Re: [ubl-dev] availability of open source UBL/ebXML test data ?

[david.lyon@computergrid.net]

Hi Chin,

Thanks for the link. The documents are definitely along the lines that I was
looking for.

I don't know if you agree with me but it would help the ubl cause in general if
we could develop a test data set of documents with all the combininations and
permutations of functions that would allow people to test their systems.

Obviously, we are going to be using different languages, tools and protocols
butsome good test data would really help.

I'm thinking of putting together some perl scripts that would automate the
procedures. For example, one needs to be able to direct the documents to a
particular customer/supplier account. Only easy way I can think of is with some
sort of scripting mechanism.

The kind of tests that I'm thinking about would be:

 - generate one line documents ie PO+QUOTE+INVOICE+DESPADV
 - test loading/validation of account details
 - test loading/validation of delivery details
 - test tax configurations

etc.... etc....

Anyway, these are just my thoughts to help the cause of making ebxml/ubl more
interoperable.

Best Regards

David

Quoting Chin Chee-Kai <cheekai@softml.net>:

> David,
> 
> I've a set of randomly filled samples for each UBL 1.0cd schema
> generated some time back (around May) and shared with a few 
> TC Members.   They were generated using UBLish and used for 
> verifying the UBL 1.0cd schemas.  But as you might have seen 
> that subsequently some fixes were needed on the 1.0cd schemas, 
> so that set of instance documents would potentially change
> (though may not be that drastically) when the new set of 
> UBL 1.0cd schemas are published.
> 
> Not sure if such set of instance documents is what you're looking
> for, but if you want to try, you can download from 
> 
>               http://softml.net/jedi/ubl/index.html
> 
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Chin Chee-Kai
> SoftML
> Tel: +65-6820-2979
> Fax: +65-6743-7875
> Email: cheekai@SoftML.Net
> http://SoftML.Net/
> 
> 
> On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 david.lyon@computergrid.net wrote:
> 
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I'm looking for some UBL test data. Does anyone have any they can share as
> I so
> >>far have not been able to find any.
> >>
> >>What I'm looking for is ideally about 10,000 UBL Invoices, Purchase Orders
> and
> >>Despatch Advices in a configuration that tests a range of potential
> shortfalls
> >>in the application software. If there are some perl scripts to generate
> the
> >>data then even better.
> >>
> >>I understand that there have been some interoperability tests, so such a
> test
> >>suite must exist somewhere. It would be good if the test data could be
> made
> >>available publically.
> >>
> >>If such a test data suit doesn't exist, well one solution obviously is to
> create
> >>some. But I am sure that there must be some out there somewhere. I've seen
> the
> >>one or two examples in the UBL documentation, but what I'm looking for is
> >>something a little bit more serious than that for use to test a production
> >>system.
> >>
> >>Regards
> >>
> >>David
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> 
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