Minutes for 2006-03-21 HISC teleconferences

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>]

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Meeting convened at 15H00 UTC ... in attendance:

   Zarella Rendon
   G. Ken Holman (chair)

>1) Danish priorities:

No comments.

>2) Formatting specification status:
>
>   - Zarella's work from Ottawa meeting
>     - http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-hisc/200602/msg00009.html
>   - Ken action: post prose regarding DocBook augmentation
>     - http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-hisc/200603/msg00000.html
>     - note this has a modified UN220Order.xml formatting specification
>       to accommodate new features that I determined in implementation
>       were necessary

Zarella has the new work in hand now.

Note that we are late producing the unzippable 
package that Jon would use to create the UBL 2.0 
subdirectory he names for our work.  For UBL 1.0 
I created a ZIP of the subdirectory contents 
(including the base index.html) with all of the 
files that Jon just needed to unpack to include 
in the UBL 1.0 deliverable.  I used Ant to ensure 
the packaging wasn't a manual process.  My post to him was done at:

   http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-fpsc/200404/msg00016.html

Something similar could be done for our package 
targeted for UBL 2 so that we have a mechanical 
process of creating the ZIP directory, therefore 
not subject to finger problems.

>   - next steps
>     - Zarella to update remaining 7 formatting specifications for boxes
>       so that Ken can begin testing and produce PDF files
>     - we need someone to help Zarella choose the UBL 2.0 XPath expressions
>       to replace the UBL 1.0 XPath expressions in the formatting specs
>     - little response to my earlier post to the UBL list:
>       - 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/group_public/email/ubl/200603/msg00031.html
>       - only Stephen Green contributed a 
> response (thanks!), and he included details of 
> some candidate catalogue SBS models:
>         - 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/group_public/email/ubl/200603/msg00032.html

In the absence of subject matter expert input, 
Zarella and Ken will guess at the XPath addresses required.

Note that Jon Bosak has pointed HISC to a list of 
new layouts from UNECE that will probably be helpful:

    http://unece.unog.ch/etrade/

In particular there are layouts we can use in:

    http://unece.unog.ch/etrade/units.aspx?groupID=C001&groupName=UNeDocs&list=false

We can examine the list of new layouts in the Danish priority order.

>3) Input specification status
>
>   - status?
>     - post of draft work by Bryan:
>       - http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-hisc/200603/msg00002.html

Ken has provided some feedback:

   http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-hisc/200603/msg00006.html

>4) Other business.

No other business.

>5) Next meeting March 28.

So far so good.

Zarella asked about next face-to-face ... neither 
Zarella nor Ken are planning to be in Brussels, 
but there is a chance both will be in Montréal.

Meeting ended at 15H20 UTC.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken


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