HL7 Version 3 Standard: Transport Specification – ebXML Using ebMS 2.0, Release 1

DESCRIPTION

The purpose of the ebXML message wrapper is to provide a secure, flexible transport for exchanging HL7 messages and other content, and potentially other message formats, between message handling interfaces or ebXML Message Service Handlers (ebXML MSH over a variety of lower level transports such as TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP and others.  The ebXML "Message Service Specification Version 2.0 1 April 2002" includes appendices describing the requirements for transport of the messages and wrappers over HTTP and SMTP.  This document includes a section titled "2.0 Simple Secure Authenticated TCP Transport" which provides the mechanisms for exchanging the ebXML messages via TCP/IP.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Transport Specification – ebXML Using ebMS 2.0, Release 1 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

TARGETS

• Health Care IT Vendors
• National Health Information Exchange Infrastructures

BENEFITS

• Promotes the ability to communicate healthcare data between jurisdictions
• Simplifies technical implementation path as a result of user feedback

IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES

• UK- NHS
• Canada – CDAnet (Canadian Dental Association)

DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND

Implementation guidelines for using ebXML ebMS 2.0 for the exchange of HL7 V2, V3 and other content serializations over encrypted and unencrypted TCP connections.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Transport Specification – ebXML Using ebMS 2.0, Release 1

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BALLOT TYPES

• Normative

STATUS DATE

2012-05-31

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

PRODUCT TYPES

• ANSI-approved
• Transport(ebxml, cd, mllp)

FAMILY

• V3

CURRENT STATE

• Stable

REALM

• Universal