Re: [ebxml-dev] RE: OASIS Members to Develop Universal Business Language

[Duane Nickull <duane@xmlglobal.com>]

Some rebuttals..

Gregory, Arofan wrote:

> Anyone who 
> wants to produce an ebXML Core-Components-compliant vocabulary is free 
> to do so (including OASIS) - isn't that what the spec is for?

 >>>
I completely agree.  It should be pointed out that if I, as a user of 
ebXML, do not want to use the stock set of core components,  I could 
build and use my own.  There are plenty of documents to guide me through 
this endevour (CC Discovery and Analysis, UMM et al.)

> (Are you 
> telling me that I wasted two years of my life on this for nothing?)
>>>>>>

No - we got to drink plenty of cold beer and see a hockey game.  This is 
the dream life of all Candaians ;-)  Seriously, the work done to date is 
relied upon by both UBL and UN/CEFACT CC teams.

 
> After last week's ebTWG meeting, it became clear that there was no 
> competing initiative within UN/CEFACT, and I would also point out that 
> UN/CEFACT rejected the initial UBL proposal to become a part of 
> UN/CEFACT. If CEFACT wanted it, why didn't they say "yes"? The OASIS 
> option was choice #2.
>>>>>>>>>


I have no opinion on this as I never saw the proposal.  Maybe those who 
submitted the proposal could shed some light on this?  Did Jon submit it?

 
> Anyway, I have a feeling that whatever the relationship between UBL and 
> UN/CEFACT needs to be, it will evolve, since there is so much overlap of 
> membership. The whole point is standardization, after all.
>>>>>>>>>>

Agreed.  It is too early to tell for sure the degree of overlap or if 
the final work of both will even have any overlap.

Cheers

Duane