Re: [ubl-tsc] TSC Action Item followup from TC

["Roberto Cisternino" <roberto@javest.com>]

The invoicing process has the credit note for full/partial cancellation.

Let's say that a simple cancellation message is not sufficient for legal
documents if they have been already processed by the receiver.

The cancellation is quite common for:
- Bookings (not just in the shipping industry)
- Bill of Ladings
- Orders

In sectors like shipping/transport the "override" concept is often adopted
 because the partial modification of a previous instruction/document is
not always a simple thing from the implementation point of view (so here I
am not talking about the message itself but how to process it once
received).
The override is pratically used to cancel and substitute a previous message.

Maybe we could provide any UBL message with the possibility to "cancel" or
"override" the whole document or just a set of line items.

The Purchase Order can be used as a sample by inspecting the cac:LineItem
which offers a cbc:LineStatusCode.

Using its default UBL code list we can assert that the line status is: 
"Line has been cancelled".

See UBL 2.0 code list under cl/gc/default/LineStatusCode-2.0.gc

All UBL documents using the LineItem ABIE are ready for cancelling a set
of line items or even all of them.

Probably we could add a similar BIE on the document root named
"StatusCode" and pointing to a similar code list but for the whole
document.

For instance: DocumentStatusCode-2.1.gc

Hope this helps,

Roberto


> Peter,
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> At the last TC call I got the action to provide TSC requirements for
> cancellation.
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> Within the UBL Transport domain there are two primary processes each
> having
> a subset of Transport documents/messages.
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> 1.       Intermodal Freight Management
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> 2.       International Freight Management.
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> Within the community employing Intermodal Freight Management messages, the
> opinion is that message content drives the processes, not the message as
> an
> entity.  While most of the message types in this domain are queries
> regarding status (which would not really require cancellation) the primary
> message is the Transport Execution Plan (TEP). As a collaborative
> document,
> the TEP would cycle among appropriate parties to finalize freight movement
> requirements.  If cancellation were required it would most likely be
> enabled
> within a cycle of the TEP and with a transport specific code type BBIE
> containing a "cancelled" value embedded in the TEP.
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> Within the community employing International Freight Management
> documents/messages, the opinion is not as clear. There may well be a
> requirement for cancellation, but only for specific message types.  Since
> there is a serial nature to the process and the documents/messages
> employed,
> the first document in the series, the Forwarding Instructions
> document/message, may well have to be cancelled in particular
> circumstances.
> A question I might ask, "Does EDIFACT have cancellation messages?"
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> I suggest that you explore with the PSC a possible  editorial note to be
> included in the PRD03 text that addresses the subject of cancellation and
> its implementation in a way the permits use if the implementation of their
> processes see a need. I welcome the opportunity to participate.
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> I also encourage others reading this to offer an opinion.
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> Regards,
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> Andy Schoka
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