Re: [ubl] UBL 2.0 IDD -- approval of candidate PRD

[Jon Bosak <bosak@ibiblio.org>]

I think that the points Ken raises are sufficient to justify
rebuilding the package.  Consider the current candidate withdrawn.
I'll aim to have another version out for approval early next week.

In the meantime....  It would be good if everyone who hasn't had a
chance to check out the draft would do so now and let me know of
any further concerns by this weekend.

Jon

G. Ken Holman wrote:
> At 2008-10-20 13:40 -0400, Jon Bosak wrote:
>> The UBL 2.0 IDD appears ready to go out for its initial 60-day
>> Public Review.  Please see the draft at
>>
>> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/29717/UBL-2.0-idd-prd01.zip 
>>
>>
>> Note that there will be further opportunities to revise this draft
>> in light of comments received during the public review period.
>>
>> If you are a voting member of the TC and you object to the
>> submission of this draft for OASIS public review, please signify
>> your objection by mail to the UBL TC list no later than COB Monday
>> 27 October 2008.  If you have no objection to beginning public
>> review, do nothing.
> 
> My automated processes reveal that all IDD spreadsheets, both XLS and 
> ODS formats, have consistent column titles, as well as consistent column 
> contents for columns A-F.  To test this I introduced such 
> inconsistencies that were all detected, so I think I can assume there 
> are none in the original files.
> 
> Some observations:
> 
> 1 - there are some inconsistent naming between "prd01" and "prd1" in the 
> names of files and directories (makes automation more difficult)
> 
> 2 - would "prd01" of this UBL 2.0 update be confused with the "prd01" of 
> UBL 2.0?  Should we have "update" somewhere in the labelling of the 
> files?  In my work I've labeled this "UBL-IDD-2.0-update-prd01".
> 
> 3 - ES and IT spreadsheets:  cell E1 for version is the function =NOW(), 
> which is constantly updated when the file is opened ... I think should 
> be hardwired as in Japanese spreadsheets in cell H1 to reflect a true 
> version date for each spreadsheet ... there are even different dates on 
> different JP files showing how each one has been kept up with its own 
> version tracking
> 
> 4 - the JP spreadsheets have their version number in cell H1 while ES 
> and IT spreadsheets have their version number in cell E1 ... I can 
> accommodate this, but automation might be easier if *everything* was 
> located in the same cells for all spreadsheets
> 
> With thanks to the feedback from Chee-Kai, I've changed the genericode 
> column references to be collapsed spreadsheet column titles rather than 
> obscure abbreviations.
> 
> As a byproduct of creating the aggregate genericode files, I have also 
> included in the package a summary of the entire multi-language UBL IDD 
> 2.0 Update PRD01 as a singe HTML file.  This one file shows all UBL 
> information entities with all languages summarized.  Maximizing your 
> browser on your screen is *highly* recommended for viewing this file ... 
> your feedback on presentation improvements is welcome.
> 
> All this can be found on my web site in a single ZIP file at:
> 
>   
> http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/resources/ubl/index.htm#ubl2idd2genericode
> 
> Please let me know if you find anything wrong or unexpected with this 
> package ... I think it is complete, but I'm too close to it to tell.
> 
> If you decide to address the observations above for the 60-day review, I 
> will produce another ZIP when revised spreadsheets are made available.
> 
> . . . . . . . . . Ken
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