As discussed at the last Lab LOINC meeting in June 2008, we have been working on a mechanism to algorithmically generate a Long Common Name for LOINC terms. We have generated our initial draft set, which have been posted here:
http://loinc.org/discussion-documents
We will continue making refinements and enhancements, but would welcome comments and suggestions.
We made a few tweaks to the rules for generating these names and have posted an updated report on the main LOINC website:
http://loinc.org/discussion-documents/