Welcome to the February 2001

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Welcome to the February 2001

• Accredited Standards Committee X12
• Meeting

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Agenda

• Welcome
• ASC X12 Chair Remarks
• Secretariat Report
• X12 XML Task Group Update
• Certificates of Appreciation
• Subcommittee / Task Group Reports
• Closing Remarks

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X12s Critical Activities

• Approval Maintenance of existing X12 standards
• Documentation of X12 standards usage
• Development of next-generation electronic
  information standards

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X12 Approval Process

• Opportunity to accelerate process as standard
  matured DM volume declined
• Process Improvement Group (PIG) formed in
  February 2000 to
• Expedite existing standards review process
• Explore multiple paths for standards review for
  code lists minor changes

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Meeting Deadline Changes

• Web site listserve set up to encourage
  discussion
• TAS refined schedule
• Subcommittee Chairs will discuss latest version
  of expedited approval process
• Information Forum scheduled for Tuesday, 100
  200 Grand Ballroom A
• Implementation scheduled for June

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X12 Documentation

• Articulate purpose uses of standards
• Capture business knowledge application
  integration expertise
• Review / revise Technical Reports to ensure
  effective standards documentation

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Next-Generation Standards

• Apply our business expertise to emerging
  electronic information exchange techniques
• Understand the business process
• Define associate the data needed
• Represent the data in standard formats

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Approach to Next-Generation

• Formed Process Integration Task Group to assist
  SCs in understanding business process modeling
• Kicking off joint international effort with
  EDIFACT Working Group to develop core components
  data building blocks

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Data Representation

• X12 XML Task Group recommending how to
  incorporate XML business standards into X12
  standards community
• X12 actively participating in ebXML initiative to
  expedite global XML data exchange framework

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Data Modeling Education

• PITG Unified Modeling Language Tutorial 200 (not
  100), Tuesday, East Ballroom A
• PITG UML Modeling Software Demo
• 100, Wednesday, Room 426

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X12s Critical Activities

• Approval Maintenance of existing X12 standards
• Documentation of X12 standards usage
• Development of next-generation electronic
  information standards

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X12 XML Update

• Melanie McCarthy
• X12 XML Task Group - Chair

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Whats been happening?

• Administrivia
• Charter
• Goals Deliverables

• Recommendations

• Accomplishments
• On-going Education/Awareness Sessions
• Draft Requirements Documents
• Joint X12/EWG Core Components

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X12 XML Requirements

• Final Review /X12 StC Approval

• Well articulated

• Table of Contents
• Business Requirements
• Organizational Procedural
• X/TG4 Deliverables

• Consistent Message

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Joint X12/EWG Activity
Objective A single set of ebXML
compliant Core Components
Chair Mark Crawford, LMI
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What is a Core Component?

• Re-useable Building blocks that are used to
  describe data

• Context Descriptors

• Context Rules

• Opportunity to Learn More!

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Education/Awareness Opportunities
Monday 630 - 900 p.m. Core Components
Orientation Grand Ballroom A Wednesday 1200
- 100 p.m. ebXML Business Process
Update Grand Ballroom A
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Joint Meeting Schedule