Greetings,
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worthy of note that may have slipped by my limited comprehension.
MINUTES OF UBL-TRANSPORT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING
1000
- 1200 (Singapore
time) Thursday 08 December 2005
Teleconference/Webex
ATTENDANCE IN SINGAPORE:
Tim McGrath
(UBL Vice Chair)
Andrew
Schoka (Information Systems Engineer (US))
Ng
Chi Yuen (CECID)
Jern-Kuan,
Leong (CrimsonLogic)
ISSUES DISCUSSED:
- What should be the data type for a Name attribute? Text
or Name? For example, in the case of Goods Item should it be of type
text to be the same as the Item name? TM remarked that there is some
inconsistency across UBL which needs to be addressed. There is also the
question of cardinality of attributes; should all attributes have a
cardinality of 1 or 0..1 ? A decision should be applicable over all the
UBL work; therefore a topic of discussion on the UBL TC telecons.
- Document spreadsheets and related model diagrams (Freight
Invoice, Packing List, Bill of Lading, Forwarding Instruction, Certificate
of Origin, Certificate of Origin Application) were reviewed and updated
for the following aspects: Number of attributes matched, number of
associations matched, names of attributes and associations matched,
cardinality checked, Version checked as 2.0. TM remarked that PSC has a
template for the sequence of attributes and their names which should be
used for all documents. Directionality of arrows needs to be updated and
made aggregates.
- Regarding FI, TM asserted that there should be one
invoice for one shipment and one delivery. Document reference was expanded
as associations for each kind of reference. Party was reworked to
introduce customer and supplier.
- Regarding PL, there should be one packing list per
shipment.
- References to UN/TDED are still needed in the
spreadsheets. TM could do this as part of the consolidation process.
- Signature is still a work in progress. Refer to TM email
regarding proposal on attachments. TSC is proposing an implementation
based on a W3C stereotype package.
- Next step is to merge the spreadsheets with the rest of
the UBL 2.0 Library. Goal is to distribute a consolidated spreadsheet by
this time next week. Plan is to complete as much as possible by 23
December to allow a TSC “sanity check” to take place over the
following week. Intent is to assemble a package for submission to OASIS in
first week of January.
- Next TSC meeting should focus on the process models and
the UML diagrams.
ACTION ITEMS:
- TM to present Name data type issue on UBL telecom.
- TM to add TDED references to document spreadsheets
during consolidation.
Next Meeting Schedule :
Use WebEx for web conference for purpose of sharing of screen
to facilitate modification to data model and spreadsheet immediately. Please
sent your email address to me if you are interested to participate in the WebEx
sharing session during the next scheduled teleconference. So that we would be
able to assign IDs to all parties.
12
December 2005 SGT 1000
Telephone
: +65 67844333
Conference
Code : 800324