RE: [ubl-dev] Status of UN/CEFACT XML Messages

["Crawford, Mark" <mark.crawford@sap.com>]

> Can anyone update us on where things are at now
with the UN/CEFACT messages - I mean XML ones
- schemas - not just the models?

 

For a list of published standard schema files, see: 

 

http://www.unece.org/cefact/xml_schemas/index.htm#2008A

 

 

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From: stephengreenubl@gmail.com [mailto:stephengreenubl@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Green
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 8:24 PM
To: UBL-Dev
Subject: [ubl-dev] Status of UN/CEFACT XML Messages

Which messages
are available to use? I recollect Ken and 
others
comparing some of the UN/CEFACT message schemas
with their UBL 
equivalents: how many such message
schemas are there and are they ready for 
use yet?

Also, maybe we should be using ubl-dev a little more
for 
discussing such messages since their are in the
upgrade path from UBL. How do 
they compare to UBL
in their usability and maturity? I'm guessing they 
knock
the socks of our UBL modelling work what with so 
much more 
widespread business requirements analysis
having gone into the UN/CEFACT work 
over the years
but how does that affect the actual messages? Are
they 
better fitted to the needs of business software now
than UBL has been? Has 
anyone any experience of
deploying/adopting any UN/CEFACT 
messages?

Apologies if I'm jumping the gun here. Just keen to
see how 
XML ebusiness messages/documents are
developing/evolving and if the needs of 
the businesses
are being better and better met through all of our 
efforts
in UBL and then in UN/CEFACT (not that I've personally
had time, 
etc to contribute much the the latter,
regretfully).

Best 
regards

Steve
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Stephen D Green
Document Engineering 
Services Ltd