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IBM PEPPOL B2B integration - based on UBL
UBL FAQ
3. Where does UBL stand at this point?
4. Is UBL a 'true' global standard for electronic business?
5. How can I get the UBL 2.1 package, and what's in it?
6. How much will it cost to use UBL?
7. Where can I discuss UBL with other users?
9. Is the UBL effort still open to participation?
10. Can UBL be customized to meet specific business requirements?
11. Has UBL been successful in real-world implementations?
12. What is the UBL semantic data model?
13. Can I use UBL in other contexts?
14. How does UBL facilitate international trade?
15. Can I use UBL in a Single Window environment?
16. What is the relationship of UBL to ebXML?
17. How does UBL support the European electronic invoicing Directive?
18. Can I use digital signatures to electronically sign UBL documents?
UK National Health Service to mandate use of PEPPOL (and UBL) messaging
A tutorial for creating schemas following UBL NDR
UBL TC member Oriol Bausa has written a short tutorial on the use of Crane's tools to create XSD schemas from CCTS business information entities.
2014 WCO IT Conference & Exhibition
IT4Fashion 2014, Information Technology supporting Fashion
How UBL is impacting global supply chains with Tradeshift
Tradeshift CEO & Co-founder, Christian Lanng recently spoke about the future of supply chains in the digital age. See the video link below...
The Meaning of UBL (continued): Do I understand you correctly?
On 15th April 1912 the passenger ship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank with the loss of nearly 1500 lives. Some claim that communication failures were as significant as anything else in scale of the tragedy.
According to Neal McEwen writing in the Telegraph Office Magazine…
The ‘European standard on electronic invoicing’
A few years ago I posted an article about the confusion surrounding standardizing on electronic invoice formats in Europe[1]. I am pleased to note that the European Commission has not been idle. On March 11 2014, after several years of conferences, expert groups, forums and workshops, the European Parliament approved a new directive on electronic invoicing in public procurement[2].
The Meaning of UBL: The Value of a Semantic Data Model
There has been increasing interest in the standards community about the value and use of conceptual data models to support messaging standards – separating the conceptual business view from the technical implementation artifacts. This article supports this view using UBL as a reference.