Re: [ubl-dev] Re: Input forms for UBL :: was "'Opensource' XForms for UBL"

["Paula Keen" <paulakeen@gmail.com>]

Hello everybody,

We're very interested in taking part of your idea and development about
UBL-XForms. We recently finished a first-part project oriented to analyze,
design and implement eTendering/eAwarding components based on  UBL-2.0 (a
preliminary version of this project, called CODICE, is available at:
http://www.meh.es/Portal/Servicios/Contratacion/Junta+Consultiva+de+Contratacion+Administrativa/CODICE.htm).
On another hand, we also developed a Java application in order to
automatically generate the XSD files from a SpreadSheet (Tim Mc Grath told
us that Chin Chee-Kai did or was about to do something similar to this, so
i'm afraid we probably are somehow duplicating efforts), you can have a look
at this tool at
http://www.invinet.org/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=4).


Next steps for us will be profiling thru forms, schematron, style-sheets. We
planned to start studying and developing XForms for the 15 documents we
recently implemented and for different scenarios. Our policy and our current
customer's policy is to share the results of our work with the community (as
we already have done in this first project). So we'll be enchanted in
collaborating with you as far as we can and hoping we will able to produce
anything worthing your attention and interest.

Chee-Kai, we also would be glad talking with you about Ublish, Ubler and
UBL-2.0.

Best regards and happy new year to all of you!

Enric Staromiejski
enricstaromiejski@gmail.com

----
Paula Keen is an alias for Enric Staromiejski


2006/12/24, Chin Chee-Kai <cheekai@softml.net>:
>
> I've got a development track along the lines of Excel-based data input
> forms
> for UBL.  It's not much yet, so far consisting of only a sample Excel
> input
> form
> for Invoice & a data integrator which takes data out of the form and
> formats
> it according to UBL 1.0 Invoice.  I've also been a bit slow working on
> this due
> to other project requirements.  But since, Stephen, you're talking about
> forms
> for UBL, I thought I could bring this up.
>
> The whole idea is to allow users already familiar with Excel to quickly
> use UBL
> by using such templates, or else designing their own company-oriented
> Invoices,
> Orders, etc and telling the data integrator what data paths to construct
> for
> customised UBL (or other) schemas.  The data path syntax is a modified and
> greatly simplified form of XPath for quick learning and programmability.
>
> In other words, you don't need to rely on any one but your own
> organisation
> or yourself (for smaller companies) to do the form designs and
> transformation.
>
> Attached are the sample Invoice Excel form and its UBL-XML-transformed
> result. (Excel's extension appended with ".xxx" to avoid
> auto-removal;  please
> remove the extension before use).
>
> So, Stephen, if the project is on "Input forms for UBL", I suppose it may
> be
> possible to put some of the work there.  But I respect that you may just
> want
> to focus on XForms only and have a more specific working scope, in which
> case this Excel-based note is just for your information.
>
>
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Chin Chee-Kai
> SoftML
> Tel: +65-6820-2979
> Fax: +65-6820-2979
> Email: cheekai@SoftML.Net
> http://SoftML.Net/
>
>
> At 07:40 AM 2006-12-21 -0700, stephen.green@systml.co.uk wrote:
> >Folks,
> >
> >I've had it in mind to start an opensource project (maybe sourceforge)
> >to create XForms forms for UBL. I've a form which could be a starting
> >point. It would be the first time I've tried such a project so it could
> be
> >a while before anything gets going but if anyone is interested and
> >patient enough to keep an eye out for future announcements... or
> >has ideas about it in general I'd be grateful to hear any feedback. I
> >guess it could go a long way or just fizzle out but either way might
> >produce something to help others trying to do something similar and
> >provide for validation (or otherwise) of some of the proposals for
> >UBL deployment (such as codelists and business rules, say). Of course
> >it seems unusual to have a project like this for XForms but why not.
> >I've seen such projects around to develope XSLT stylesheets. Plus a
> >stylesheet to dynamically create the XForms from UBL artefacts could be
> >part of it too.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >All the best and seasons greetings
> >
> >Stephen Green
>
>
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