ICH-M2 Expert Working Group's (EWG) objective is to recommend multinationally acceptable standards.

Keeping in line with ICH's overall goal of harmonizing initiatives by delivering streamlined and more rapid information exchange, ICH-M2 recommends, to the extent possible, global technical standards that are supported by multiple vendors, affordable and mature, at low risk of obsolescence, and capable of providing the following functionality:

• Structured messaging
• File transfer to complement structured messaging
• Directory services to manage and access data
• Documents to handle heterogeneous data formats, like simple text, multi-lingual text, tables, graphics, pictures, and complex/compound documents
• Formatted data for transferring information between heterogeneous databases (Electronic Data Interchange)
• Security to ensure, if and when required, confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation.

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