Designation:E2185–01AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardSpecificationforTransferringDigitalVoiceDataBetweenIndependentDigitalDictationSystemsandWorkstations1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2185;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoverstheformatandcontentofdigitallyrecordedvoicedatafilesandtheiridentifyingdata.Theobjectistoenabletransferbetweenindependentdigitaldictationsystemsandworkstations,regardlessofmanufacturerandprotocolsforensuringreliability.Thisspecificationdoesnotcoverthetransmissionofvoicedatafilesandtheiridentifyingdatawithindigitaldictationsystemsandworksta-tionsortheirtranscriptionintotextfiles.1.2Thisspecificationmaybeappliedtoeitherthetransmis-sionofdataovermedium-tohigh-speeddatacommunicationnetworksortothetransmissionofdatabyrecordingon,andlaterplayingbackfrom,magneticoropticaldigitalstoragemedia.Itdefinestheblockedstreamofdata,calledamessage,whichistransmittedoveranetworkconnectionorrecordedonastoragemedium.Itdoesnotdefinethehardwareorsoftwarenetworkprotocolsorstoragemediaformatsneededformes-sagetransmission(forexample,seeISO8072-1986)ortheformatsusedtostoredatainternallybythesenderorreceiver.1.3Sincesomestandardizationinstoragemediaformatandnetworkprotocolswouldhelptopromotetheexchangeofdatabetweencomputersystemswithdiversehardwareandsoft-ware,itissuggestedthatreadilyavailableuniversalmediaandformatsbeusedfordataexchangewhenpossible.1.4Anyconsiderationsregardingthesecurityofthedigitaldictationfileoritscomponentsasdefinedhereinareoutsidethescopeofthisspecification.Suchmeasuresasencryptionoffiles(eitheratrestorintransit),authenticationofusersororigina-tors,assignmentandcontroloffileaccesspermissions,andbackuporrecoveryoffileswhichmaybenecessarytomeetinstitutionalpoliciesorgovernmentalregula...
