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Subject: Re: [ubl-dev] OriginatorParty


Hmmm, one would not want to convey that UBL is primarily for dummies....

Perhaps "Quick Guide to UBL" ?

DW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Green" <stephen_green@bristol-city.gov.uk>
To: <ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [ubl-dev] OriginatorParty


Kenneth

There have been some suggestions for production of a "UBL for Dummies"
and I hope someone might be taking it up behind the scenes. :-)

In the meantime, Originator as a Party is appropriate when an organisation
has centralised ordering. It would typically be a department or local branch
office. The BuyerParty would then be the central finance office, say.
It might be that the responsibility for payment of invoices belongs then
to the BuyerParty but that the budget is determined by the OriginatorParty.
That might be a typical scenario. Analysis showed that just these two
parties
on the Buyer side of the transaction would cover perhaps '80%' of cases. The
other '20%' should, in principle, be catered for with customisation of UBL.

UBL went through several cycles of review, public included, and this was
what
came out at the end of it all. Plus it looks back at years of CBL/xCBL
business
knowledge which it happily inherits.

It would be good to see more and more documentation of all of this as time
goes on. It is notable that the existing documentation in the UBL
definitions
is a little minimalistic :-(  Hopefully that will improve as resources
permit.

All the best

Stephen Green


>>> Kenneth Gray <DKKGR@coloplast.com> 07/12/04 13:20:46 >>>
The UBL Order and OrderResponse have an OriginatorParty,  the definition
of which is given as "associates the Order with information about the
originator of the transaction" .

My guess is that it is a purposefully loose term intended to allow
identifying anyone who is in some way responsible for registering  or
assembling the Order, e.g. a Purchaser or Procurement person. Is a more
precise definition available.  perhaps with an example or two tp put it in
context.   Where can I buy a copy of "UBL for Dummies"?

Ken Gray
IT Integration Architect
Coloplast A/S
Denmark






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