[ubl-ndrsc] Minutes for today's NDR Meeting

Mavis: (Not on call, deferred)

Turn the free normative text in the NDR document into isolated, numbered rules.
Status: still open. Lisa is working with Mavis, and has identified approach. Should have something to release next week.

Eve:

Compile a list of the supplementary components and their definitions on a per-CCT basis. Status: See her email of 11/4/02
Ask the Sun XML community to analyze the seriousness of the fragment processing problem with local elements. Status: unknown. (Will look into this)

Discussion?

Containership - Where did we leave this? Defered for Mavis to be here.
Has anyone had the time to review the new work of the LCSC?
- Discussion: The work that Tim has brought forward to LCSC has put the group into flux and stopped work. There is a problem with understanding,
Facets - Gunther and Mavis - Worked with Mavis, finished the section in the NDR document, there are still some questions, which were sent out last week.
- Q: A restriction of BCCs is simple, but BBIEs is more complex. Discussion:
  - We read through the Rules in the NDR document and Gunther went through what the examples are and how they work.
  - ACTION ITEM: Gunther to fix examples in NDR document, and do different types of examples.
  - There is still a problem restricting the complex types.
  - Bill had some ideas about how we could do this, Gunther will look into it further. Discussion through the email list will continue.
  - If we use a new element for the content itself, you inherit the restrictions.
- Q: Do you have any idea on how to define the Representation type for integer?
  - We have RT: value, RT: percent, RT: number
  - It would be very useful if we had this,
  - Bill feels we should kick this over to the LCSC and see if they think we need it.
- We are defining complex types for every BCC. If UN/CEFACT changes anything inside of a CCT, what happens then?
  - You inherit those changes.
  - If you define a new BCC, you won't copy. you inherit.
  - ACTION: Gunther will try out the possibilities and research what happens if the CCT's change. Can we restrict or extend the BCC?
  - ACTION: Bill proposes a new piece of work is required here, the Perl script generates XSD for basic BIEs as well as ABIEs. That means that probably we have to infer the presence of these BIEs declaring the CCT. This means the LCSC must have all information necessary to allow the Perl script to do this. Gunther will have to make some changes to the configuration file. We envision that there is really enough info right now for the script to know right enough to do this.
NDR Document Review – Rules discussion - Mavis not on call, deferred to next weeks call.
Other Schema representation
- We were going to discuss what to do about ASN.1 and other schema languages that are out there.
- These will be annexes to the NDR document.
- See summary from Paul in last weeks minutes.
Referencing Strategies – depending on Gunther’s ability to finish work. Still waiting for response from colleagues, they are reviewing. Will send to this group once that review cycle is done.
Embedded documentation – depending on Arofan’s ability to finish work - Unable to get anything done this week, will be working.

Priority

Work Item

Status

Responsibility

A

Issues appearing in the
NDR document

Break down into smaller pieces

Mavis

A

Local vs. global –

Complete. Need to incorporate into NDR.

Mavis to include

A

Code lists

Needs new draft

Eve

A

CCT module work

In progress. Needs to be broken
down into smaller pieces. Section 3 work in the NDR document is dependent on this.

Open - Gunter

A

Containership

Joint effort with LC needs final
resolution. Still open

Arofan was volunteered by Lisa

B

Referencing strategies.

Part of CCT Module Work.
Update in progress. Anticipate position paper on 5 November.

Gunther

B

Naming rules

Done

Mavis

C

Facet outreach

Still working. Gunter has received material from Lisa.

Lisa and Gunter

C

MODNAMVER

Complete.

Bill

C

Embedded
documentation

Needs to be moved to NDR
document.

Arofan

C

ASN.1 schema

Done – However there is an
issue within the group on
how/should to present this

Larmouth

C

Updating guiding
principles

In Progress

Mavis/Lisa

C

Wildcards

Open

Lisa

C

Nillability

Started.

Lisa

C

Instance Constraints

Open

Lisa

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