UN/CEFACT announces release of its ebXML Business Process Specification Schema V1.1 Geneva, Switzerland, October 18, 2003 - The Technologies and Methodologies Group (TMG) of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business announce the final release of its ebXML Business Process Specification Schema (BPSS) Version 1.1 prepared under the UN/CEFACT Open Development Process. Over the last 2 years interested parties from around the world have collaborated in the development of the Specification addressing a number of deficiencies implementers of Version 1.01 identified. Regarding the BPSS road map, as agreed to by the TMG in March 2003, work on Version 2.0, alignment with the UMM Meta-Model's Business Transaction View (BTV), will commence starting with the upcoming TMG meeting in December. Interested parties are invited to attend the meeting in Waidhofen/Ybbs (Austria), 8-12 December 2003. Parties interested in the BPSS V1.1 can download it from the TMG's Web Site at <http://www.untmg.org/doc_tmg.html> under "Approved Documents". UN/CEFACT, which is based in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and has a global remit, has led the development of international standards for electronic transactions for government, commerce and industry. Its experience and ability to bring together world class experts and match trends in information technology with business requirements, in an open and transparent way, gives UN/CEFACT a unique viewpoint. ######### -- Klaus-Dieter Naujok UN/CEFACT/TMG Chair Global e-Business Advisory Council Principal Advisor Business: www.ge-bac.com Personal: www.klaus.naujok.name TMG: www.untmg.org BCF: www.unbcf.org
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