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Subject: Re: [ubl-tsc] Re: [ubl] Minutes of Pacific UBL TC call 7 August 2012


Tim McGrath wrote:
> If I recall the original idea we had was that 'transportation' meant the
> overall concept of transporting goods.  'Transport' was reserved for the
> verb  'to transport'. As in, "I transport goods using a transportation
> service".  But i agree this is a probably an unnecessary distinction if
> it causes too much confusion.
>
> So are we trying to settle on 'Transport' or 'Transportation'? Doesn't
> this proposal just swap the terms around?

No.  See

   https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-tsc/201207/msg00012.html

for an explanation.  Briefly, the proposal is to use "Transport"
wherever possible, the only exceptions being TransportationService and
TransportationStatus, which we're stuck with from 2.0.

Jon



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