PCD Brief Profile Proposal 2008 DPI-DnA

1. Proposed Workitem: Device Point-of-care Integration - Discovery and Association (DPI-DnA)

• Proposal Editor: Todd Cooper
• Editor: <Name of candidate Lead Editor for the Profile, if known>
• Date: N/A (Wiki keeps history)
• Version: N/A (Wiki keeps history)
• Domain: PCD

2. The Problem

Within the framework of Device Point-of-Care Integration (DPI) profiles, the first step of establishing communication between systems is for a device to announce its presence, discover the system(s) that are managing network communication, and establish an association that will determine how that device can participate in network communications.

This profile shall support those functions needed to support discovery and association of devices in a DPI network.

3. Key Use Case

<Describe a short use case scenario from the user perspective. The use case should demonstrate the integration/workflow problem.>

<Feel free to add a second use case scenario demonstrating how it “should” work. Try to indicate the people/systems, the tasks they are doing, the information they need, and hopefully where the information should come from.>

4. Standards & Systems

<List existing systems that are/could be involved in the problem/solution.>

<If known, list standards which might be relevant to the solution>

5. Discussion

1. This profile is part of a set of DPI profiles that support device conneectivity, especially plug-and-play communication.