RE: [docstandards-interop-discuss] Important topic/issue to pursue

["David RR Webber \(XML\)" <david@drrw.info>]

Dave,

 

OK - let's clarify here how this all fits together.  

 

We are using ebXML and WSDL based exchanges as part of the NIH document solution I mentioned - that's the TRANSPORT layer (similarly EDI and RosettaNet - transport).

 

The payloads themselves consist of XML, and XML + PDF.

 

The straight XML transactional stuff - is out-of-scope I believe (e.g. status query, account update, award notice - are all business transactional messages) - that's also the domain of UBL and OAGi.

 

In scope is the XML + PDF - where documents are being created along with XML metadata about those documents.  These could potentially be replaced by a package of DITA + xhtml + extensions.

 

Also - you may have OAGi and UBL use your stuff to define technical document specifications - e.g. the main UBL purchase order XML references highly technical parts - that are then described with a document package.  Notice that document package may be linked to - rather than included in the exchange.

 

Now - other aspects of the ebXML solution stack can be relevant - such as CCTS core components - to formalize definitions and descriptions of content items.  Similarly - you may want to provide registry services and business process definitions and partner agreements on formal document exchange responsibilities, access and control.

 

However - all that stuff simply provides implementation support.  For the focus here - I'd say ebXML is not really in scope - just a repository of useful tools that can help deliver solutions and support the approach for specific implementations.

 

This is why I mentioned in addition to the person-person - you also have person-machine-person to consider.

 

Thanks, DW

 

"The way to be is to do" - Confucius (551-472 B.C.)

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [docstandards-interop-discuss] Important topic/issue to
pursue
From: "Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, April 12, 2007 2:48 am
To: docstandards-interop-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org

On 11/04/07, Mir Baqar (mbaqar) <mbaqar@cisco.com> wrote:




> Off the top of my  head, I see the primary doc. standards to
tackle

are:

>

> ebXML

> UBL

> OAGi

> RosettaNet

> EDI (ANSI &  EDIFACT)



Nice gray areas. Person to person or mc to mc?



EDI is almost definately mc to mc.

ebXML? UBL? Less sure







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Dave Pawson

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