6.2 PS3.2: Conformance
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## 6.2 PS3.2: Conformance

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

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