tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201874739367831894.post360046663473998363..comments2024-03-28T01:46:02.526-05:00Comments on Healthcare Exchange Standards: IHE Mobile access to Health Documents - Trial ImplementationJohn Moehrkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04526719420117446030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201874739367831894.post-47343453305722959072012-11-18T20:59:16.453-06:002012-11-18T20:59:16.453-06:00I would very much disagree that RESTful HTTP is &#...I would very much disagree that RESTful HTTP is 'ubiquitous'. There are also many places in the profile where we had to reduce functionality in order to fit the RESTful approach. This is why the profile is targeting resource constrained client systems. Please consult the profile for these constraints. The most important to me is that in the SOAP environment there is a very mature security model that simply doesn't exist in RESTful. There are other constraints as well. However none of these constraints are a problem for the use-case we approached. <br /><br />I prefer to use the proper tool for the job. I don't pretend that SOAP is the best tool always, and neither should the RESTful community pretend that REST is the best tool always.John Moehrkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526719420117446030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201874739367831894.post-52244152866701907992012-11-18T09:35:33.635-06:002012-11-18T09:35:33.635-06:00John, this seems like a great profile and pretty u...John, this seems like a great profile and pretty useful. Is there a specific reason this profile is called "Mobile Access to Health Documents" (MHD) instead of something like "Ubiquitous Access to Health Documents" (UHD)? <br /><br />You correctly said above that "It is not constrained to only be used by mobile devices" and in fact I think it will be put into use on servers, desktops, web apps etc. because like you said it does not require a "a large, or any, footprint on the client side".<br /><br />Since it's just using more ubiquitous and modern REST techniques rather than legacy and more difficult techniques and should be called something more general so that those of us who need in both mobile and standard web settings can make use of it and not have to explain it to product managers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15819870322939206506noreply@blogger.com