Monthly Archives: April 2009

Is RIMBAA a Mistake?

Posted on Monday, 20 April 2009 by Marc de Graauw

HL7v3 is a framework for developing messages in healthcare. Unlike its predecessor, v2, HL7v3 has at its core an information model, the RIM (Reference Information Model). The RIM contains classes and relations. From the RIM actual healthcare messages are derived, … Continue reading →

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Doesn’t the rejection of a compromise presuppose a reasonable alternative?

Posted on Saturday, 18 April 2009 by Marc de Graauw

Friday (April 17, 2009) I attended Avishai Margalit‘s lecture ‘Comprise and Rotten Compromise’ at the Amsterdam ‘Nacht van de Filosofie‘ (Night of Philosphy). Margalit, as far as I’m concerned, is one of the most interesting living philosophers, so this lecture … Continue reading →

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