Liaison report on UN/CEFACT Business Collaboration Framework (BCF)

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Dear 
Colleagues,

 

As I posted 
previously the UN/CEFACT have generated a new site for BCF information at www.unbcf.org 

The shape of this 
site has now been established, and each document that it is proposed to generate 
now has a scope description - pull down the 'document' heading along the top 
navigation bar, select a docent and click and you move to the 
description.

 

One new 
proposed document that may relate to the work of this group is the  Business Collaboration Schema Specification 
(BCSS).   Business Collaboration Models (BCMs) in 
UML cannot be directly interpreted by all of today's software. Using the 
Business Collaboration Schema Specification (BCSS) the model is transformed into 
a technology- and implementation-neutral format, to which technology-specific 
production rules can be applied. Business Collaboration Schemas (BCSs) possibly 
in ASN.1, as well as the BCSS, comprise the BCF abstract layer, in that they are 
represented in a technology- and implementation-neutral format, such that they 
can be bound to any technology-specific implementation.   It is envisioned that the 
Business Collaboration Framework (BCF) would have many technology specific 
implementations, such as Web Services and other distributed object computing 
solutions in the near and distant future.   The 
BCF, being technology-neutral, binding to a large number of other different 
syntax notations must be ensured.

Primary 
audience:

Developers of BCF 
Tools and Applications

Implementers of BCM 
trading partners

 

Status: 
Project Proposal is currently being defined. Call for Participation expected 
early November. Work to start 4Q03 (interim TMG Meeting). 

 

The next interim TMG 
meeting is currently scheduled for 8 - 12 December 2003 in Waidhofen (near 
Vienna in Austria), so if the next F2F meeting dates can avoid these dates it 
will be appreciated

Best 
Regards,

Tony                           

  
  

    
      

    
      
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