The Universal Business Language

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The UniversalBusiness Language

• Uygar Donduran
• Alptekin Uzel

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The promise of XML fore-business

• Plug and play electronic commerce
• Spontaneous trade
• No custom programming
• Ubiquity on the Internet
• Complete platform independence

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WHY UBL ?

• XML is just a metalanguage
• Tag soup doesnt give you interoperability
• Seamless communication requires shared meaning
• Shared meaning requires semantic standardization
  across whole industries
• This is where UBL comes in

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The Universal Business Language

• An XML-based business language standard-in-progres
  s
• Applicable across all industry sectors and
  domains of electronic trade
• Actually modular, reusable, and extensible
• Non-proprietary and committed to freedom from
  royalties
• Intended to become a legal standard for
  international trade

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ADVANTAGES OF UBL

• Lower cost of integration, both among and within
  enterprises
• Lower cost of commercial software
• Easier learning curve
• Lower cost of entry
• Quicker adoption by small and medium-size
  enterprises (SMEs)
• Standardized training
• Universally available pool of skilled workers

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UBL PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING

• A library of XML schemas for reusable data
  components, such as address, item, and
  payment . Each such component is called
  Business Information Entity (BIE).
• A small set of XML schemas that are composed from
  the BIEs are used.
• Guidelines for the extension of UBL in specific
  trading relationships.

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UBL COMPONENT FOR TAX
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Where UBL can fit into existing XML B2B
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UBLs relationship with ebXML

• UBL is not actually an ebXML deliverable
• UBL provides no particular messaging framework,
  but is built to support ebXML
• But the combination will enable the B2B web
• HTTP HTML web publishing
• ebXML UBL web commerce

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Basic UBL Documents

• Order
• Order Response (simple)
• Order Response (complex)
• Order Change
• Despatch Advice (shipping notice)
• Receipt Advice
• Invoice

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Order-to-Invoice Business Process
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Some UBL participants
Oracle SAP SeeBeyond Sterling Commerce Sun
Microsystems UK Cabinet Office United Parcel
Service U.S. GSA U.S. Navy Visa International

• APACS
• Boeing
• Commerce One
• France Telecom
• General Electric
• HP
• Intuit
• KPMG
• LMI
• Northrup Grumman

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Thanks!