Re: [ubl] use of 'ID' in documents

["Stephen Green" <stephen_green@seventhproject.co.uk>]

Sylvia

I think you mean SellerAssignedAccountID;
SellersID means document ID, not account
ID or party ID.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sylvia Webb" <swebb@gefeg.com>
To: "'Anne Hendry'" <Anne.Hendry@Sun.COM>; <ubl@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:30 AM
Subject: RE: [ubl] use of 'ID' in documents


> Anne,
>
> Making BuyersID and SellersID mandatory is problematic. When a buyer
issues
> a Request for Quote to a company they have not done business with before,
> they will not have the SellersID. This can also be the case with a Quote
> where the Request for Quote was given verbally or informally via email.
> Companies and Entities can also issue thousands of quotes but only have a
> few customers.  If they are required to issue dummy SellersID's or
> BuyersID's just to satisfy a standard, this diminishes their CRM
> applications and management.
>
> Buyers and Sellers ID's are typically assigned to individuals or their
> employers in purchasing or contracting. An example in the US would be a
DUNS
> number. It could also be an account number or other unique identifier
> totally unrelated to any document identifier like Invoice number.
>
> Good or high end accounting and ERP software allow a user to assign
document
> ID's to all documents. Less expensive software may not allow a ID for
> Request for Quote, Quote, or Despatch Advice. It is considered a best
> practice for all documents to have a unique ID.
>
> IMO, our models need to support all of the above scenarios.
>
> Best regards,
> Sylvia Webb
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anne Hendry [mailto:Anne.Hendry@Sun.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:57 AM
> To: ubl@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [ubl] use of 'ID' in documents
>
> We notice that some documents contain an 'ID' element.  The 'ID'
> elements seem to be mandatory.  The documents that don't have 'ID' seem to
> have 'BuyersID' and 'SellersID', but those are optional.
>
> Is this an intended modeling aspect that assumes in the documents that
don't
> have 'ID' the users would implement either a BuyersID or SellersID, even
> though they are both optional?  Do we want to duplicate this model for new
> documents?  When do you determine you want a mandatory ID vs. two optional
> Buyers|Sellers IDs?
>
> Thanks,
> Anne
>
>
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