Business Process Specification Schema Project

Version 0.2 Work-In-Progress

  1. Objectives

    1.1 Purpose
    The purpose of the project is to coordinate changes to the ebXML Business Process Specification Schema. This project will help ensure that Business Process Specification Schema and related specifications have alignment and support the ebXML vision of electronic commerce.

    This project proposes to bring together key artifacts of work from the ebXML project and jointly continue their development with other project initiatives in OASIS and UN/CEFACT. These projects include, but, are not limited to the following:

1.2 Scope
This project directly supports one of the key eBTWG deliverables -- the Business Process Specification Schema -- as identified in the eBTWG Mandate.  The intent of this project is to review and coordinate suggestions for change to the BPSS, make technical improvements to the BPSS, and implement in the BPSS the substantive changes developed by other projects in UN/CEFACT (including eBTWG and the TMWG), and to the extent appropriate, OASIS (including ebXML Collaboration Protocol Profile and Agreement, ebXML Messaging Services, ebXML Registry, and ebXML Implementation, Interoperability, and Conformance).

  1. Deliverables
    The project deliverables are:

(Updating the 1.0 log with later received comments and issues)

  1. Functional Expertise of Membership
    The project team is a group of experts with broad knowledge in the areas of:

Each UN/CEFACT head of delegation (HOD) may designate one or more experts to the project team.  In doing so, they may delegate this task to one or more organizations, which may be national, regional or international.   Experts are expected to contribute to the work based solely on their expertise.

  1. Geographical Focus
    The focus is global and cuts across vertical industries. The project recognizes the need to support both large and small businesses who utilize a variety of languages.
  2. Initial Contributions
    The following contributions are submitted as part of this proposal. It is understood that these contributions are only for consideration by the project team and that other participants may submit additional contributions in order to ensure that as much information as possible is obtained from those with expertise and a material interest in the project.

 

Statement of resource requirements
Participants in the project shall provide resources for their own participation. The existence and functioning of the project shall not require any additional resources from the UN/ECE secretariat.