Implementers Workgroup Meeting 2017-06-20

The purpose of this Implementers Workgroup meeting is to provide a forum for discussing post-implementation issues and practices related to Direct whether technical, operational, or logistical in nature, including Direct Project specifications and implementation guides, adoption efforts, and innovative uses and deployments. It’s a forum for a peer-to-peer exchange of ideas, thoughts, and practices for project leaders within the Direct community.

1. Logistical Items (Workgroup Lead / Direct Coordinator)

• Workgroup meeting schedule for 2017 has been posted. As usual, any future adjustments will be reflected there.

2. Scheduled Discussion / Updates (All, as/if applicable)

• ONC Direct Exchange Workshop
  • Afterthoughts? Impressions?

• Implementation Guide for Expressing Context in Direct Messaging
  • "Draft for trial use" published December 2016.
  • Examples of messages expressing context posted June 9.
  • Implementation updates and/or questions
  • Next steps

• "Large" message transport in Direct (ex: transport of large images like DICOM)
  • HISPs, has this been a need expressed by your customers? What have been your experiences? Do you impose message size limitations?
  • One option being explored by a HISP involves message fragmentation and reassembly as defined by RFC 2046.

3. Roundtable Discussion / Updates – Open (All)

4. Adjourn