RE: [ebxml-bp] First cut at a combination of two UBP process definitions

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

Steve,

 

At first glance through - this is a very nice and well thought out example. 

 

I wish I had more time right now to knock out the VisualScript model for this - as what you have is very nicely setup to create the visual model and parameterize it so its readily re-usable.  (Also - having a tool figure out the IDrefs for you is heaven!).  Probably a couple of days work tops to get it done from what I have already.

 

So two thumbs up.

 

On to other parts - I spotted the UBL document definitions made reference to the XPath definitions - so I strayed into that URL to see what that is about - http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/cs-UBL-1.0-SBS-1.0/xpaths/xml/XPath/Invoice-XPath.xml

 

This seems a misnomer - as it appears to have very little to do with XPath at all!?!

 

I keep having this deja vue with the UBL team - at times it seems we are just ships in the night on different voyage paths - doing the same thing - but different.

 

This XPath file seems more of an attempt at a simple vocabulary dictionary, with some assembly constraints thrown in.  In fact it looks like someone took the work we were doing in RegRep on storing nouns and flattened it into XML and threw it out there on a file system - instead of using a Registry to store this information into.  IMHO - this "XPath" artifact is screaming out for being stored in an ebXML Registry - and in that case you can use the registry to do most all the things this XML is trying to (and then a whole lot more besides!).

 

Missing off the "XPath" content though - is each Element parent level entity should have an attribute - UID - that contains the unique domain ID value for that thing.  E.g. Element name='TaxPointDate' UID='UBL010123'  etc - and points back to the EDI notion of dictionary ID.

 

This then correlates to the LIN and UID external identifier mechanisms in ebXML Registry.

 

Beyond that - I see from the constraint information being provided in "XPath" - that this then takes us over into the work we are doing with CAM and Registry - so that the jCAM processor can look up entity definition usage information and then automagically apply that at run time to processing of XML documents.  CAM could be easily extended to reference these XPath definitions...

 

So - the point is I guess - we need some more liaison to be occurring between the UBL / RegRep / CAM teams on some go forwards.   We can make this so much more compelling and powerful - with just a little bit of effort here - than what this "XPath" definition set appears to be doing right now?

 

Cheers, DW

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [ebxml-bp] First cut at a combination of two UBP process
definitions
From: "Stephen Green" <stephengreenubl@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, April 19, 2006 5:07 pm
To: "ebXML BP" <ebxml-bp@lists.oasis-open.org>

Hi Monica, ebBP TC,

I just completed a first cut at combining a receipt advice notification UBP
process definition with one for an invoice, to demonstrate (I hope,
please correct
if necessary) an invoice being triggered by a receipt advice (this can happen by
the way, but is for illustration of course).

If I have time I'd like to show an order cancellation only allowed
after an order
has been given a successful 'order response simple' (with order accepted)
and not after a despatch advice. I just think I will need help with the latter,
more so as I haven't done much of a similar nature as yet. Plus I may not
have time before the end of the week and I guess Monica would like something
before then - so here is the simpler one in the meantime.

All the best

Steve