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Subject: Minutes of Manhattan UBL TC meeting 7-11 May 2007
MINUTES OF MANHATTAN UBL TC MEETING 7-11 MAY 2007 ################################################################## ATTENDANCE ################################################################## Peter Borresen (by phone) Wed Jon Bosak, chair MonTueWedThu Tony Coates Mon Thu Mark Crawford (representing UN/CEFACT ATG) Tue Stephen Green (by phone) Wed Mike Grimley MonTueWedThu Flemming Møller Hansen MonTueWedThu Betty Harvey TueWedThu G. Ken Holman MonTueWedThu Thomas H. Lyons MonTueWedThu Tim McGrath, vice chair (by phone) MonTue Thu Klaus Vilstrup Pedersen MonTueWedThu Zarella Rendon MonTueWedThu Andy Schoka MonTueWedThu ################################################################## MONDAY 7 MAY 2007 (ALL-DAY PLENARY) ################################################################## REPORT FROM THE CHAIR http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/24057 UN/CEFACT UPDATE http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/23921 HISC REPORT http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/23889 SBSC REPORT http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/23888 AGREED that SBSC should change its name (keeping the acronym if possible) to reflect the fact that Accountis is only one of many possible profiles. AGREED that subcommittees should review their charters periodically to reflect changing membership and objectives. ACTION: JB to find the name of first UBL implementer in the UK. [FOLLOW-UP: It was IMPAQ (http://www.impaqbusinesssolutions.com/).] USE OF UBL LOGO AGREED that we should put the correct version of the logo on the (old) MSC page and include a vector representation for people wishing to customize it. [FOLLOW-UP: The current versions of the logo are in fact available from the document section of the old Marketing Subcommittee Page: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=ubl-msc However, no one who was not involved with UBL back in 2003 would have any idea that these files existed, so they have been zipped and uploaded to http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/24030 In addition to JPEGs at various resolutions, this file includes the original Adobe Illustrator vector format as well as PDF and EPS versions.] AGREED that since the logo is not official, we will not attempt to control its use, but we will not publicly encourage its use. CODE LIST VALIDATION AND REVISION POLICY See report at http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/200705/msg00005.html and review of this plan under "Thursday 10 May 2007 (Closing Plenary)." ################################################################## TUESDAY 8 MAY 2007 (MORNING PLENARY) ################################################################## CUSTOMIZATION The group engaged in a detailed review of slides prepared by MG and a set of notes prepared by GKH, resulting in edits to be incorporated in the section of the Guidelines on customization. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/24099 http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/23654 A report on this discussion will be provided separately. Tuesday afternoon was devoted to breakouts. ################################################################## WEDNESDAY 9 MAY 2007 (MORNING PLENARY) ################################################################## CUSTOMIZATION (CONT.) The customization discussion continued, finishing the slides from MG and continuing on to a consideration of the notes prepared by GKH. A report on the customization discussion will be provided separately. Whiteboard: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/24102 ################################################################## WEDNESDAY 9 MAY 2007 (AFTERNOON PLENARY) ################################################################## MINOR REVISION MECHANICS Notes from the Wednesday afternoon session were lost when a file became corrupted. However, most of the discussion took place at the whiteboard, and the results of that were captured in a photo. For decisions and action items resulting from this discussion, see "Thursday 10 May 2007 (Closing Plenary)." Whiteboard: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/24103 ################################################################## THURSDAY 10 MAY 2007 (MORNING PLENARY) ################################################################## REVIEW OF STANDARDIZATION PROCESS The OASIS standardization process was reviewed for the benefit of new members. We discussed the mechanics of forming new document types for UBL 2.1, including the formation of new content subcommittees where necessary. VERSION FORECASTING Certain aspects of a pending minor version may become "carved in stone" well before the minor version is released. Should we set up a way to notify developers of such changes? AGREED that our usual issues list with resolutions is as good a forecast mechanism as we can safely deploy. The change process for UBL 2.1 will follow the pattern established for 1.0 and 2.0: - Input from UBL subcommittees and the general public is captured in an issues list / change log - Disposition of issues is done by the appropriate subcommittee - Changes/additions proposed by the subcommittees are entered into the spreadsheets by a single spreadsheet owner (i.e., one owner at a time) - Final approval of all changes and additions must come from the TC 2007/2008 UBL TC SCHEDULE This summer we will schedule TC calls on a week-by-week basis depending on availability. That is, all calls will be scheduled as usual, but we will probably end up skipping about half of them. NDR 2.0 editorial revision will take place in Atlantic calls in which both the NDR editors can be present. The UBL TC F2F scheduled for Stockholm 24-28 September 2007 will be chaired by UBL vice chair Tim McGrath. AGREED that we will plan the 2008 meeting schedule at the September meeting. Organizers of the UBL International 2007 conference (NOT an official activity of OASIS or this TC) inform us that the conference will take place 