RE: Trading Partner Logical Identification based on EDIFACT orX12qualifiers

[Dick Brooks <dick@8760.com>]

Rachel,

Take a look at the Amazon example I presented. Does this address the
consumer concern you raised?


Dick Brooks
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Birmingham, AL 35203
dick@8760.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:rachelf@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 11:09 AM
> To: 'ebXML Transport (E-mail)'
> Subject: RE: Trading Partner Logical Identification based on EDIFACT or
> X12qualifiers
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> Guys,
>
> I understand the discussion about unique identifiers, but the dicussion
> seems focused entirely on businesses. Where does this leave the consumer?
>
> Rachel
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: rholmes [mailto:rholmes@mac.com]
> |Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 10:28 PM
> |To: ebXML Transport (E-mail)
> |Subject: Re: Trading Partner Logical Identification based on EDIFACT or
> |X12qualifiers
> |
> |
> |In Australia, every company that trades has to have an ABN (Australian
> |Business Number - I think) when they register with the Taxation office.
> |Each company also has an Australian Company Number (ACN), but
> |these seem to
> |have been replaced by the ABN since the GST came in only 1.5
> |months ago.
> |
> |The ABN is by nature unique as the Australian Tax Office need to have
> |records of all business that trade within Australia.
> |
> |That brings up another question, what about cross border
> |transactions - are
> |there any international numbers assigned anywhere to
> |companies, or should
> |the companies involved in the transactions have a number set
> |up?  I guess
> |this is where registration with some body has it's pluses.
> |
> |Regards
> |Ron Holmes
> |IT Manager
> |Inovax Limited,
> |Perth, Western Australia
> |
> |> From: "William J. Kammerer" <wkammerer@foresightcorp.com>
> |> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 23:13:11 -0400
> |> To: "ebXML Transport (E-mail)" <ebXML-Transport@lists.ebxml.org>
> |> Subject: Re: Trading Partner Logical Identification based on
> |EDIFACT or X12
> |> qualifiers
> |>
> |> David Burdett wrote "I *think* the proposal [to identify senders and
> |> receivers by any one of the available EDIFACT or X12
> |qualifiers] would
> |> *require* every organization to register themselves within an
> |> ISO/X12/EDIFACT registry before they could use TRP messaging."
> |>
> |> Then David RR Webber intoned "No, no!  Exactly NOT.  How did
> |we arrive
> |> at this conclusion? Where is William when I need him anyway??
> |>
> |> Dear David RR Webber:
> |>
> |> Now you want me.  That feels good.
> |>
> |> Dear David Burdett:
> |>
> |> Practically every company, in the U.S. at least, is marked
> |at birth with
> |> the sign of the Beast. Whether it's desired or not.  We all have DUNS
> |> Numbers - your company, Commerce One (835471095), mine
> |(782501225), or
> |> Ralph's bTrade (802712091).  Even a little dipshit outfit like the
> |> Drummond Group has a DUNS (830820767).  The only one which was not
> |> readily discernible was that for David RR Webber's XML
> |Global; in this
> |> case there's a fallback - the U.S. Federal EIN (XML Global's is
> |> 841434313).
> |>
> |> Both the DUNS and the FEIN are unique, indelible marks that
> |follow the
> |> company its entire life.  Don't worry about needing one of
> |these suckers
> |> for transacting ebXML;  first, you'd have to get one before
> |you ever got
> |> a bank loan, opened a checking account, filed for an IPO or
> |hired your
> |> first employee.
> |>
> |> William J. Kammerer
> |> FORESIGHT Corp.
> |> 4950 Blazer Memorial Pkwy.
> |> Dublin, OH USA 43017-3305
> |> +1 614 791-1600
> |>
> |> Visit FORESIGHT Corp. at http://www.foresightcorp.com/
> |> "Commerce for a New World"
> |>
> |>
> |