Implementers Workgroup Meeting 2017-08-29

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)

• Direct Project Updates (John Hall)

• Implementation Guide for Expressing Context in Direct Messaging
  • Date for 2017 Direct Project Connect-A-Thon has been set: Thursday, October 19
  • Implementation updates and/or questions?
  • Links to the current "draft for trial use" and examples of messages expressing context can be found here.

• "Large" message transport in Direct (ex: transport of large images like DICOM)
  • Option under consideration involves message fragmentation and reassembly as defined by RFC 2046.
    • MaxMD is offering source code suitable for use within the Java RI (two Java RI Maillets) and unit testing data here (download size 44 MB).
  • Updates/status

3. Roundtable Discussion / Updates – Open (All)

4. Adjourn