Minutes of Atlantic UBL TC call 08 November 2023 15:00UTC

Minutes of Atlantic UBL TC call 08 November 2023 15:00UTC
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=2023-11-07T21:00:00
Atlantic:
09:00MSP / 10:00Ottawa /15:00UTC/16:00Europe

Participation

Kenneth Bengtsson (chair)

Peter Borresen
Paul Donohoe
Kees Duvekot
Yves Jordan
Ole Madsen

Pacific call:

Todd Albers
Kenneth Bengtsson (chair)

Erlend Klakegg Bergheim
Andrea Caccia
Sander Fieten
Ken Holman

Regrets:

Wim Kok
Natalie Muric
Levine Naidoo

Referencing the specification

One of the following should be used as a specific citation:
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OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) v2.4
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OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) v2.3
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OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) v2.2
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OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) v2.1 (ISO/IEC 19845:2015)
The following would be used for a general (any version) citation:
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OASIS UBL (ISO/IEC 19845)

The canonical 2.4 documents are available in the OASIS repository:
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http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/cs01-UBL-2.4/
The canonical 2.3 documents are available in the OASIS repository:
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http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.3/
The canonical 2.2 documents are available in the OASIS repository:
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http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.2/
The canonical 2.1 documents are available in the OASIS repository:
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http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.1/
The ISO/IEC catalogue entry for UBL 2.1 is found at:
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http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm/?csnumber=66370
The ISO/IEC document and attachments for UBL 2.1 are found at:
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http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/

Standing items

Additions to events calendar -  http://ubl.xml.org/events
Nothing

Wikipedia page
Updates and maintenance of:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Business_Language

Review of Pacific call minutes
https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/202311/msg00004.html

Review of Atlantic call minutes
https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/202310/msg00024.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:
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existing voting members must not miss two consecutive meetings to maintain voting status
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non-voting members must attend two consecutive meetings to obtain voting status
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members formally on leave by prior request must not attend and their voting status is not impacted

Current UBL TC voting member list (alphabetical):

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Todd Albers
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Member of X9, X12 B2X, ISO 20022 Payment SEG, OASIS BDXR, and convenor of the Business Payments Coalition e-Invoice work groups
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Kenneth Bengtsson
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Chair OASIS BDXR, Observer OASIS ebXML, DK Expert UN/CEFACT
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Erlend Klakegg Bergheim
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Member OASIS BDXR, Member OASIS ebXML Core & MS, Member CEN/TC434/WS8
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Peter Borresen
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DK Member CEN/TC440, Convenor CEN/TC440/WG7
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Andrea Caccia
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Kees Duvekot
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Member OASIS BDXR, Member of the Standaardisatie­platform e-factureren
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Sander Fieten
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Cochair OASIS ebXML Messaging Services TC, Cochair OASIS BDXR TC
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Ken Holman
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Member OASIS BDXR, member OASIS Code List Representation TC
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Yves Jordan
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Wim Kok
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Levine Naidoo
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Member OASIS BDXR, Observer OASIS ebXML

TC Vitality Check
The TC must next appoint or reappoint chair(s) in January 2025.
Next TC vitality check must be made in January 2025.

UBL 2.4

Awaiting Statements of Use.

UBL 2.5

Deprecation Policy

The TC has approved a UBL Deprecation Policy version 1.0 available here:
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https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=71497&wg_abbrev=ubl
(PDF)
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https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=71496&wg_abbrev=ubl
(ODT)

Update UBL publishing tools

Implement deprecation support in the UBL tools and publishing environment.

Erlend will present a strawman proposal for a YAML-format for documenting work as we progress.

Workgroup participants: Erlend and Kees.

Semantic library review

Review the UBL semantic library to identify document types and BIEs that can be deprecated as well as definitions that can be improved, either to fix errors, because they are redundant or no longer needed, or to enhance interoperability  between implementations.

Workgroup participants: Entire TC. Responsibilities see:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f0yyWMLK9wAWEjEKgsoXT7eov9h5bx6qxROBZP_qu7M

Update specification

Divide specification into multiple parts. Aim is to create a multipart specification.

Kenneth will identify the normative parts of the prose specification and create a first draft.

Workgroup participants: Kees, Kenneth, Levine, and Paul.

JSON syntax binding

Develop specification for a UBL JSON syntax binding.

Workgroup participants: Erlend and Kenneth.

Subcommittee reports

UBL Post-award

Nothing

UBL Pre-award

Nothing

UBL Transportation Subcommittee (TSC)

Launch of public feedback period for first eFTI draft implementing act, see:  https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-tsc/202310/msg00000.html

Peter will call for a TSC meeting to draft an official response from the UBL TC. The response will be vetted by TC members before submitted.

Organisation Master Data Subcommittee

Nothing

TC Liaisons

CEN TCs 434 and 440

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.

OASIS has reported that there is an agreement on a way forward. The TC has agreed to appoint Wim Kok liaison officer to the CEN TC 434, and Peter Borresen as liaison officer to the CEN TC 440, as recorded here:  https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/202301/msg00017.html . The appointments have been communicated to OASIS.

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

Last year’s SC 32 meeting was held on June 2022. OASIS should have been following up with the SC 32 secretariat last year but still no progress. Jamie will follow up with SC 32.

ISO TC 323 (WG5)

Cecile is available to serve as liaison officer between ISO TC 323 (WG5) and the UBL TC for facilitating work on the PCDS, under the condition that there is no requirement to join ISO through a national SDO.

The TC has agreed to appoint Cecile Guasch as liaison officer to ISO TC 323, as recorded here:  https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/202302/msg00000.html . The appointments have been communicated to OASIS.

Subcommittee conference calls

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Subcommittees will be meeting on an as-required basis.

TC conference call schedule

Face-to-face meeting

Time and venue for next face-to-face meeting?

Spring meeting:

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Budapest
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Possibility to be hosted by the MSZT (Hungarian standardization body)
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May 27-30, 2024
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Craft Conference will be held the same week, May 30-31 ( https://craft-conf.com/2024 )
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XML Prague is the following week, June 6-8 ( https://www.xmlprague.cz )

Fall meeting:

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Invitation from Logius to meet in The Hague
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Dates? For example, back-to-back with Declarative Amsterdam (likely to be end-October/early November)?

Call schedule

2023-11-14/2023-11-15
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Canceled
2023-11-21/2023-11-22
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Pacific: 15:00MSP/22:00Europe/16:00Ottawa/21:00UTC/08:00Sydney
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Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/15:00UTC/16:00Europe
2023-11-28/2023-11-29
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Pacific: 15:00MSP/22:00Europe/16:00Ottawa/21:00UTC/08:00Sydney
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Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/15:00UTC/16:00Europe
2023-12-05/2023-12-06
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Pacific: 15:00MSP/22:00Europe/16:00Ottawa/21:00UTC/08:00Sydney
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Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/15:00UTC/16:00Europe
2023-12-12/2023-12-13
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Pacific: 15:00MSP/22:00Europe/16:00Ottawa/21:00UTC/08:00Sydney
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Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/15:00UTC/16:00Europe
2023-12-19/2023-12-20
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Pacific: 15:00MSP/22:00Europe/16:00Ottawa/21:00UTC/08:00Sydney
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Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/15:00UTC/16:00Europe
2023-12-26/2023-12-27
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Canceled

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

Other business

None