RE: Jon Bosak's suggestion that xCBL be adopted as the ebXMLBusinessDocument framework

[Stuart Campbell <stuart.campbell@tieglobal.com>]

Personally, I would be thrilled if UN/CEFACT adopted xCBL as
the beginning of a new vocabulary.
***Todd, could you convince me why a new VOCABULARY is necessary.  EDIFACT+
has this.  XML only offers a structure and the Vocabulary of xCBL either
takes into account all (for some) and for others (like me) its a pale and
very limited subset combared with the scope of EDIFACT

What a breath of fresh air that would be, for SMEs.
***SMEs need a breath of fresh air when it comes to semantic vocabularys
like a hole in the head.  They are not interested in XML, ebXML or anything
technological unless it works, is cheap and comes in a packages which hides
the technology from them

Sorry if xCBL isn't perfect.  We don't need perfection--we need common
vocabulary *fast*,
***Never a true word was said.  Take a look at EDIFACT, remove the
structures and look forward into the underlying models, the code lists, the
element dictionaries etc etc  THen you have a tried and tested solution.  If
you look at the syntax of EDIFACT, of course, you will be right


Regards
STUART
Technical Strategy Director, Technical Strategy Team
Business Development Unit

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