RE: DRAF RE: How to Create an ebXML Order (EDI 850 transaction se t)

[John Evdemon <jevdemon@vitria.com>]

On Monday, July 16, 2001 6:49 PM Mike Rawlins wrote:
>
> ANSI ASC X12 did a bit of work on such an approach, but calling the work 
> unsuccessful is a gross mis-characterization.  We decided to *abandon* the
> approach in 1999 with the advent of ebXML.  
>
Perhaps "unsuccessful" was too strong of a word - my apologies if I offended
anyone.   I was simply looking at the results (as in the number of
transactions that are available).  Again, I apologize if I was over
simplifying things.

> XML Solutions (promoting an approach under xedi.org, and
> now part of Vitria, I believe), has promoted such an approach for awhile.
> However, I will agree that they have as yet been unsuccessful in getting
any
> recognized EDI standards body to officially adopt it.
>
This was not (and is not) the goal of xedi.org (although the xedi approach
was endorsed by the AIA EC WG).  xedi.org was (and continues to be) a
suggested approach for representing EDI using XML.  Given the breadth and
maturity of EDI metadata, I hope xedi could help kick-start UBL.

> ebXML is over, and no longer exists as even an informal organization.
> UN/CEFACT  will take responsibility for continuing the business process 
> work started in ebXML.  If any universal, internationally recognized,
standard 
> XML schemas are  ever developed they will probably come from the 
> EDIFACT Working Group or its successor.
> 
I was referring to the work by Jon Bosak's group - to my knowledge they are
planning to develop standard XML schemas and plan to use xCBL as a starting
point.