Minutes of Pacific UBL TC call 07 September 2021 22:00UTC - Voting Meeting

[Kenneth Bengtsson <kbengtsson@efact.pe>]

Minutes of Pacific UBL TC call 07 September 2021 22:00UTC

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=2021-09-07T2:00:00

Pacific: 17:00MSP/00:00Europe/18:00Ottawa/22:00UTC/08:00Sydney

 

Participation

 

Kenneth Bengtsson (convener)

Erlend Klakegg Bergheim

Levine Naidoo

 

Referencing the specification

 

One of the following should be used as a specific citation:

-  OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) v2.3

-  OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) v2.2

-  OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) v2.1 (ISO/IEC 19845:2015)

The following would be used for a general (any version) citation:

-  OASIS UBL (ISO/IEC 19845)

The canonical 2.3 documents are available in the OASIS repository:

-  http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.3/

The canonical 2.2 documents are available in the OASIS repository:

-  http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.2/

The canonical 2.1 documents are available in the OASIS repository:

-  http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.1/

The ISO/IEC catalogue entry for UBL 2.1 is found at:

-  http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm/?csnumber=66370

The ISO/IEC document and attachments for UBL 2.1 are found at:

-  http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/

 

Publishing tools

 

Peter has offered to help with spreadsheet maintenance. Kees and Cecile have offered to help with editorship and maintenance.

 

Previous repositories have been replaced with a single repository where both artefacts and the hub documents are maintained simultaneously for the production of a complete distribution package and an archive package:

-  https://github.com/oasis-tcs/ubl/tree/review#readme

 

Those who have volunteered to help with editing and maintenance, please test the above and provide feedback. Please report any issues regarding problems with the data.

 

Ken has prepared a Github branch for working with UBL 2.4, available here: ubl-2.4-csd01wd01. Subcommittees are welcome to begin their own branches from this branch. Google spreadsheets are also available for subcommittees to copy. Please contact Ken with any questions.

 

Standing items

 

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

Nothing

 

Review of Pacific call minutes

https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/202108/msg00002.html

 

Review of Atlantic call minutes

https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/202109/msg00000.html

 

Membership status review

https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/tc-process#membership

 

New member orientation information:

https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=59647

 

Voting status is determined by the following:

-  existing voting members must not miss two consecutive meetings to maintain voting status

-  non-voting members must attend two consecutive meetings to obtain voting status

-  members formally on leave by prior request must not attend and their voting status is not impacted

 

Current UBL TC voting member list (alphabetical):

 

-  Todd Albers

o Member of X9, X12 B2X, ISO 20022 Payment SEG, OASIS BDXR, and convenor of the Business Payments Coalition e-Invoice work groups

-  Kenneth Bengtsson

o  Chair OASIS BDXR, Observer OASIS ebXML, DK Expert UN/CEFACT

-  Erlend Klakegg Bergheim

o Member OASIS BDXR, Member OASIS ebXML Core & MS, Member CEN/TC434/WS8

-  Peter Borresen

o DK Member CEN/TC440, Convenor CEN/TC440/WG7

-  Andrea Caccia

o Chair CEN/TC 434, Member ETSI/ESI TC, IT Expert UN/CEFACT, chair OASIS Code List Representation TC

-  Paul Donohoe

-  Kees Duvekot

o Member OASIS BDXR, Member of the Standaardisatie­platform e-factureren

-  Cecile Guasch

o Member CEN/TC440, Convenor CEN/TC440/WG1, Convenor CEN/TC440/WG2, European Commission liaison (DIGIT Interoperability Unit)

-  G. Ken Holman

o Member OASIS BDXR, member OASIS Code List Representation TC

-  Ole Madsen

o DK Member CEN/TC440

 

TC Vitality Check

The TC must next appoint or reappoint chair(s) in January 2023.

Next TC vitality check must be made in January 2025.

 

UBL 2.3

 

ISO submission

 

Editors and subcommittee chairs need to familiarize themselves with ISO/IEC Directives Part 2 in order to produce content that is compliant with ISO requirements:

https://www.iso.org/directives-and-policies.html

 

ISO requirements being discussed here: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/UBL-240

 

BDNDR 1.1

 

Does the TC approve Business Document Naming and Design Rules (BDNDR) Version 1.1 and all associated artifacts packaged together in https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=69025 as a Committee Specification Draft 04, designating the XML version of the specification as authoritative, and approve submitting the approved Committee Specification Draft for a 15-day public review?

 

Motion made by Kenneth, seconded by Levine. Approved by all members at the Pacific call. Pending Atlantic call approval.

 

UBL 2.4

 

Gathering of requirements

 

ICT Standardization supporting Circular Economy in the European Union, investigate if there are gaps between UBL and ongoing efforts:

-  https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/202101/msg00023.html

-  https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/44089?locale=en

-  https://www.gs1.eu/news/a-standards-based-knowledge-system-for-the-circular-economy

 

Are there similar initiatives in other regions?

Agreed track and develop this as a separate item. Should we create a Product Master Data SC to develop this work? The Product Master Data SC could also maintain other work products, such as the Product Passport.

