CPPA3 progress

[Pim van der Eijk <pvde@sonnenglanz.net>]

Dear all,

I have just uploaded four separate packages related to CPPA3:

1)  An XML schema with extensive embedded schema documentation.
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=59046&wg_abbrev=ebcore

2) An export of the embedded schema documentation as HTML.
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=59047&wg_abbrev=ebcore

3) A specification document (in ODF) using the OASIS template, and some 
accompanying XML samples.
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=59048&wg_abbrev=ebcore

4) A PDF version of (2):
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=59049&wg_abbrev=ebcore

The first two of these four uploads are evolutions of the draft uploaded 
in March 2015, announced in:
https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ebcore/201503/msg00001.html

The third upload is new.  It is an ODF document of (currently) 32 pages. 
Apart from introducing CPPA3 and the CPPA3 schema, it provides a 
detailed specification of a method to form a CPA from two input CPP 
documents, and some sample documents.   Like the ebCore Agreement Update 
specification, it is just part of the documentation and is to be used in 
conjunction with the schema documentation. The HTML export of the schema 
documentation is very convenient to use due to its automatically 
generated hyperlinks.

The fourth upload is also new. It is a PDF version of the generated 
documentation including documentation, currently 95 pages.

Together, these packages are the first complete draft versions for OASIS 
CPPA3, with the vast majority of functionality defined and documented.  
The material is now at a stage where it is ready for review by you as 
Committee members.    So I am hoping that you can reserve some time in 
the next few weeks or months to download and review the specification.  
Post your comments to the list or to me directly.

The specification is intended to be independent of any particular 
implementation.  However,  if you want to play with CPA unification and 
learn about the functionality the specification intends to support, you 
can download the open source cppa3 library for Python from 
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cppa3.  It includes 179 unit tests 
showcasing all the features of CPPA3.  That library has been used in two 
recent proof-of-concepts developed for user communities, focused on AS4:

1) A proof of concept for generating and managing configurations for the 
ENTSOG AS4 Usage Profile:
https://bitbucket.org/ebcore/as4_mgmt_poc

2) A proof of concept for generation and managing configuration for the 
e-SENS AS4 Usage Profile:
https://secure.e-codex.eu/gitblit/summary/research%2Fas4config_poc.git

Open source scripts, documentation and reports are available from the 
referenced URLs.

Kind Regards,

Pim van der Eijk