Re: [egov] UN XML project gains Microsoft support

[Duane Nickull <duane@yellowdragonsoft.com>]

Hello all:

I would like to start collecting requirements from eGovernment contacts 
for what they would like to see from a Registry/Repository system.  This 
would be done as a deliverable of the infrastructure sub-group and I am 
volunteering to lead this tp get it started.  The reason I would like to 
proceed is that there is currently a lot of activity within governments 
on a global basis with respect to RegRep.

Does anybody have any thoughts on this or reasons why we should not proceed?

Duane



Paul Spencer wrote:

>David,
>
>I sent you my document the other day. The UBL format (at least as I last saw
>it) is the same as mine, but without the xs:appinfo extensions I added to
>provide dereferencing. I could probably dig out the UBL white paper,
>although I guess finding it on the OASIS site should ensure you get the
>latest version.
>
>Conversions are generally easy, but there is not yet so much implemented
>that we cannot come up with a common approach. I am not wedded to my
>format - only to the requirements that lie behind it. For the benefit of
>others, these are documented (with the proposed format) in the paper at
>http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/egov/download.php/1797/Codelist
>sPositionPaper1-0.pdf.
>
>Regards
>
>Paul Spencer
>
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>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: David RR Webber - XML ebusiness [mailto:Gnosis_@compuserve.com]
>>Sent: 19 May 2003 16:59
>>To: Paul Spencer
>>Cc: Klaus-Dieter Naujok; OASIS eGov list
>>Subject: RE: [egov] UN XML project gains Microsoft support
>>
>>
>>Paul,
>>
>>Selling better, newer forks and spoons is a tough sell ; -)
>>
>>However - I'd love to take a look at the UBL formats and provide
>>feedback.
>>
>>Also - as part of the OASIS Registry work - we're looking at using the
>>ebRIM to manage these within registry - so clearly if we can come up
>>with a common approach here - its the right win-win for everyone.
>>
>>At the very least we should ensure that these formats and mechanisms
>>interoperate and that you can migrate cleanly across them.
>>
>>Thanks, DW.
>>================================================================
>>Message text written by "Paul Spencer"
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>>
>>>I had not realised at the egov TC meeting that you were not
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>>aware of this.
>>I
>>had assumed that there was some coordination and that UN/CEFACT would
>>replace its format with the (rather better in my opinion) UBL format. I
>>should never assume!
>>
>>As part of a project, I have written stylesheets to translate several of
>>the
>>UN/CEFACT codelists into the draft UBL format with my proposed xs:appinfo
>>extensions. This is not difficult, but if anyone wants them, I will make
>>them available.
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