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Subject: Re: [ubl] Software SC Report, 6 October 2004
i have a few quick comments to make on this proposal.... Anne Hendry wrote: > > a. EDIFIX agrees to allow input via spreadsheets for both internal and > external developers. This leaves the question of what format the > spreadsheets should be. EDIFIX would like to see tbg 17 format. > UBL needs to suupport prior and current users. We agree to migrate > gradually maintaining backward support for as long as needed, but with > the goal of eventually aligning with tbg17 format. To encourage this, > GEFEG will take in the old format and give back the new format to make > it easier for people to move to the new format when they're ready. has someone done the map between UBL and TBG17 format. i recall that UBL has metadata not used in TBG17 (and vice versa). how will we accomodate this? > > c. We cannot require our users to use Excel. We have tested EDIFIX to > make sure it can read the spreadsheets that were released with 1.0 > after those ss had been opened in OO and saved in Excel. It worked > fine. > EDIFIX cannot read straight OO files but we have raised this as a > possible RFE as the need will very likely become more prevalent as > more govs and oasis folks use OO. In the meantime, though, > this is a great start. can't this be done with CSV files rather than binary forms. then we have a common input format regardless of application > > Looking forward, a common output format would be wonderful as well. > We discussed the fact that EDIFIX exports to xml, but it's not > sufficient > for a complete capture of internal information. There has been some > discussion of having EDIFIX use schema for a cannonical representation. > Many people feel xml is enough. This is something that will continue > to be debated. > there are two considerations here: a. the schema being designed by the ebXML RegRep team to encode core components and BIEs. b. the metamodel Tony Coates discussed last year as a possible 'model schema'. -- regards tim mcgrath phone: +618 93352228 postal: po box 1289 fremantle western australia 6160
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