Re: [ubl-dev] Tools for database support for UBL?

["David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info>]

Stephen,

I just re-read your note and realized another item here:

>>>>>>>>
 1. What sort of tables could UBL map to? What would be the relational
mapping, say?

2. Need to map Schemas to 'CREATE' SQL and develop a generator for that

3. Need to map instances to 'UPDATE' SQL (etc ...?) and develop a generator
for that
<<<<<<<<

CAM templates include the optional <ExternalMapping> section explicitly to
support this round-tripping to / from SQL tables between partner
applications.

You'd have to target some popular accounting applications with this
technique
and denote their tables and columns.

The jCAM when used with Hermes then becomes an instant integration
plug-in to popular accounting suites.

Enjoy, DW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Green" <stephen_green@bristol-city.gov.uk>
To: ">" <"'ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org'"<ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 5:30 AM
Subject: [ubl-dev] Tools for database support for UBL?


Dear UBL-DEV, Hi

If anyone has interest in the possibility of developing tools to help store
UBL
and UBL-based instances in a relational database I've been thinking along
the
following lines:

1. What sort of tables could UBL map to? What would be the relational
mapping, say?

2. Need to map Schemas to 'CREATE' SQL and develop a generator for that

3. Need to map instances to 'UPDATE' SQL (etc ...?) and develop a generator
for that

I wonder if any have thoughts of devloping something like the above, perhaps
as opensource
or priced attractively to foster wider UBL / UBL-like Schema adoption (the
key to successful
use of UBL perhaps).

What worries me is the complexity of UBL but there's the challenge and the
drive I suppose.
It would seem obvious to just treat every ABIE as a table and every document
as an
ABIE/table too. The relationships are where I get a bit lost.

Another key factor would be to make the tools generic - to handle any
Schemas built
by the UBL NDR rules and from the UBL spreadsheets (e.g. see UBLish from
softml.com
which uses a scripting language similar to perl).

All the best

Steve