12 Observations during PMDA testing

Oracle has tested the device XMLs generated using the PMDA device profile in Oracle Argus 8.4.

This testing was performed by submitting the XMLs to the PMDA device web portal and by receiving ACKs from PMDA.

The below observations were made during the PMDA testing:

• During testing the attachments, it was observed that the PMDA agency accepts the PMDA device XML reports with the attachments encoded twice in base 64. However, this differs from the way the attachments are encoded in the PMDA E2B(R3) report that are accepted by PMDA. Hence a common profile switch, Attachment encoding method in PMDA Device XML report, is provided with the default value set as Double step encoding. We recommend retaining this default setting.
• The other option, Single step encoding similar to PMDA E2B R3, is provided considering the future versions if the PMDA device updates their system to accept the single step encoding similar to PMDA E2B(R3).