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SC 34 Plenary

Event: Submitted by bosak on Thu, 2008-05-01 13:43.
Location: 
Prague
Date: 
23 Mar 2009 - 27 Mar 2009
Event Type: 
Other

SC 34 Plenary

Event: Submitted by bosak on Thu, 2008-05-01 13:36.
Location: 
Jeju Island, Korea
Date: 
28 Sep 2008 - 1 Oct 2008
Event Type: 
Other

First UBL/NES Invoice exchanged in Iceland (June 2007)

News: Submitted by tim.mcgrath on Wed, 2008-04-30 17:16. Last updated on Wed, 2008-04-30 17:16.
The Icelandic State Accounting Office has received it's first invoice according to the NES profile 4 format.

 

OASIS UBL Adoption Subcommittee launches new web site

News: Submitted by tim.mcgrath on Tue, 2008-04-29 16:54. Last updated on Tue, 2008-04-29 16:57.

The newly formed Adoption Subcommittee has launched a new service for support of UBL implementtions.

The UBL.XML.org website is an OASIS Focus Area established to provide a forum for those implementing UBL to share ideas, find resources and promote good practices.

 

Public Review Draft for OASIS UBL 2.0 Errata Document

News: Submitted by cgeyer on Thu, 2008-04-24 13:30.

OASIS announced a 15-day review period for the specification "UBL 2.0 Errata 01, Public Review Draft 01," ending 2008-05-08. The UBL 2.0 Update Package provides UBL 2.0 users with an upgrade to the December 2006 UBL 2.0 release.

Features

Wiki page: Submitted by anthony.coates.des on Tue, 2008-04-22 21:37. Last updated on Tue, 2008-04-22 21:39.
UBL Features

 

  • Royalty-free library of standard XML electronic business documents.
  • Designed in an open and accountable standards process.
  • Plugs directly into existing business, legal, auditing, and records management practices with minimum disruption.
  • International effort, not specific to just one country or industry.
  • Eliminates re-keying of data in existing fax- and paper-based supply chains.
  • Maintains close alignment with existing EDI systems.

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History of UBL

Wiki page: Submitted by oriolbausa on Tue, 2008-04-22 07:54. Last updated on Tue, 2014-05-20 21:32.

In 2001, within OASIS, Jon Bosak, one of the inventors of XML markup language proposed the creation of a technical committee with the objective of creating a first set of business documents based on the CCTS (ISO 15000 part 5) to facilitate electronic business adoption tasks by companies and public administrations. This technical committee was called Universal Business Language.

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About the OASIS UBL Technical Committee

Wiki page: Submitted by oriolbausa on Tue, 2008-04-22 06:42. Last updated on Sun, 2008-05-18 08:09.

UBL TC stands for Universal Business Language Technical Committee.

The aims of the UBL TC are the following:

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Mail lists

Wiki page: Submitted by oriolbausa on Tue, 2008-04-22 06:37. Last updated on Thu, 2008-05-15 20:49.

The following UBL mailing lists are hosted by OASIS:

ubl@lists.oasis-open.org
This list is used by OASIS UBL Technical Committee members to conduct their work. TC membership is required to post. TC members are automatically subscribed; the public may view archives.

ubl-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
This is a public mail list for providing input to the OASIS UBL Technical Committee members. Send a comment or view archives.

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Why use UBL

Wiki page: Submitted by oriolbausa on Tue, 2008-04-22 06:34. Last updated on Tue, 2008-04-22 06:35.

There are different reasons that, without entering in specific comparisons, are key in favor of using UBL instead of other XML vocabularies for the electronic business document preparation.

 

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