UNCEFACT

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UN/CEFACT UBL

• Anders Grangard
• Vice Chair UN/CEFACT Forum

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Background

• 1999 UN/CEFACT and OASIS initiated ebXML
• ebXML is an extensive framework for next
  generation e-Business
• ebXML does not contain XML business payload
• Both UN/CEFACT and OASIS started to develop ebXML
  based XML
• The collaboration agreement aims at avoiding two
  competing XML standards by incorporating UBL
  developments into UN/CEFACT
• The objective is to work within the UN/CEFACT
  Forum groups to build a common set of electronic
  business document standards

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Background

• Three guiding documents
• Cooperation agreement between UN/ECE and OASIS
• Governs how ebXML shall be co-ordinated
• OASIS UN/CEFACT Collaboration statement
• The terms for the integration of UBL developments
  into UN/CEFACT
• Workplan for 2007
• Describes and plans the collaboration for each
  domain/work group

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Cooperation agreement between UN/ECE and OASIS

• The parties will appoint representatives to
  jointly develop and recommend an
  OASIS-UNECE-UN/CEFACT project alignment and
  coordination plan, addressing areas of common
  technical interest, including
• i) Harmonization of core data components, UBL,
  other business data entity libraries, etc.
• ii) Naming and Design Rules.
• iii) Mechanisms for business process
  specification.
• iv) Adoption and promotion efforts for the ebXML
  specifications.
• v) Identity, addressing and e-signature
  functionalities with potential for
  interoperability across UNeDocs, Universal Postal
  Union practices, and other trade facilitation ID
  and e-signature instances.

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OASIS/UBL and UN/CEFACT Collaboration Statement

• Consistent with the Cooperation Agreement between
  OASIS and UN/CEFACT of June 2005
• UN/CEFACT recognizes UBL 2 as appropriate
  first-generation XML documents for eBusiness.
• For OASIS and UN/CEFACT
• future UN/CEFACT deliverables constitute the
  upgrade path for UBL, and
• the maintenance of UBL 2 remains with the OASIS
  UBL TC
• In the expectation that UN/CEFACT will produce
  its own integrated set of XML schemas within a
  period of three years, OASIS will produce no
  further major versions of UBL past UBL 2.
• OASIS will grant UN/CEFACT a perpetual,
  irrevocable license to create derivative works
  based on UBL.

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OASIS/UBL and UN/CEFACT Collaboration Statement

• Consistent with the Cooperation Agreement between
  OASIS and UN/CEFACT of June 2005
• UN/CEFACT recognizes UBL 2 as appropriate
  first-generation XML documents for eBusiness.
• For OASIS and UN/CEFACT
• future UN/CEFACT deliverables constitute the
  upgrade path for UBL, and
• the maintenance of UBL 2 remains with the OASIS
  UBL TC
• In the expectation that UN/CEFACT will produce
  its own integrated set of XML schemas within a
  period of three years, OASIS will produce no
  further major versions of UBL past UBL 2.
• OASIS will grant UN/CEFACT a perpetual,
  irrevocable license to create derivative works
  based on UBL.

Purpose UBL is recognised as one of the XML B2B
document formats.
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OASIS/UBL and UN/CEFACT Collaboration Statement

• Consistent with the Cooperation Agreement between
  OASIS and UN/CEFACT of June 2005
• UN/CEFACT recognizes UBL 2 as appropriate
  first-generation XML documents for eBusiness.
• For OASIS and UN/CEFACT
• future UN/CEFACT deliverables constitute the
  upgrade path for UBL, and
• the maintenance of UBL 2 remains with the OASIS
  UBL TC
• In the expectation that UN/CEFACT will produce
  its own integrated set of XML schemas within a
  period of three years, OASIS will produce no
  further major versions of UBL past UBL 2.
• OASIS will grant UN/CEFACT a perpetual,
  irrevocable license to create derivative works
  based on UBL.

Purpose UBL can perform maintenance of version 2.
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OASIS/UBL and UN/CEFACT Collaboration Statement
Purpose Next major version by UN/CEFACT Opt out
clause if UN/CEFACT cannot deliver within three
years.

• Consistent with the Cooperation Agreement between
  OASIS and UN/CEFACT of June 2005
• UN/CEFACT recognizes UBL 2 as appropriate
  first-generation XML documents for eBusiness.
• For OASIS and UN/CEFACT
• future UN/CEFACT deliverables constitute the
  upgrade path for UBL, and
• the maintenance of UBL 2 remains with the OASIS
  UBL TC
• In the expectation that UN/CEFACT will produce
  its own integrated set of XML schemas within a
  period of three years, OASIS will produce no
  further major versions of UBL past UBL 2.
• OASIS will grant UN/CEFACT a perpetual,
  irrevocable license to create derivative works
  based on UBL.

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OASIS/UBL and UN/CEFACT Collaboration Statement

• Consistent with the Cooperation Agreement between
  OASIS and UN/CEFACT of June 2005
• UN/CEFACT recognizes UBL 2 as appropriate
  first-generation XML documents for eBusiness.
• For OASIS and UN/CEFACT
• future UN/CEFACT deliverables constitute the
  upgrade path for UBL, and
• the maintenance of UBL 2 remains with the OASIS
  UBL TC
• In the expectation that UN/CEFACT will produce
  its own integrated set of XML schemas within a
  period of three years, OASIS will produce no
  further major versions of UBL past UBL 2.
• OASIS will grant UN/CEFACT a perpetual,
  irrevocable license to create derivative works
  based on UBL.

Purpose UN/CEFACT is granted the use of the UBL
brand.
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Work Plan for 2007

• Supply chain (TBG1)
• Moved to collaborative standards development
• - Final dates to be defined
• Transport (TBG3)
• Collaborative project defined
• Harmonisation of CC (TBG17)
• Joint meeting Thursday expected to resolve main
  issues
• XML NDR (ATG2)
• Important input from UBL last two months
• Code lists (ICG/TMG/ATG)
• Open issue meetings this week between OASIS and
  ICG/ATG
• Related input from CEN - TBG6/TBG19

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