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Question Support API

http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/question-support-api

Data Model

A possible data model I built for a corporate medical department's medical records: (I've already renamed Clinic and Provider to School and Teacher.)  

Table Dictionary

Questionnaire A collection of questions that might be used in a Survey, Quiz, Exam, etc.
Question A problem seeking an answer
Answer A potential solution to the problem
AnswerType The class of answer suitable for the problem or question
Survey An event instance of collecting Answers to Questions or problems
Response An event instance of the Student providing an answer to a question on a Survey or Quiz, etc
School An organization
Person An individual, such as a Teacher, Student, etc.


Questionnaire Field Dictionary

ID primary key
Questionnaire Title of questionnaire
Category Classifier ID, the ID of a Questionnaire class or category of Questionnaire
Notes Description, Image link, rich format data
StartDate Effective date for this instance of the Questionnaire
EndDate Expiry date of this instance


Question Field Dictionary

ID primary key
Questionnaire ID of parent questionnaire
Sequence number to order question among questions on questionnaire
Question text problem statement
AnswerType ID of the suitable answer type
Jump conditional number to redirect survey question sequence
Notes Description, images, rich format data
StartDate Effective date of this question instance
EndDate Expiry date of this instance


Answer Field Dictionary

ID primary key
Question_ID ID of parent question
Sequence number to order answer among answer choices for question
Answer text of solution or answer
Notes Description, images, rich format data
StartDate Effective date of this answer instance
EndDate Expiry date of this instance


AnswerType Field Dictionary

ID primary key
AnswerType text for the class of answer. Example, text, numeric, multiple choice, tabular, yes/no, etc.
Category ID for class of answer type


Survey Field Dictionary

ID primary key
BaseID ID of parent Survey. Used to identify families of Surveys, such as version
School ID of the School or organization sponsoring this Survey instance
Teacher ID of Person extending this instance of the survey or quiz
Student ID of the Person taking this instance of the survey or quiz
Notes Description, images, rich format data for this instance of the survey or quiz
DateTime DateTime that this Survey instance was taken
ReviewDate Date that this Survey instance was reviewed by the Teacher
ChangeDate Date that this instance of the Survey was changed (reasons are provided in the Response record).


Response Field Dictionary

ID primary key
Answer_ID ID of selected answer (when one of a choice)
Question_ID ID of the Question instance for this Response instance
Survey_ID ID of the parent Survey or Quiz instance for this Response
Response text of Response
ResponseValue numerical Response
Notes Description, images, rich format data for this Response
ChangeDate DateTime that this instance of the Survey was changed, i.e., initial response, update by Student, override by Teacher, etc.
ChangePerson ID of Person who changed this Response instance, i.e., Student, Teacher
ChangeReason text reason this Response instance was changed, i.e., initial response, update by Student, override reason


School Field Dictionary

ID primary key
School School or organizational name


Person Field Dictionary

ID primary key
Last Name Family name for Person
First Name Primary name for Person