+// ifdef for old gcc / broken compiler
+#ifdef GDCM_NO_ANSI_STRING_STREAM
+# include <strstream>
+# define ostringstream ostrstream
+# else
+# include <sstream>
+#endif
+
+
+// Centralize information about the gdcm dictionary in only one file:
+#ifndef PUB_DICT_PATH
+# define PUB_DICT_PATH "../Dicts/"
+#endif
+#define PUB_DICT_NAME "DicomV3Dict"
+#define PUB_DICT_FILENAME "dicomV3.dic"
+#define DICT_ELEM "DicomDir.dic"
+#define DICT_TS "dicomTS.dic"
+#define DICT_VR "dicomVR.dic"
+