OAGIS/HR-XML

[stephen.green@systml.co.uk]

Folks

In view of today's news

http://www.hr-xml.org/blog/?p=128

I wondered (as I expect many have) whether there is more UBL
can do now (or ATG2) to align as fully with OAGIS as HR-XML to
create just one big bundle. UBL might be distinctive by its
being strongly document-like and perhaps easier to implement
in certain scenarios but even a common library might be a
possibility. Are there political issues? How would it affect
UBL / CEFACT convergence? Would HR-XML/OAGIS be seeking as much
convergence with CEFACT as UBL? Could this all lead in some way
to a single library? Maybe a removal of duplication? Alignment
on the UDT library was one thing but presenting a united/common
front and maybe even a common library might be very nice to
see and help interoperability while still providing choice in
which 'documents' to use - the OAGIS-like ones or the UBL-like
ones.

All the best

Stephen Green