Re: [ubl-dev] Getting started with UBL-2.0

[David Pratt <fairwinds@eastlink.ca>]

Hi Roberto. Your explanation of BIE explains quite a bit. In terms of 
constructing product and service models with interfaces to use in a 
system, I guess the approach would be to ensure I have got the common 
entities covered so that the documents can be easily produced.

In terms of representing my own items as a schema, I guess it should be 
a combination of BIE plus my own customizaion - but when it comes to the 
production of standard documents, they must validate and conform to 
UBL-2.0. Do you see any big changes to these entities in future?

I guess all I am really concerned about at this point, is that in the 
end I have models and interfaces capable of producing the documents and 
storing the results so they can be indexed and queried. I am also 
interested in methods to communicate and query documents over a restful 
web service and SMTP.

BTW, Has anyone been working on xsl for styling the standard documents?

Many thanks.

Regards,
David





roberto@javest.com wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> welcome to UBL !
> 
>> Hi list. I am just beginning with UBL and getting up to speed with the
>> schemas. I cannot seem to find a schema for items in the package I
>> downloaded.
> 
> UBL document schemas are composed by reusable BIE (Business Information
> Entities), this reason you will find the same BIE into different business
> documents (e.g. Address is used almost everywhere)
> 
> There is also an "Item" BIE to represent a product/service.
> This BIE is used inside the line items (e.g. into Purchase Orders)
> 
> Reusable BIEs definitions are collected as "common" components under
> 
>   cs-UBL-2.0\xsd\common
> 
> inside this folder you can find different type of BIEs, the "Item" is an
> aggregate BIE as it is made of other reusable components.
> 
> This is the schema containing aggregate BIEs (ABIE):
> 
> UBL-CommonAggregateComponents-2.0.xsd
> 
> I suggest you to read the specification to better understand all BIE types
> (Basic, Aggregate, Associations).
> 
>> I am interested in an implementation that can work with a products or
>> services as items. Overall I am getting from reviewing the schemas that
>> the language and schemas ought to work as messages being sent between a
>> customer and a seller for the most part, not just documents. So is this
>> ideally to be set up along the lines of a web service?
> 
> UBL can be used for both Web Services and ebXML as a payload.
> 
> Web Services are designed to expose/invoke a service for the transport of
> any XML payload, however using UBL you achieve in the end a better
> interoperability:
> 
> 1) Document interoperability (as UBL is designed for international use and
> it is an OASIS standard)
> 2) Data Model interoperablity (as it is made of reusable components BIE)
> 
>> I wish to set something up where at least the core documents are being
>> stored in this format - which I am hoping to be more future proof and
>> flexible to import and export or use in other systems.
> 
> Indeed
> 
>> I'd also like any advice on utilizing the schemas with detailed product
>> or service schemas.
> 
> You can find also useful to download the 'free' editor "UBL Swinger" at:
> 
> http://www.javest.com
> 
> Please find attached a screenshot of the "Item" aggregate BIE made using
> UBL Swinger.
> 
>> Many thanks
> 
>> Regard,
>> David
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Roberto Cisternino
> Javest.com
> 
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> Roberto Cisternino
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