[tm-pubsubj-comment] Re: [topicmapmail] ANN: UNSPSC topic map available

[Mary Nishikawa <nisikawa@fuchinobe.oilfield.slb.com>]

Martin,

I looked into this a little more. The ECCMA site is still up and running 
and here is the "Amicable resolution of differences between UNDP and ECCMA 
regarding ownership and management of UNSPSC (October 2, 2002)
http://www.eccma.org/Joint%20Announcement.pdf

Good news!

Cheers,
Mary


At 07:57 AM 10/15/2002 +0100, Martin Bryan wrote:
>Mary et al
>
> > It would be a good idea for the owners of
> > the classification, the ECCMA,  to do this, as I said in my talk, but we
> > may need to first publish it in http://psi.oasis-open.org
>
>Just a word of warning as you have obviously not been reading the Diffuse
>newsletters recently :-(
>
>There has been a lot of argument about who controls the UNSPCS over the last
>few months, and since the beginning of this month the standard has clearly
>been under the control of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
>rather than ECCMA. A new body is being set up to manage the list. All
>references to the list should now be made through their website at
>www.un-spsc.net
>
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