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12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary

This report provides updates on the status, momentum, interoperability, collaboration, and cooperation efforts of the 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary Forum. It highlights the forum's focus on trade facilitation, optimization of TBG domains, and strengthening of links with external organizations. The report also includes highlights from the 7th and 8th UN/CEFACT Forums in Lyon and Vancouver.

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12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary

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  1. 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary UN/CEFACT Forum Report Forum Management Group Chair: Dick Raman Vice-Chair: Sue Probert

  2. Agenda • Status update • Making the Forum effective • Forum Lyon • Forum Vancouver • Reports from the Permanent Groups • Wrap-Up 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  3. Status Update • Core Components approach is fast gaining momentum • UN/CEFACT is increasingly regarded as the place where semantic harmonization can take place at the highest level • Industry groups now coming forward and declaring support for UN/CEFACT and for migration/alignment of their standards with the CC approach • UN/CEFACT needs the resources and buy-in of these external organizations 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  4. Momentum • We have a unique opportunity to prove our value to the world at large • With stronger support from UNECE • Provided we demonstrate our value • With stronger support from the market • Provided we focus on where we are in agreement • Not on where we differ. 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  5. Interoperability • UN/CEFACT is uniquely positioned to solve • Interoperability • By providing a global semantic Framework • Getting the buy-in of the market • The Forum should now • Unite and Focus on the key priorities • Speed up stable deliverables • Welcome other SDOs to work with us 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  6. Collaboration • Collaboration with SDOs • We expect these parties to come into the Forum and work with us • We can recognize other organizations • Provided they adopt our semantics • The Forum will work hard to produce deliverables • By streamlining our process 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  7. Cooperation with OASIS • 2006 Coordination and Project Alignment • UBL and UN/CEFACT collaboration plan • build a common set of eBusiness document standards • work with all relevant Forum Groups - started • common core components and business processes • future UN/CEFACT deliverables constitute the upgrade path for UBL • Member countries are committing resources to completing this work in UN/CEFACT • Business Process Specifications • collaborative effort on BPSS v.3 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  8. Making the Forum more Effective • Put Trade Facilitation at the top • Provide Forum focus • Create visibility to Bureau/UNECE • Enhance the core Forum activities • Project Management • Harmonization • Promotion & Awareness • Registry/Repository/Web Site • Liaison with SDOs at the working level • Supported by dedicated resources 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  9. Making the Forum more Effective • Optimize TBG Domains • Increase management support • Strengthen links with external organizations • Refine cross-domain project process • Pre-harmonization procedures • Widen ATG syntax implementations • EDI, XML, webServices, Paper • Define a process for external standards migrating to CC 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  10. 7th UN/CEFACT FORUM Hosted by: EDIFrance Sponsors: September 26-30 Lyon 2005

  11. Highlights • 7th UN/CEFACT Forum • 220 attendees • Organization • Presented many challenges • Welcome Reception – Mayor of Lyon • Lunch & Learns • UNeDocs (Sitpro & IATA), GS1, XBRL, UMM (UoV) 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  12. Highlights • A major software developer presented how the new UN/CEFACT standards are at the core of their new generation of software • Legal Group reconvened • Legal Aspects of the PG’s work • Agriculture group started • eGovernment group founded • First Core Components Library produced 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  13. 8th UN/CEFACT FORUM March 12-17 2006 Vancouver, Canada Hosts Francois Vuilleumeir, ISO/TC 154 Chair Duane Nickull, Individual

  14. 8th UN/CEFACT Forum • The organizers did a tremendous job! • Thanks to the Sponsors! • Thanks to the Volunteers! • Welcome to over 230 delegates! • Introduction by Canadian government • WCO collaboration 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  15. Highlights • Activities during the week • Extended our Core Components Library • A lot of interest in TBG18 (Agriculture) • Actual start of TBG19 (eGovernment) • The Legal Group met the PGs • Much more… • Lunch & Learns • X12, CIDX, UBL, OAG, … 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  16. Highlights • Registry implementation verification team established • XML Schemas to be delivered in Q3 for: • Cross-Industry Invoice, • e-Tendering • UN/CEFACT Outputs on a semi-annual cycle • MRI needs more permanent status 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  17. Applied Technologies Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair: Anders Grangård Vice-Chair: Mark Crawford

