The standards development program of the AAMC
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Technical Guidelines

The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) creates guidelines for the development of MedBiquitous® standards to ensure compatibility and interoperability. In collaboration with MedBiquitous working groups, TAG also creates guidelines to support standards implementation relevant to health professions education. 

The below technical guidelines were originally drafted by the Johns Hopkins Medicine International Technical Steering Committee prior to the MedBiquitous Program’s transition to the AAMC. TAG will review these technical guidelines over the coming years to ensure their relevance.   

Application Programming Interface Architecture

Provides consistent definitions, structures, relationships, and rules for the development of MedBiquitous APIs, ensuring ease of implementation. 

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Content Syndication Guidelines

Provide recommendations when using Atom or Really Simple Syndication (RSS) to create internet-based content feeds and podcasts. 

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Guidelines for Transmitting Binary Attachments

Provide general directions for transmitting binary attachments to support XML documents. 

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Journal-based Continuing Education Guidelines

Provide pedagogical, process, and technical recommendations for organizations to implement online journal-based CE and continuing medical education.  

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Knowing When to REST: Simple Object Access Protocol vs. Representational State Transfer

Compares two popular approaches to web services and outlines when it is appropriate to use each. 

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REST Web Service Design Guidelines

Provide guidance for leveraging representational state transfer to develop web services. 

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Security Guidelines

Provide recommendations for using a consistent, standards-based approach to authentication and authorization within and across organizations. 

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Single Sign-On Guidelines

Provide guidance for using a consistent, standards-based approach to single sign-on within and across organizations. 

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Web Services Design Guidelines

Provide a reliable approach to web services development for interoperability among disparate systems and compatibility with interoperability recommendations. 

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XML Design Guidelines

Provide a consistent approach to XML schema development to maximize reusability of components. 

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