1-5 October 2007 in Madrid. UBL INPUT TO UN/CEFACT ATG2 REGARDING THE "HYBRID APPROACH" AGREED on the following statement in response to the request from UN/CEFACT ATG2 for input regarding the proposed "hybrid approach" to the question of global vs. local scoping: UBL NDR now appreciates the business requirements for the hybrid approach, and we will support its incorporation into the next version of CEFACT NDRs as soon as CEFACT formally adopts it and there is support for it in a released version of CCTS. It was noted that in order to maintain our definition of "minor release," UBL's naming and design rules will not change in this respect during the 2.x release cycle regardless of the direction taken by ATG2 on global vs. local scoping. NES SUPPORT PAGE ITEM AGREED to add the Northern European Subset materials to the Support Page. ################################################################## THURSDAY 10 MAY 2007 (CLOSING PLENARY) ################################################################## REVIEW OF "CANDIDATE DECISION REGARDING CODE LIST SUPPORT PUBLISHING" The TC reviewed the summary provided by GKH as output from the Monday discussion: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/200705/msg00005.html The following changes were agreed upon: "(2) - the code list support files will be more useful if they are posted to the UBL docs repository, since their relative XPath addresses can point to the actual code lists" For test purposes, the zip files will be posted through kavi and not docs.oasis. "there is a fault in the country identification code list for Bosnia, so we should publish a repaired version as an erratum" No, we will simply include this in an update. "say we decided to publish a new code list support package in February 2007 (a past date for illustration purposes) for the erratum" Omit "for the erratum." "... we would have the new code list, the new context/value association file that overrides the old context-value association file, and the new resulting defaultCodeList.xsl in a revision subdirectory:" We will need to include directions on putting the revised defaultCodeList.xsl file in the val directory, etc. Add that we will also provide a zip file (in the example, http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/cl-200703-all.zip) that contains all of the patches up till then. "(Q1) - when do we set this up and get started? [...]" AGREED that we will wait till October 2007, or perhaps the TC F2F in September. "(Q2) - how often do we publish the code list directory? [...]" AGREED that we will release every six months, the dates to be determined according to the date of the first release. "(Q3) - does it make sense for a developer to find everything in the latest ZIP file, or should the above be changed such that there is no duplication and each ZIP directory has only the files in that directory [...]" AGREED that we will provide both the changes alone and also a zip file containing a complete set of directories as revised. "(Q4) - note that the genericode filenames used above are ambiguous ... is this a problem? The files are distinguished by the subdirectories in which they are found, and by the meta data found therein ... do we need to go the extra step of distinguishing the file names, and if so, how do we do this in a consistent fashion? My gut feel is that we do not and that directory context is enough ... if a file is found out of context, the contents reveal the meta data." AGREED to accept this proposal and explain it in the documentation provided with each release. AGREED to publish with each 6 month release: defaultSecondPass.xsl containing both code list .xsl and business rule .xsl + explanation and directions, AND ALSO these provided as separate .xsl files. ACTION: GKH to write up the proposal as amended. Incidental note: a new column is needed in the location code list to disambiguate "Columbus" (e.g.). MISCELLANEOUS ACTION ITEMS See also items labeled "ACTION" in the above. ACTION: JB to notify Roberto Cisternino of the decision to allow free use of the unofficial UBL logo. ACTION: JB to check with Chin Chee-Kai regarding availability of a UBL 2.0 version of UBLish. ACTION: PSC and TSC to provide feedback on UBL 2.0 SBS 2.0 (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/23873). ACTION: PSC and TSC to summarize business rules that are (1) wanted in UBL but not allowed by the NDR (e.g., requirement to include one of PartyName and PartyIdentifier but not both) and (2) data items whose constraints are inherited from another standard (e.g., lengths of data items specified by UNTDED); the rules so identified to become candidates for a list of schematron assertions "recommended to be included" (final characterization TBD). ACTION: JB to minute the one nonsubstantive spreadsheet error found so far (the entry for BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA in CountryIdentificationCode-2.0.gc is broken) and send a message to this effect to ubl-dev. ACTION: MG to investigate the impact of GKH's proposed namespace-based versioning mechanism on the NDR. AGREED that if no critical problems are found in this investigation, we will adopt GKH's proposal for namespace-based versioning, as contained in http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=23654 Writing assignments pertaining to the customization guidelines (see separate report on this discussion, currently in preparation): ACTION: TM to write section on Guidelines for Compatibility, draft to NDR editors by mid-August. ACTION: JB to write up GKH's subset generation, subset verification, and processing model proposals for inclusion in the Guidelines, draft to NDR editors by mid-August. ACTION: NDR editors MG and MC to write "Guidelines for Customization" based on this week's review of MG's slides and input from TM and JB; draft due 1 September for discussion at the UBL TC meeting in Stockholm. ################################################################## The morning of Friday 11 May was devoted to individual work sessions. Sumitted by Jon Bosak Chair, OASIS UBL TC
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