Minutes of Pacific UBL TC call 13|14 August 2007

[jon.bosak@sun.com]

MINUTES OF PACIFIC UBL TC MEETING
TUESDAY 14 AUGUST 2007

ATTENDANCE

   Jon Bosak (chair)
   G. Ken Holman
   Andy Schoka

STANDING ITEMS

   Additions to the calendar:
      http://ibiblio.org/bosak/ubl/calendar.htm

      No new items.

      ACTION: JB to check out Google Calendar as a possible place
      for the UBL Event Calendar.

   Liaison reports

      AS: Have been attending UN/CEFACT TBG17 calls, but need
      official recognition as a UBL alternate.  Same for Tommy
      Lyons.  No problem with having two more alternates, just
      need to so inform Mary Kay.

      ACTION: TM to clarify to Mary Kay the people who are
      representing UBL at TBG17 f2f meetings and telcons.

   Subcommittee report: PSC

      Nothing this week.

   Subcommittee report: TSC

      Nothing this week.

   Review of Atlantic call (last week's call, not the July call
   mistakenly referenced in the agenda)

      GKH: Note this clarification of the minutes:

         http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/200708/msg00009.html

SUPPORT PAGE SUBMISSION: MODEL LETTER AGREEMENT

   See

      http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/200707/msg00034.html

   AGREED that we can post this on the Support Page.

   ACTION: JB to craft appropriate descriptive paragraph.

ITALIAN AND SPANISH IDD

   "The current plan is to assign someone to update all the 2.0
   spreadsheets as part of the update process and then correct the
   translated spreadsheets using templates to be produced by
   Roberto.  None of this will happen until September at the
   earliest, but the translations should proceed as they have been
   (none of the changes affects translation).  However, it appears
   that we should not begin formal public review until the
   corrections have been made."

   AGREED to continue with the translation work but hold completed
   translations for public review until the corrections have been
   made to the untranslated parts of the spreadsheets.

UBL TC MEETING IN STOCKHOLM 24-28 SEPTEMBER 2007

   AGREED to add to the Stockholm agenda:

      Versioning by namespace (GKH)
      UN/CEFACT relationship
      Meeting logistics

2008 TC WORK SCHEDULE

   "TM has constructed a straw schedule.  ACTION: JB to make a
   timeline that fits the work into the OASIS TC process."

   JB: Note possible dependencies on the following item.  I hope
   to have this sorted out by next week's calls.

2008 TC MEETING SCHEDULE

   28 Jan - 1 Feb 2008 in Manhattan (Hotel Bedford recommended)

       - This is now our candidate for the first meeting in 2008;
         people who have a problem with it should speak up

      GKH/AS: No problem with this date.

   March 2008 in Rome (together with UBL International Day)

       - We note that Easter is 23 March 2008

         ACTION: JB to ask Roberto about date for UBL Day.

            Pending.

   August 2008 in Montréal

       - Starting the Monday after the Extreme Markup conference,
         which this year runs 7-10 August

         ACTION: JB to find out projected dates for next year's
         Extreme

            JB: Extreme 2008 will take place in Montréal (as
            usual) either the week of 28 July or the week of 4
            August.  We should know one way or the other in about
            a month.

   November or December 2008 in Fremantle

   "Note that none of these has been decided on; they're just under
   discussion.  But it's time for people to check their calendars
   and let us know if they see any problems.  MC needs to know the
   dates of the first two meetings in 2008 by Christmas."

UPDATE CYCLE

   AGREED that the issues accumulating under the Manhattan item
   relating to code list errata should be organized into a kind of
   issues list for the first update cycle.

   ACTION: JB to ask for a maintainer in this week's Atlantic
   call.

PACIFIC ACTION ITEMS FROM MANHATTAN (TRACKING)

   Note that the action items from Manhattan have been divided up
   between Pacific and Atlantic calls.

   ACTION: PSC and TSC to provide feedback on UBL 2.0 SBS 2.0:

      http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/23873

      Pending.

   ACTION: PSC and TSC to summarize business rules that are (1)
   wanted in UBL but not allowed by [i.e., capable of being
   addressed 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).

      Pending.

CL TRANSFER (TRACKING)

   "We need a decision from the OASIS CLR TC regarding the transfer
   of the code list methodology out of the UBL TC before we can
   begin issuing code list support updates."

   GKH: Just waiting for a quorate meeting.  A suitably renamed
   and relabeled CL methodology has already been posted.  Will
   resolve this by letter ballot in the CLR TC.

   [See 

   http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/codelist/200708/msg00012.html

   for the ballot and links to the updated methodology and case study.]

OTHER BUSINESS

   GKH and AS not expected in next week's Pacific call, though
   both may call in briefly.  JB and TM will hold the call as a
   regular meeting anyway.

Jon Bosak
Chair, OASIS UBL TC