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[Samuel Cheburet <samuelcheburet@xxxxxxxxx>]

Also Lars on TB case finding and MDR Case finding and cohorts names is been
used in  system integration hence major change will lead to re start or
fail on work already done.

Regards

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> Dear all,
>
> let me emphasize one point that I have mentioned so many times now
> regarding naming of data elements and indicators.
>
> Please do NOT start indicator names with "% of" or "Total". Do not start
> data element names with "Total of ". We have many hundreds of these names
> now.
>
> It becomes impossible to sort and find them this way when working with the
> system. "Number of" is implicit in an aggregate system. The indicator type,
> for instance %, can be found from the indicator type.
>
> The most significant part of the name should come first. So instead of
> calling an indicator
>
> "% of Total Female tested for HIV (PTB-)"
>
> which is impossible to find in a sorted list, you call it
>
> "HIV (PTB-) Tested Female"
>
> Instead of calling a data element
>
> "Number of TB Patients with BMI <18.5"
>
> you just call it
>
> "TB Patients with BMI <18.5"
>
>
> Also, there was a group working on giving data elements meaningful names
> in the workshop last week. We still have hundreds of pointless names like:
>
> 1. New (N)
> 1. Type of resistance
> 2210302 Accommodation
>
> The idea is that we put the name specific to the form in the "form name"
> attribute of the data element. This name will then appear on section forms.
> Then we give a meaningful name to the data element so that we can
> understand what it means and so that it can be used in reports. I will try
> to fix some of it using scripts. Can we work on improving this?
>
>
> regards,
>
> Lars
>
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