1. What is UBL?

2. Where did UBL come from?

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?

8. Who owns UBL?

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?

19. What is the relationship between UBL and ISO/IEC 19845?

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The ebXML suite of specifications, many of them now standardized as ISO 15000, provides a complete XML-based infrastructure that enables EDI functionality over the free Internet. UBL provides a standard data format for the messages to be exchanged in such an infrastructure; however, UBL is designed to be agnostic with respect to the infrastructure, and UBL messages can be used in a very wide range of functional contexts, from complex service-oriented architectures (SOAs) to the simple exchange of documents via email.

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