Documentation Library

Consensus Approved Normative Specifications

Name	Description	Status
Applicability Statement for Secure Health Transport	The common specification for the use of SMTP and S/MIME	Consensus Approved
XDR and XDM for Direct Messaging	Describes how to package source and destination in the SOAP headers to separate addressing metadata from content metadata and how to map from Internet Message Format messages sent over SMTP to the corresponding IHE profiles	Consensus Approved
Implementation Guide for Delivery Notification in Direct	The specification for Final Delivery Notification (Message Dispatched Notifications)	Consensus Approved

(See the Specifications and Service Descriptions page for the specifications that are currently under development)

Consensus Approved Informative Documents

Name	Description	Status
The Direct Project Overview	Provides an overview of the Direct Project, and the specifications associated with the Direct Project	Consensus Approved
Direct Project Overview Presentation	Provides an overview presentation on the Direct Project and the specifications associated with the Direct Project	Consensus Approved
Direct Project Security Overview	Provides an overview of how Direct Project specifications protect the privacy and security of health information	Consensus Approved
Certificate Pilot Recommendations Discussion	Provides Certificate Pilot Recommendations for the Direct Project	Consensus Approved

Consensus Approved Best Practice Documents

Name	Description	Status
Certificate Pilot Recommendations Discussion	Best practices for use of certificates for pilot	Consensus Approved
Best Practices for HISPs	Best practices for legal, privacy, security and transparency practices for full service HISPs	Consensus Approved

Works in Progress

Documents in this category are useful for reference but are not consensus approved deliverables of the Direct Project

Name	Description	Workgroup	Status
Evaluation Criteria for Trust Anchors and Certification Authorities		Best Practices	Up for IG Consensus
Best Practices for HISP-HISP Agreements		Best Practices	Up for WG Consensus
Best Practices for Content and Workflow		Best Practices	In progress
Deployment Models		Documentation & Testing	Up for IG Consensus
Direct Project Compliance		Documentation & Testing	Up for WG Consensus
Reference Implementation Components		Reference Implementation	In progress
Software Licensing Process		Reference Implementation	In progress
Software Development Process		Reference Implementation	In progress
Development Stories		Reference Implementation	In progress
Bare Metal Project		Reference Implementation	In progress
Threat Model - Simple SMTP		Security & Trust	Up for IG Consensus
Threat Model - SMTP with Full Service HISPs		Security & Trust	Up for IG Consensus
Threat Model - Direct to and from XDR		Security & Trust	Up for IG Consensus

Other Informative Documents

Documents in this category are useful for reference but are not necessarily consensus approved deliverables of the Direct Project

Name	Description	Status
[File:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png HealthVault and the Direct Project.docx] HealthVault and the Direct Project.docx Details Download 21 KB	Provides details about sharing information with patients electronically in Microsoft HealthVault using protocols of the Direct Project.
Policy Questions for Implementations
Implementation FAQ
Direct Project Glossary
Java API Documents
C# API Documents
Testing Guides