6.2 PS3.2: Conformance

6.2 PS3.2: Conformance (Current)
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PS3.2 of the DICOM Standard defines principles that implementations claiming conformance to the Standard shall follow:

Conformance requirements. PS3.2 specifies the general requirements that must be met by any implementation claiming conformance. It references the conformance sections of other parts of the Standard.
Conformance Statement. PS3.2 defines the structure of a Conformance Statement. It specifies the information that must be present in a Conformance Statement. It references the Conformance Statement sections of other parts of the Standard.

PS3.2 does not specify a testing/validation procedure to assess an implementation's conformance to the Standard.

Figure 6.2-1 and Figure 6.2-2 depict the construction process for a Conformance Statement for both network communication and media exchange. A Conformance Statement consists of the following parts:

Set of Information Objects that is recognized by this implementation
Set of Service Classes that this implementation supports
Set of communications protocols or physical media that this implementation supports
Set of security measures that this implementation supports.

Figure 6.2-1. Construction Process for a Network Conformance Claim

Figure 6.2-2. Construction Process for a Media Conformance Claim