Reference Guide

HPMA Audit Message Reference
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References
This document assumes familiarity with many terms related to
computer operations and programming, network communications,
and operating system file operations. There is wide use of acronyms.
To assist you, there is a glossary at the back of this reference (page 65).
Document Structure
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Using this Guide
This guide is comprised of three chapters:
“Audit Message Overview”—Provides a brief overview of the audit
message system and the design of the text log file.
“File and Message Format”—Defines the format of the audit log file
and the format of audit messages, along with details of the common
elements found in all audit messages.
“Message Reference”—Provides supporting information for all audit
messages issued by the system.
Conventions
This guide adheres to conventions for terminology to avoid confusion
or misunderstanding. There are also conventions for typography to
enhance readability and usefulness of the text.