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[Proposal] Rename "gender" to "sex" #563
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Apart from the nomenclature, which is in conflict how these things are called these days (wasn't there 10 years ago): What use case are we solving? Today, we can both represent the sex (in PERSON) and the gender (in OBSERVATION). Do we really want to make a breaking change only for nomenclature purposes? |
Good point. Does anyone have a use case that requires this change? |
There is no specific use case I am aware of apart from using current terminology. We have talked about this issue for many moons but I think the software repercussions are significant and do not necessarily warrant the change. |
Ok good to know. How does the proposal triage process work? |
This remains an important issue. |
In the next set of breaking changes (major release) we might consider renaming "gender" columns to "sex" columns.
I think the use case would be any study that involves the concept of gender identity because that would require making a distinction between gender identity and biological sex. If no-one want to use this in studies then it might not be worth making the breaking change though.
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