Re: [ubl] Agency identifier for UN/CEFACT

[Jon Bosak <bosak@pinax.com>]

Ken,

I've taken care of this (I think) but left out the last sentence
(The "/d11a/" makes reference to the first of two annual releases....);
do you think this is necessary?

Jon

G. Ken Holman wrote:
> At 2012-01-27 06:59 -0500, Jon Bosak wrote:
> > MINUTES OF ATLANTIC UBL TC MEETING WEDNESDAY 25 JANUARY 2012
> > ...
> > PSC DELIVERABLES
> > ...
> >    GKH: Another code list issue.  Kees Duvekot has identified a
> >    shortcoming in some of our code lists where we identify the agency
> >    but don't provide a key to the agency code.  This information is
> >    actually provided in the agency name, so it's not that the
> >    information isn't there, it's that we should be providing an
> >    additional informative attribute that's missing in some cases.
> >    This is in reference to the genericode files; it has nothing to do
> >    with the UBL schemas themselves.
> >
> >       AGREED that we will not attempt a fix for this in 2.1 but instead
> >       explain it in the documentation.
> >
> >       ACTION: GKH to provide a paragraph on this for the hubdoc.
>
> I hope the text below helps.
>
> Note that depending on the timing of finalizing of UBL 2.1, we may have 
> the opportunity to remove from the "/cl/gc/default" directory all of our 
> files with content from UN/ECE code lists.  We would replace their 
> references in the /cva/UBL-DefaultDTQ-2.1.cva file with references to 
> the imminently published bona fide UN/ECE genericode files.  This will 
> impact the documentation if we choose to do so.
>
> . . . . . . . . . Ken
>
> The genericode files in the UBL distribution include information from 
> one of two sources:  the UBL Technical Committee and the UN/CEFACT 
> committee for trade facilitation of the UN/ECE.  The corresponding 
> identification of the custodial agency for these sources is as follows 
> in the genericode files.
>
>  From cl/gc/default/TheComingPSCCodeListFromArianna-2.1.gc as an example:
>
>   <Agency>
>     <LongName xml:lang="en">OASIS Universal Business Language</LongName>
>     <Identifier>UBL</Identifier>
>   </Agency>
>
> And from cl/gc/default/AllowanceChargeReasonCode-2.1.gc as an example:
>
>   <Agency>
>     <LongName xml:lang="en">United Nations Economic Commission for
> Europe</LongName>
>     <Identifier>6</Identifier>
>   </Agency>
>
> The "6" identifier for UN/ECE is from the code list "Responsible Agency 
> Code" most recently published at:
>
>   http://www.unece.org/trade/untdid/d11a/tred/tred3055.htm
>
> The "/d11a/" makes reference to the first of two annual releases, "A" 
> and "B", of the code list in 2011.
>
>
>
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