UBL subcommittee openings

[jon.bosak@sun.com]

Hello UBL developers,

Do you have a data item you've been wanting to see added to the
UBL library?  Or maybe even a whole new document type?  Have you
ever wanted to be part of an industry-changing open standards
effort, or help lead its implementation in a particular place?
Here's your chance!

Starting this spring, the OASIS UBL Technical Committee will be
working on our next point release, UBL 2.1.  Due out in April
2009, UBL 2.1 will feature improvements to transportation
documents, new document types for etendering, and expanded support
for data input and reporting.  Like every UBL release, UBL 2.1
will represent the work of volunteer experts dedicated to building
the open infrastructure for electronic commerce.  If you'd like to
do your part, openings are now available in the following UBL
subcommittees:

   OASIS UBL PSC (Procurement Subcommittee)
      Data modeling for tendering, ordering, and invoicing

   OASIS UBL TSC (Transportation Subcommittee)
      Data modeling for transportation and fulfillment

   OASIS UBL HISC (Human Interface Subcommittee)
      Mapping UBL to and from external representations
      (input and output forms), in particular, layout design
      and mappings for transportation and catalogue documents

If you'd like to participate in efforts to deploy UBL in
particular locales, you may be interested in joining one of the
UBL Localization Subcommittees:

   OASIS UBL CNLSC (Chinese Localization Subcommittee)
   OASIS UBL DKLSC (Danish Localization Subcommittee)
   OASIS UBL ESLSC (Spanish Localization Subcommittee)
   OASIS UBL ITLSC (Italian Localization Subcommittee)
   OASIS UBL JPLSC (Japanese Localization Subcommittee)
   OASIS UBL KRLSC (Korean Localization Subcommittee)

In addition to the full translations of the UBL Data Dictionary
created by these existing localization subcommittees, subset
translations have been created for Hungarian, Lithuanian, Slovak,
and Turkish.  We would welcome the formation of LSCs to further
this work and lead efforts to deploy UBL in these locales.

UBL contributors must be members of the OASIS UBL TC, though
active participation in the TC is not a requirement for
participation in UBL subcomittees.  OASIS memberships for
individuals cost USD 300 per year, and there are also group rates
for organizations; for more information, see

   http://www.oasis-open.org/join/

If you are interested in joining the premier open standards effort
for the development of electronic business documents, contact the
chair:

Jon Bosak, Distinguished Engineer, Corporate Standards
Office of Global Government Strategy, Sun Microsystems
Chair, OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) TC
jon.bosak@sun.com