Hello David, excuse my ignorance, but whats the Keyserver list?
Andrew Tuesday, November 29, 2005, 9:08:07 PM, you wrote: DG> Andrew McIntyre wrote: >>Hello David, >> >> >> >>DG> I learnt yesterday that neither the HL7 or PIT specifications >>DG> support the transmission of BLOBs. My next mission is to stop the >>DG> specialists sending graphics in their letters. >> >> >>Its called Encapsulated data in HL7 and it does support blob data but >>its not widely supported in PMS. This has been in the standard for >>some time.... >> >> DG> Thanks Andrew DG> I must have misinterpreted what tech support was saying. They did DG> mention pointers to BLOBs held on the sender's database but this is DG> usually of little interest to GPs who have to deal with a higher level DG> of information. DG> You should join the keyserver list. Your expertise would be very welcome DG> there. DG> David >>You can specify data type and data subtypes eg images, rtf, scanned >>documents etc etc >> >>It in an OBX segment. >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>Health Level Seven, Version 2.3.1 © 1999. All rights reserved. Page 2-29 >>Final Standard. 05/1999 >>2.8.16 ED - encapsulated data >>Components: <source application (HD) > ^ <type of data (ID)> ^ <data subtype >>(ID)> ^ <encoding >>(ID)> ^ <data (ST)> >> >> >>This data type transmits encapsulated data from a source system to a >>destination system. It contains the >>identity of the source system, the type of data, the encoding method of the >>data, and the data itself. This >>data type is similar to the RP (reference pointer) data type of Section >>2.8.36, RP - reference pointer, except >>that instead of pointing to the data on another system, it contains the data >>which is to be sent to that >>system. >> >>----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> -- Best regards, Andrew mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Andrew McIntyre Buderim Gastroenterology Centre www.buderimgastro.com.au PH: 07 54455055 FAX: 54455047 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