 

The new OASIS OriginBX (http://originbx-oasis.org/) project aims at standardizing tax and trade attributes and may provide new requirements for UBL and vice versa. See also: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/202106/msg00004.html

 

JIRA tickets

 

-  Adding DueDate in Reminder: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/UBL-196

-  Need for two extra document types for information diffusion: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/UBL-232

-  Cardinality of CallForTendersDocumentReference in CatalogueLine and TenderLine: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/UBL-300

-  New document Business Registration Information Notification: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/UBL-326

-  Document best practice for time zone qualifier in UBL 2.4 and in XML samples: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/UBL-327

-  Review Remittance Advice document: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/UBL-324

-  Review prose specification: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/UBL-328

o Peter will try to connect to Adriana from the CPFR project to ask for an updated link.

o Perhaps this repository contains what we need: https://www.gs1us.org/education-training/resource-library#/score/DESC/1/cpfr--/

-  Typos in sample XML instance: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/UBL-329

-  Include an XML Catalogue v. 1.1, deferred from earlier: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/UBL-183.

o Kees and Erlend have done some work and can demonstrate how it would work when/if included in a UBL distribution

 

There is ongoing work in CEN regarding the simplified invoice/consumer receipt: https://standards.cencenelec.eu/dyn/www/f?p=CEN:110:0::::FSP_PROJECT,FSP_ORG_ID:73128,1883209&cs=1C7A4FA8A780644DDAB4E4D63AFC5A9E7. Important to work on establishing liaison to be able to share more information.

 

Any new requirements for UBL 2.4?

 

UBL Payments and Finance Subcommittee (PayFin)

 

Nothing

 

UBL Post-award

 

From https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/UBL-182 (TaxInclusiveLineExtensionAmount ticket): should we add tax inclusive amounts to other ABIEs, such as TaxSubtotal, TaxTotal, AllowanceCharge, etc.? See also https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/UBL-217 and https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/UBL-218. Kees will open a new ticket to track this.

 

UBL Pre-award

 

Nothing

 

UBL Transportation Subcommittee (TSC)

 

TSC is planning to convene in August. Peter will send out an update to the TSC mailing list.

 

Work in progress for UBL 2.4:

-  New requirements for a Letter of Credits coming for UBL 2.4. Peter and Kenneth to work together on this.

-  Possibly new requirements for documenting customs bonds in UBL instances.

-  New requirements from mapping to UN/CEFACT eCMR, from CEN TC 440, and possibly new requirements for the eFreight mapping. Peter will open JIRA tickets.

-  New requirements from Peppol Logistics

 

UBL Naming and Design Rules Subcommittee (NDRSC)

 

Work completed on the JSON Committee Notes, only awaiting the finalization of BDNDR 1.1:

-  UBL 2.1 JSON Alternative Representation Version 2.0:

o https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=69022

-  UBL 2.2 JSON Alternative Representation Version 1.0:

o https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=69023

-  UBL 2.3 JSON Alternative Representation Version 1.0:

o https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=69024

 

Organisation Master Data Subcommittee

 

Nothing

 

TC Liaisons

 

CEN TC 434

 

Agreed at the Copenhagen face-to-face meeting that the UBL TC is open to establish a formal liaison with CEN TC 434 to create a European or international standard for electronic invoicing, if there is an interest from the CEN TC.

 

CEN informs that a liaison cannot be established at TC level. OASIS is contacting CEN to set up a TC liaison.

 

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32/WG 1

 

Decision to appoint Andrea as liaison representative between ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 and the TC recorded here: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/202007/msg00014.html

 

Next SC 32 meeting will be held June 14 (plenary) and June 18 (closing). OASIS has responded and is following up with the SC 32 secretariat.

 

GitHub instance for UBL 2.4 work

 

Work on UBL 2.4 will be done in the existing “ubl” GitHub instance. Members interested in working on branches, please send Ken your GitHub account name and associated email address. At least every subcommittee chair should be a maintainer.

 

Subcommittee conference calls

 

-  Organisational Master Data SC will be meeting biweekly on Wednesdays at 13:00 CET.

-  Other subcommittees will be meeting on an as-required basis

 

Face-to-face

 

Face-to-face meeting during spring 2022? Candidate hosts:

-  Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank

-  Trondheim

 

TC conference call schedule

 

Call schedule

 

2021-09-07/2021-09-08

-  Pacific: 17:00MSP/00:00Europe/18:00Ottawa/22:00UTC/08:00Sydney

-  Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

2021-09-14/2021-09-15

-  Pacific: 17:00MSP/00:00Europe/18:00Ottawa/22:00UTC/08:00Sydney

-  Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

2021-09-21/2021-09-22

-  Pacific: 17:00MSP/00:00Europe/18:00Ottawa/22:00UTC/08:00Sydney

-  Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

2021-09-28/2021-09-29

-  Pacific: 17:00MSP/00:00Europe/18:00Ottawa/22:00UTC/08:00Sydney

-  Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

 

TC calendar

 

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/calendar.php?wg_abbrev=ubl

 

iCal subscription link: http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup_feeds/ical/my_vcalendar.ics?token=fa658a7994a6cefb10c10be09e139af3&workgroup_id=50

 

Will anyone be requesting a leave of absence in the near future? For privacy reasons, this discussion will be kept off of the minutes.

 

Other business

 

None