forming a JLSC

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Final version
Forming a Japanese Localization
SubCommittee (JLSC)
UBL Plenary Meeting November 3-7,2003 Noboru
Itoh (East Asia Electronic Commerce Association)
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BackGround

• We (Japanese) are very interested in the UBL and
• OASIS activities.
• But when we try to participate in these
  activities, there are
• some barriers.
• The language barrier is the most difficult issue
  as it
• interferes with our understanding .
• To facilitate easer participation in the UBL-TC,
  we need to
• set up the Japanese Localization Sub
  Committee(JLSC).
• Forming the JLSC, where we can converse in
  Japanese, is
• the most suitable way to promote the UBL and
  OASIS
• activities in Japan.

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Purpose

• The purpose of forming the JLSC
• 1. Understanding the UBL through local language
• 2. Diffusion of the UBL and OASIS activities
  into the
• Japanese market.
• Implementation of the UBL in the Japanese market
  with modification to accommodate local business
  practices and local laws.

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Objectives (1)
(based on the Language Sub Committee Template)

• Language specific localization SC (Japanese)
• Activities within Japan
• Translation of the UBL specifications and
  associated documentation into Japanese
• Creation of language specific lookup table
  (vocabulary reference guide) for UBL element and
  attribute names
• 5. Publicity for the UBL in Japan

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Objectives (2)
(based on the Language Sub Committee Template)

• 6. Proposal of extensions to accommodate local
  legal and business practices
• 7. Building and maintaining a Japanese web site
  to provide information about the UBL
• Development of the versatile systems based on the
  UBL, which works as a interoperable system across
  various industries message standards
• Research and study of deployment cases of UBL
  around the world, and publish them for reference
  to various industries

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Members

• Chair Noboru Itoh
  (EA-ECA)
• Vice Chair Yukinori Saito (ECOM)
• Members Mr.Makino
  (FutureSystemConsulting)
• Mr.Horikawa (NTTCom)
• Mr.Tsukakoshi
  (SAP Japan)
• Mr.Ogikawa
  (ITFrontier)
• Mr.Sato
  (Askul)
• 
  Mr.Ogawara (EA-ECA)
• Mr.Ohhara (EA-ECA)
• Observer Mr.Okabe (OASIS Japan
  Rep.)
• ( is a voting member, is an OASIS member)

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Work Items (1)
1-2 months
1) Translating of the following documentation
into Japanese - Introduction of the UBL (ppt)
- UBL v1.0 specs - regulations in
OASIS and the UBL-TC 2) Holding of UBL
workshops - one as a public event
- one as a members event 3) Publicity
- promote awareness, and recruit members
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Work Items (2)
1-2 months

• Building a Japanese web site
• Review of the UBL v1.0 specifications in Japanese
• Making dictionaries and guideline document
• - Glossary
• - Japanese lookup table (vocabulary
  reference guide)
• - guideline documents for understanding of
  the UBL

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Work Items (3)
2-3 months

• Feasibility study with intention to adapt the UBL
  to Japanese business practices and Japanese laws
• Proposal of extensions to accommodate local legal
  and business practices in Japan

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Work Items (4)

• Development of the versatile systems based on the
  UBL, which works as a interoperable system
  between various industries message standards.
• - Conversion methods between UBL and
  industries
• standard business documents from the
  view point of
• syntax and data elements.
• - Create conversion systems that we can
  recommend for
• use between UBL and various
  industries standard business
• documents.
• Conducting tentative implementation test to
  accommodate Japanese business practices and laws,
  and evaluating the result
• Promotion of maximal utilization
• - recruit new members, and teach optimum
  use of UBL as the best
• currently available inter-industry
  communication system

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Course of Action

• Regular meetings
• - once a month
• Communication
• - using a mailing list
• - using a data folder on the internet
• Telephone conference
• - any time
• Synchronization with the UBL-TC and the other SCs
  
• - report on JLSCs progress every month
• - hold telephone conference once every three
  months
• Cooperation with EA-ECA and ECOM to accelerate
• Japanese EC market
• -sponsoring our activities (translation cost,
  tentative Web
• site,facilities, e.t.c)