document exchange. It might actually be beneficial for some of the CPR
information to be part of our bibliography, so that everybody can see the
sticky wicket. Any other professional organization horror stories about
tackling electronic documentation out there?
ka