OASIS UBL TC Meeting

Jon Bosak, Sun MicrosystemsChair, OASIS UBL Technical Committee

Opening PlenaryBurlington, Massachusetts

1 October 2002

AgendaRoll call

Orientation

SC updates (Maler, McGrath, Probert, Gregory, Bosak)

CCTS update

Discussion of role of CCTS in UBL

Discussion of UN/CEFACT proposal

Discussion of deliverable suite and schedule

Segue to: Joint NDR/LC session

Data standards: 3300 BC

EDI, ebXML, UBL

UBL and vertical standards

UBL as a hub format

One adapter interfaceseach party to thecommon suppliers ...

... or tax authorities or customs agents or accountants ...

Priorities for this meetingResolve NDR issues

Prepare to re-release Library with final form syntax

Next meeting (18-21 November): prepare final form syntax

Subcommittee reports• Library Content

• Naming and Design Rules

• Tools and Techniques

• Context Drivers

• Context Methodology

• Administrative

• Marketing

• Liaison

SC report: Context Methodology

• Matt Gertner has resigned chairmanship

• Are there enough people willing to work on this right now, or shall we put CM on hold while we work on NDR and LC?

SC report: Administrative• Preliminary comment: our technical subcommittee

work is world class!

• We have a new set of meeting/membership rules

• I’m now going to start warning and then eliminating nonactive members

SC report: Marketing

• CogniTran has agreed to print brochures for the XML 2002 conference (at which I will be keynoting)

• I have a pending AI to draft a UBL brochure

• This will be reviewed by the MSC via email

SC report: Liaison (1)Good news: great liaison membership

• ACORD (insurance)

• ARTS (retail sales)

• e.centre (UK ecommerce standards)

• EIDX (electronics)

• HL7 (healthcare)

• NACS (convenience stores)

• RosettaNet (information technology)

• SWIFT (banking)

• VCA (optical supplies)

• XBRL (accounting)

• X12 (EDI)

• UN/EDIFACT (EDI)

SC report: Liaison (2)

Bad (?) news: not much input this review cycle• Short review cycle (and false start)

• Did not align gracefully with the various meeting schedules

• The vertical industry standards organizations are experiencing the same resource problems as the rest of us

• Twenty years of EDI, four years of xCBL, and a year of UBL hasn’t left much to add to the components

• I think that input will vastly increase once we turn early implementers loose on some finished schemas

• Silver lining: we can concentrate on finishing NDR

This week’s agenda

• Tuesday: Joint NDR/LC 3-5 p.m.

• Wednesday: SC breakouts 9-3, joint 3-5; lunch 12:30-1:30

• Thursday: SC breakouts 9-3, joint 3-5; lunch 12:30-1:30; wine & cheese 5-6; dinner

• Friday: SC breakouts 9-12; lunch 12-1; joint 1-3, plenary 3-5

• Saturday: Leave town