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Table of Contents
Announcements
For UBL Event Calendar, see
ubl.xml.org.
UBL 2.0 IDD Vol. 1 approved as OASIS Committee
Specification
The UBL 2.0 International Data
Dictionary, Vol. 1, has been approved as an OASIS Committee
Specification. Volume 1 provides informative Japanese, Italian,
and Spanish translations of the roughly 2000 business terms
normatively defined in English in the UBL 2.0 distribution (as
updated by the Errata package released in May 2008).
IDD Vol. 1 can be downloaded from
http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/idd/cs-UBL-2.0-idd01/cs-UBL-2.0-idd01.zip
IDD Volume 2, currently in progress, will contain German and
Danish translations of the UBL data dictionary. A first draft of
the German IDD can be found linked from this message:
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/200906/msg00008.html
UBL 2.0 Update Package released
The UBL 2.0 Update Package (officially known in OASIS terminology
as UBL 2.0 Errata 01) provides UBL 2.0 users with an upgrade to
the December 2006 UBL 2.0 release. Specifically, it:
- Corrects a number of typos and editorial errors in the
documentary portions of the UBL 2.0 schemas and data models
- Fixes a broken entry for BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA in
cl/gc/default/CountryIdentificationCode-2.0.gc
- Upgrades all the code list files from genericode 0.4 format to
genericode 1.0 format and updates the listURI in the Qualified
Datatype spreadsheet and schemas accordingly
- Revises cl/gc/special-purpose/PortCode-2.0.gc to add
additional columns and breaks out subsets of that code list into
smaller files for ease of implementation
- Replaces the original val/defaultCodeList.xsl with a version
that reflects the revised code lists
None of these changes is considered substantive in the sense
that any of them would require modifications to existing
software. The package contains instructions for applying the
update to an existing UBL 2.0 installation and for creating a new,
updated UBL 2.0 installation.
http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.0-update-delta.zip
To ensure the most accurate documentation and latest code
lists, the Update Package should be applied to any new UBL 2.0
installation before use. To create a new UBL 2.0 installation,
download the December 2006 UBL 2.0 release from
http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.0.zip
and then download and apply the Update Package according to the
instructions.
UBL Online Community begins operation
A web site and wiki for users of UBL has gone live at ubl.xml.org. Materials from the
former UBL 2.0 Support Page have been relocated to the new site,
which is open to the entire UBL user community. Sections
containing items produced by the UBL TC take the place of the
Support Package referred to in the UBL 2.0 Standard.
Overview
UBL, the Universal Business Language, is the product of an international effort to define a royalty-free library of standard electronic XML business documents such as purchase orders and invoices. Developed in an open and accountable OASIS Technical Committee with participation from a variety of industry data standards organizations, UBL is designed to plug directly into existing business, legal, auditing, and records management practices, eliminating the re-keying of data in existing fax- and paper-based supply chains and providing an entry point into electronic commerce for small and medium-sized businesses.
For more information, see the TC Charter and FAQ
Subcommittees
Technical Subcommittees
OASIS UBL Human Interface Subcommittee
OASIS UBL Procurement Subcommittee
OASIS UBL Small Business Subcommittee
OASIS UBL Transportation Subcommittee
Localization Subcommittees
OASIS UBL Chinese Localization Subcommittee
OASIS UBL Danish Localization Subcommittee
OASIS UBL German Localization Subcommittee
OASIS UBL Italian Localization Subcommittee
OASIS UBL Japanese Localization Subcommittee
OASIS UBL Korean Localization Subcommittee
OASIS UBL Latin American Regional Localization Subcommittee
OASIS UBL Spanish Localization Subcommittee
OASIS UBL Turkish Localization Subcommittee
Regional Localization Subcommittees
OASIS UBL Latin American Regional Localization Subcommittee
Managerial Subcommittees
OASIS UBL Adoption Subcommittee
UBL 1.0 Subcommittees
A number of OASIS UBL subcommittees that were active in the creation of UBL 1.0 have now been retired as separate entities. The work of these subcommittees continues in the UBL TC itself, and their documents and archives remain available online for future reference.
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/22490/retired.htm
Technical Work Produced by the Committee
UBL 2.0 Update Package (May 2008)
Updates the code lists and make a number of corrections
(mostly documentary) to the UBL 2.0 Standard below. New UBL 2.0
installations should first download and install the December 2006
release (see next item) and then apply the Update Package as
described in the instructions.
http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.0-update-delta.zip
UBL 2.0 Standard (December 2006)
A library of over 1900 XML business data components together with
31 business document schemas.
http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.0/
http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.0.zip
UBL 1.0 Standard (November 2004)
A library of over 600 XML components together with eight
business document schemas and a wealth of support files.
http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/cd-UBL-1.0/
http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/cd-UBL-1.0.zip
UBL 1.0 Legacy materials
Links to the UBL 1.0 Naming and Design Rules, International Data
Dictionary, Small Business Subset, and UBL Formatters can be found
on the Legacy Support page:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/22571/legacy.htm
Wiki for OASIS UBL TC member collaboration
Methodologies
UBL 2.0 implements a new approach to code list specification
and validation that is described in Appendix E of the UBL 2.0 Standard. Also available is a fabricated case study (based on a real requirement for the
OASIS Customer Information Quality Technical Committee) of
adaptations a company or a standards committee might want to
perform in order to convert a validation strategy based solely on
XSD into the two-phase Methodology for Code List and Value
Validation referred to above. The case study goes step-by-step
through the creation of various artefacts that an organization
would need to publish for a default set of code lists, while
allowing their community of users to adapt these code lists to
specific business requirements between trading partners.
External Resources
For resources relating to UBL 2.0 implementation, see the UBL
Online Community at ubl.xml.org.
Mailing Lists and Comments
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work. TC membership is required
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To join the UBL TC, first obtain an OASIS membership using the
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http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/join.php?wg_abbrev=ublis
All correspondence on the ubl list is publicly visible at
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/
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input to the OASIS UBL Technical Committee members in response to
public review drafts. Do not use the comment list for
questions about UBL; use the ubl-dev list described below.
Formal comments can be logged at
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The comment archive is located at
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-comment/
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developers to exchange ideas and information on
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Questions about UBL For questions about UBL,
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use the comment form linked from this page for questions.
The form is only for comments to be formally reviewed by the
TC.
Additional Information
Event Calendar The UBL Event Calendar lists conferences of interest to UBL members and indicates those at which UBL representatives may be contacted.
Acknowledgements
The OASIS UBL TC thanks Syncro
Soft for its contribution of oXygen licenses used in DocBook
authoring of UBL documentation, RenderX for its contribution of XEP licenses used in
generating PDF documents from DocBook originals, Altova for its contribution of
XML Spy licenses for use in UBL schema design, Sparx Systems for its
contribution of Enterprise Architect licenses for use in
developing UML content models, and GEFEG for
its contribution of EDIFIX and technical expertise in the
generation and quality review of UBL 2.0 schemas.
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