Re: [ubl] OAGIS/HR-XML

[Tim McGrath <tmcgrath@portcomm.com.au>]

It is a fair comment and one which comes up increasingly as various XML 
initiatives seek alliances to increase their market share.

I personally still believe that rather than many bilateral 'alignments' 
we should all aim for a single standard.  That is, align with one common 
standard.  The analogy is something like encouraging a GATT-type 
solution rather than many bilateral, free-trade agreements.

At present the most likely candidate for facilitating that is 
UN/CEFACT.  So my preferred approach is to avoid market confusion 
(creating a possible n x n set of intermediary standards) and not waste 
resources on short term strategies.  Then we can focus on the 
convergence with UN/CEFACT as the best way forward for UBL.




stephen.green@systml.co.uk wrote:
> Folks
>
> In view of today's news
>
> http://www.hr-xml.org/blog/?p=128
>
> I wondered (as I expect many have) whether there is more UBL
> can do now (or ATG2) to align as fully with OAGIS as HR-XML to
> create just one big bundle. UBL might be distinctive by its
> being strongly document-like and perhaps easier to implement
> in certain scenarios but even a common library might be a
> possibility. Are there political issues? How would it affect
> UBL / CEFACT convergence? Would HR-XML/OAGIS be seeking as much
> convergence with CEFACT as UBL? Could this all lead in some way
> to a single library? Maybe a removal of duplication? Alignment
> on the UDT library was one thing but presenting a united/common
> front and maybe even a common library might be very nice to
> see and help interoperability while still providing choice in
> which 'documents' to use - the OAGIS-like ones or the UBL-like
> ones.
>
> All the best
>
> Stephen Green
>
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