David, Since I actively participate in both UBL and CC, let me assure you that they are in perfect harmony. CCTS describes a syntax neutral approach to developing semantically clear building blocks for syntax specific expressions. CCTS does not define how syntax specific expressions should occur. That is left up to the implementer - in this case UBL. Let me assure everyone on this list that UBL is in full conformance with the CCTS - to include creating BIE's and identifying their underlying CC's in strict compliance with the normative rules in the CCTS, and supplying additional metadata to meet the CCTS storage requirements identified in Section 7 of the CCTS. The UBL naming and design rules have a core guiding principle to create optimized XML from BIE's and the other aspects of the CCTS, and I firmly believe that is what we are beginning to see in the latest release version. We will take feedback from external activities, intertwine that feedback with the results of our final discussions in UBL NDR, and publish the naming and design rules as a UBL TC specification. We hope that will happen during our May plenary in London. I would like to point out that UBL members and CCTS have been working very closely over the last year and a half. In fact a review of membership of both bodies will show a significant overlap. UBL has been instrumental in providing feedback to the CCTS development process, and continues to fully support CCTS as it completes the implementation verification phase. Mark Crawford Research Fellow - LMI XML Lead W3C Advisory Committee, OASIS, RosettaNet Representative Vice Chair - OASIS UBL TC & Chair Naming and Design Rules Subcommittee Chair - UN/CEFACT XML Syntax Working Group Editor - UN/CEFACT Core Components _____ Logistics Management Institute 2000 Corporate Ridge, McLean, VA 22102-7805 (703) 917-7177 Fax (703) 917-7481 Wireless (703) 655-4810 mcrawford@lmi.org http://www.lmi.org "Opportunity is what you make of it" -----Original Message----- From: David Lyon [mailto:djlyon@froggy.com.au] Sent: Tue 2/4/2003 4:57 PM To: ebxml-dev@lists.ebxml.org; ebxml-mktg@lists.ebxml.org Cc: Subject: Re: [ebxml-dev] UBL Schemas Released for Public Review Hi Nick, Well, it looks to me like UBL has been an enourmous step forward, and one can only expect that companies will extend and enhance the messages to suite their own circumstances where neccessary. The big difference being that with XML you don't neccessarily need to have different processing logic if somebody adds a "banana freshness flag" like you do with EDI. You raise a good point, maybe it is time for someone to have a fresh look at core components and see how it can be rehashed to somehow accomodate UBL. At the moment, Core Components are rather abstract, more like some sort of religious experience that is somewhat difficult to fathom. UBL is what I would have expected Core Components to have been. Regards David Lyon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Laqua" <Nick.Laqua@newtron.net> To: <ebxml-dev@lists.ebxml.org>; <ebxml-mktg@lists.ebxml.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:33 PM Subject: RE: [ebxml-dev] UBL Schemas Released for Public Review Hi, can anybody give me a short hint how UBL is expected to align/cooperate with the existing efforts within ebXML (Core Components, context driver etc.) ? As I understood, the Core Components approach was meant to avoid the typical problems of traditional standards like EDIFACT etc. (messages being to generic on one hand and too complex/specific on the other hand) leading to proprietary "enhancements" and adaptions. Isn't UBL just another attempt to install a "standard" interoperable format (like EDIFACT etc.) ? Thx Nick -----Original Message----- From: Carol Geyer [mailto:carol.geyer@oasis-open.org] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 9:40 PM To: ebxml-dev@lists.ebxml.org; ebxml-mktg@lists.ebxml.org Subject: [ebxml-dev] UBL Schemas Released for Public Review The first draft of a royalty-free data representation standard for electronic commerce has been released by the OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) Technical Committee. The UBL Library Content 0p70 Public Review release can be found at http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/lcsc/0p70/ A zip file containing the entire review set packaged for local installation can be downloaded from http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/lcsc/0p70/UBL0p70.zip Intended to become international standards for electronic trade, the UBL schemas contained in the review package specify machine-readable XML representations of familiar business documents. The seven basic documents covered in this release include Order, Order Response, Simple Order Response, Order Cancellation, Despatch Advice, Receipt Advice, and Invoice. Together, they can be used to implement a generic buy/sell relationship or supply chain whose components fit existing trade agreements and are immediately understandable by workers in business, supply-chain management (SCM), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), accounting, customs, taxation, and shipping. These generic schemas are intended to work in a wide variety of business contexts through custom extensions. Automated context configuration will be addressed in a later phase of the effort. The schemas are also designed be used in their generic form in many ordinary business contexts without further modification. The business context in which the generic document types are designed to function is detailed in the materials accompanying the release. Other documentation includes the entire semantic model on which the schemas are based, a description of the methodology by which the schemas were created, and UML diagrams to aid in software design. The package also contains alternative ASN.1 specifications for the UBL schemas that allow ASN.1 tools to be used for UBL document transfers. Additional supplementary materials will be made available in a following package update to be announced separately. The UBL schemas reflect a number of inputs, the most important of which are the commercial xCBL schemas from Commerce One and SAP; the ebXML Core Components Specification; early XSL stylesheet implementations; and early feedback from the UBL Liaisons (http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/lsc/). UBL schema design follows the UBL Naming and Design Rules developed by the UBL NDR Subcommittee (http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/ndrsc/). The definition of UBL semantic content, based on existing practice in EDI and electronic marketplaces, has taken place in close alignment with ebXML Core Components methodology to ensure optimal integration into the ebXML semantic registry. As works in progress, the materials in the Library Content 0p70 Public Review package do not yet have the status of an OASIS Open Standard or an OASIS Committee Specification. The construction of experimental prototypes based on these materials is encouraged for the purpose of generating input back to the committee process, but implementers are strongly advised against basing commercial or mission-critical applications on the draft specifications. The OASIS UBL Library Content Subcommittee invites interested parties to comment on this release directly to the Library Content Subcommittee Editor, Bill Meadows (bill.meadows@sun.com), using the recommended feedback form at http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/lcsc/0p70/UBL_Comment-0p1.rtf This release comment period applies from Monday, January 27th until Monday, April 14th 2003. We welcome all comments and will ensure to advise of our dispositions to any suggestions. The work of the OASIS UBL Technical Committee is open to public view through the mail archives linked from the UBL home page: http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/ Formal input to UBL from industry data exchange organizations is provided through the UBL Liaison Subcommittee: http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/lsc/ Input from the general public is accepted through the ubl-comment mail list: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-comment/ Interested parties are invited to comment on the work of the UBL TC by subscribing to the ubl-comment list using the OASIS list manager: http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl ____________________________________________ Carol Geyer Director of Communications OASIS http://www.oasis-open.org carol.geyer@oasis-open.org Voice: +1 978.667.5115 x209 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The ebxml-dev list is sponsored by OASIS. 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