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Subject: [ebxml-mktg] RE: [ebxml-dev] UBL Schemas Released for Public Review


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
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	-----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
	
	
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	OASIS
	http://www.oasis-open.org
	carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
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