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RDFBones / RDFBonesPhaleron

An RDFBones implementation of the data collection routines developed for the Phaleron Bioarchaeological Project.
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'Fracture Sequelae': Categories #40

Closed cuboideum closed 2 years ago

cuboideum commented 3 years ago

The version of 23 September of the palaeopathology scoring key defines the data item 'Fracture Sequelae' on page thirteen. The category denominated with the numeric code 0 is called 'Unknown or Unobservable'.

This definition brakes with the scheme introduced with the other items where 'unknown' and 'unobservable' are coded as 9 (see also issues #38 and #39).

'Fracture Type' only applies if the lesion under observation has been classified as 'present' in data item 'Fracture Presence'. Even with fractures, sequelae might be present or not. So an option 'Not applicable' would make sense. Commonly, this would be coded as 0.

I suggest to rename the category denominated with the numerical code 0 as 'Absent'. I also suggest to add another category denominated with the numerical code 9 called 'Unknown, unobservable'. 'Fracture Sequelae' should be made dependent on 'Fracture Presence'.

@JEB13, @eprevedo, @HannahLiedl, @JessHotaling and @hayesleigh, what do you think?

JEB13 commented 2 years ago

We discussed this and agreed on solution.

cuboideum commented 2 years ago

Fixed with commit https://github.com/RDFBones/Phaleron-Pathologies/commit/c36ff51c8d050a2f888be467992aaacf41560475.