I agree - I have had discussions with David Price our Systems Analyst about
this. It is his opinion we are talking about the mechanism by which the
message gets transmitted. However, that is not as important as what the
message is. We all need to understand it and be able to utilise it.
Apparently there is about to be a meeting to discuss data standards which
may well move the whole discussion forward. What is being bandied about is
a discussion about how we transmit the message not what the message is. Well
done Andrew for brining us back to the crux of the matter.
Alan Black
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Herd <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 10 June 1998 18:25
Subject: RE: X.400 and Internet Protocols on NHSNet
>I have tried my best to stay away from x.400 because it gives me a
headache,
>but it seems to me that one of its strengths is its ability to support
>structured messages - which are needed for lab links, discharge letters,
>transferrable EMRs etc.
>
>MIME and SMTP are not structured (to my uncertain knowledge) so which
>commonly supported internet protocols would allow us to send structured
>messages?
>
>Pardon my ignorance on this, but I have been working at it for a long time.
>
>Andrew
>
>Dr. Andrew N. Herd MRCGP
>Family Physician, Medical Adviser to Durham Health Authority
>Honorary Lecturer in Primary Health Care, Durham University
>Editor, Practice Computing
>
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