Minutes of Pacific UBL TC call 7 August 2012

[Jon Bosak <bosak@pinax.com>]

MINUTES OF PACIFIC UBL TC MEETING 00:00 UTC TUESDAY 7 AUGUST 2012

ATTENDANCE

   Jon Bosak (chair)
   G. Ken Holman
   Andy Schoka

STANDING ITEMS

   Additions to the calendar:
      http://ubl.xml.org/events

      None.

   Review of Atlantic call minutes (none this week)

UBL 2.1 PRD3 HUBDOC

   On hold pending completion of the definition review.

   JB: Hoping to have completed the first editorial pass through the
   Common Library by this time next week.

UBL 2.1 PRD3 DEFINITION REVIEW

   In particular, this issue having to do with "criteria" vs.
   "criterion":

   https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-psc/201207/msg00002.html
   https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-psc/201207/msg00003.html

   Oops! This item is for the Atlantic TC call.  Instead, we discussed
   the following TSC issue.

TRANSPORT VS. TRANSPORTATION

   For background, see

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

   We seem to be AGREED that the following changes can be made:

      COMMON LIBRARY

         TransportationSegment -> TransportSegment
         TransportationSegmentType -> TransportSegmentType
         TransportServiceCode -> TransportationServiceCode
         TransportServiceCodeType -> TransportationServiceCodeType

      DOCUMENT MODELS

         UBL-GoodsItemItinerary-2.1

            TransportationSegment -> TransportSegment

   The problem remaining centers around a number of terms containing the
   substring "TransportService"; this use collides with the adoption of
   "TransportationService" for what appears to be the same concept in
   UBL 2.0.  In particular, the following proposed changes would involve
   renaming a document type:

      UBL-TransportServiceDescription-2.1 -> UBL-TransportationServiceDescription-2.1
      TransportServiceDescriptionDocumentReference -> TransportationServiceDescriptionDocumentReference
      TransportServiceDescriptionRequestDocumentReference -> TransportationServiceDescriptionRequestDocumentReference

   And these proposed changes would involve changes to the names of parties:

      COMMON LIBRARY

         ResponsibleTransportServiceProviderParty -> ResponsibleTransportationServiceProviderParty
         TransportServiceProviderParty -> TransportationServiceProviderParty
         TransportServiceProviderRemarks -> TransportationServiceProviderRemarks
         TransportServiceProviderRemarksType -> TransportationServiceProviderRemarksType
         TransportServiceProviderResponseDeadlinePeriod -> TransportationServiceProviderResponseDeadlinePeriod
         TransportServiceProviderSpecialTerms -> TransportationServiceProviderSpecialTerms
         TransportServiceProviderSpecialTermsType -> TransportationServiceProviderSpecialTermsType

      DOCUMENT MODELS

         UBL-TransportExecutionPlan-2.1

            TransportServiceProviderRemarks -> TransportationServiceProviderRemarks
            TransportServiceProviderParty -> TransportationServiceProviderParty
            TransportServiceDescriptionDocumentReference -> TransportationServiceDescriptionDocumentReference
            TransportServiceProviderResponseDeadlinePeriod -> TransportationServiceProviderResponseDeadlinePeriod

         UBL-TransportExecutionPlanRequest-2.1

           TransportServiceProviderParty -> TransportationServiceProviderParty
           TransportServiceDescriptionDocumentReference -> TransportationServiceDescriptionDocumentReference
           TransportServiceProviderResponseDeadlinePeriod -> TransportationServiceProviderResponseDeadlinePeriod

           TransportServiceDescription -> TransportationServiceDescription
           TransportServiceDescriptionType -> TransportationServiceDescriptionType
           TransportServiceDescriptionRequestDocumentReference -> TransportationServiceDescriptionRequestDocumentReference
           TransportServiceProviderParty -> TransportationServiceProviderParty

         UBL-TransportServiceDescriptionRequest-2.1 -> UBL-TransportationServiceDescriptionRequest-2.1

           TransportServiceDescriptionRequest -> TransportationServiceDescriptionRequest
           TransportServiceDescriptionRequestType -> TransportationServiceDescriptionRequestType
           TransportServiceProviderParty -> TransportationServiceProviderParty

   The argument against making these changes is that they will
   inconvenience stakeholders that have already begun implementation
   based on PRD2, despite that fact that PRD2 contains an explicit
   notice that it is for testing purposes only and should not be used
   for production and despite that fact that TSC has been making changes
   and additions to the transportation models until a few weeks ago.

   The crux of the issue is that the term "Transportation Service" was
   adopted in UBL 2.0 and that there appears to be no semantic
   distinction between a Transportation Service and a Transport
   Service.  Absent such a distinction, there is scant justification for
   using two different terms to refer to the identical concept.

      ACTION: TSC to consider whether a clear semantic distinction (or,
      failing that, some operational distinction) can be made between a
      Transportation Service and a Transport Service, and if so, to
      produce a clear enunciation of that difference.

TC CONCALL SCHEDULE

   We have tentatively scheduled TC calls through October.

   Week of 2012.08.06 Regular schedule
   Week of 2012.08.13 Regular schedule
   Week of 2012.08.20 Regular schedule
   Week of 2012.08.27 Regular schedule

   Week of 2012.09.03 Regular schedule
   Week of 2012.09.10 Regular schedule
   Week of 2012.09.17 Regular schedule
   Week of 2012.09.24 Regular schedule

   Week of 2012.10.01 Regular schedule
   Week of 2012.10.08 Regular schedule
   Week of 2012.10.15 *** CANCELLED ***
   Week of 2012.10.22 Regular schedule
   Week of 2012.10.29 Regular schedule

Jon Bosak
Chair, OASIS UBL TC