"Introduction to the Universal Business Language (UBL)" overviews the development of, components of and methodologies used in the global encumbrance-free electronic commerce XML vocabulary developed by the OASIS UBL Technical Committee http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/.

This OASIS Standard documented at http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.0/UBL-2.0.html is attracting a lot of worldwide attention as an XML vocabulary and common library for 31 business documents including purchase order, invoice, and other procurement documents, transportation documents and catalogue documents. Customization features allow one to utilize UBL in a conformant fashion while tailoring it to one's needs in a government, industry or trading business environment.

The presentation is 60 minutes long in a lecture style.