superficially, (being also an armchair enthusiast, pc-rev-head), http/web services gives more security, smime/smtp/dns more reliability, (less secure if some smtp provider secretly collects messages).
On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 07:36 +0800, Richard Hosking wrote: > Thanks for your enlightenment guys > I am happy to admit that I am an (interested) amateur at this stuff. > Still the best way to get answers is to say something - I quickly get > corrected :) > I dont know how the technology for messaging originally eveolved but it > appears to me the technology came first without much consideration of > the relationships/business rules. In the pathology world at least (where > much of the current messaging takes place) it seems to me that a web > based system would fit . It would also fit in hospital -> GP messaging. > OK for prescriptions there probably would be a need for an intermediate > server, but that is not happening at present. > > R > > Ross Davey wrote: > > > > > Hugh Nelson wrote: > > > >> If you use http as a transport, how do you provide a store and > >> forward mechanism? > >> Would that involve Argusconnect providing a central location like > >> hotmail? > >> > > Good question. As Richard Hosking rightly describes in another posting, > > HTTP does not need any sore-and-forward mechanism. However he omits to > > describe those business/political models that necessitate some form of > > store-and-forward. Prescription processing as one example needs some > > mechanism to allow prescriptions remain on a 'holding server' until > > picked up by a pharmacy to whom the patients has gone to. ie a > > situation where the sender doesnt know who the recipient is going to be, > > and a recipient who doesnt know who the sender will be until he is > > notified by the patient. > > > > However there are other examples of situations where a store-and-forward > > mechanism may be desirable. > > > > In the Web services world, there are a few ways to implement this but > > the most common solution is to have an 'intermediary' just for those > > type of transactions and then a direct notification to the recipient to > > go to that intermediary to pick up the message. > > > > Now who provides that intermediary is probably the 'ten million dollar > > question' and is playing on the minds of many in the healthcare industry. > > > > cheers > > Ross > > > > ------------------------------- > > Ross Davey > > CEO > > ArgusConnect Pty Ltd > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gpcg_talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