  18. Work Programme • Standard Business Document Header • Representation of CCTS in XML • Harmonisation of representation terms • TAC for XML Deliverables • UML to UN/EDIFACT Transformation Rules • UML to XML Design Rules • Representation of BPSS in XML • XML Naming and Design Rules • CPP-CPA Implementers Guide 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  19. Item for Plenary Approval • UN/CEFACT XML NDR, Naming and Design Rules, have successfully gone through the ODP process and reached full consensus from the UN/CEFACT forum • ATG hence request the UN/CEFACT Plenary to approve this specification as a UN/CEFACT Technical Specification. 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  20. Items for Plenary Noting • Hundred forty-five (145) Data Maintenance requests were processed for the D.05B UN/EDIFACT Directory • Hundred twelve (112) Data Maintenance requests were processed for the D.06A UN/EDIFACT Directory 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  21. Other Items • Inter-forum meetings held • June 2005 - Kongsberg, Norway • January 2006 – Wollongong, Australia • Future Meetings • Summer 2006 – Germany • October 2006 – New Delhi, India 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  22. Information Content Management Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair: Mike Conroy Vice-Chair: David Dobbing

  23. Principal Highlights • Approved the RSM (Requirements Specifications Mapping) • Finalised the UN/CEFACT Registry Specification for ODP release • Initialised UN/CEFACT Registry Proof-of-Concept: • Canada, Government of Ontario • Chinese Taipei, National Taiwan Normal University • France, France Télécom • Korea, Korea Institute for Electronic Commerce 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  24. Principal Highlights • Revised and approved code list updates to UNECE Recommendations: • Rec. 20 - Units of Measure used in International Trade • Rec. 21 - Types of Cargo, Packages and Packaging Materials • Rec. 23 - Freight Cost Code • Advanced Code List Migration Project for the regular publication of a single XML based version of all UN/CEFACT maintained code lists • Audited the first release of the Core Components Library 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  25. Work in progress • Finalise UN/CEFACT Registry development • Finalise Code List Migration Project • Ongoing audit of UN/CEFACT deliverables • Ongoing maintenance of UNECE Recommendations related to codes 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  26. Items for Plenary Noting • UNECE Recommendation 16 (Codes for Trade and Transport Locations - UN/LOCODE ) - UN/LOCODE 2005-2 • UNECE Recommendation 20 (Units of Measure used in International Trade) - Rev. 4 • UNECE Recommendation 21 (Codes for Types of Cargo, Packages and Packaging Materials) - Rev. 5 • UNECE Recommendation 23 (Freight Cost Code) - Rev. 2 • UN/EDIFACT DIRECTORY Releases • D05A • D05B 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  27. Legal Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair: Usva Vice-Chair: Bart Schermer

  28. International Trade and Business Processes Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair: Jean-Luc Champion Vice-Chair: Yong-Jae Kim

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  30. Some thoughts… Mind is like a parachute… It works better when it’s open! 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  31. TBG • Business Requirements Specification • Cross industry ordering, Cross industry e-catalogue, Steel industry ordering • IFTM International Forwarding Transport • Project Schedule and Cost Performance Management, Contract Financial Execution Management • Accounting Entry • Waste Tracking • DAPLOS, Animal Passport • Requirements Specification Mapping • Cross industry invoice, Cross industry remittance advice • e-Tendering 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  32. TBG • Plan for the harmonisation with and integration of UBL Trade and Transport messages • Starting with Invoice and Remittance advice • Joint Transport and Environment effort on pre-harmonization for Dangerous Goods • Review of UNECE Recommendations 6, 11 & 12 • E-Gov future projects: legal archiving, exchanges between Tax & Social Security, Phytosanitary certificates, GSRM. 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  33. TBG • Mapping of two documents from Senegal and the E-Cert document to UNeDocs • Review of WCO DM 2.0 by Transport, Customs, e-Gov • Liaison between Finance & UNIFI • Liaison between Accounting & XBLR • Production of the first official CCL • First complete submissions containing BIE´s and messages (Cross Industry Invoice and e-Tendering) 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  34. Techniques & Methodologies Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair: Gunther StuhecVice-Chair: Christian Huemer,Anders Tell

  35. General • TMG made great strides • Meetings: • Walldorf, Germany • Lyon, France • Sydney, Australia • The next meeting will be in 19 – 23 June 2006 at SWIFT, Brussels, Belgium 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  36. Inter-Organization Collaboration • Business Process Specification Schema (BPSS) • The next version of OASIS’s BPSS standard, v2.0.3, will be submitted to ISO TC 154 for approval as ISO/DTS 15000-6. • UN/CEFACT and OASIS will announce that BPSS 3.0 will be a joint effort. • The TMG recommends that this action be supported by CEFACT Plenary. • Constructive communications with OMG and W3C • Learned about other’s initiatives • Exploring collaboration opportunities • Defined gap analysis plans 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  37. Business Process Working Group • UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology (UMM) • The 2nd working draft of UMM Base and UMM Foundation Module ready for ODP Step 5 • The review period started on 2006-03-17 and ended on 2006-04-30. Began User Guide update process • Business Collaboration Specification Schema (BCSS) • Launched and made considerable progress in a joint project with ICG and ATG to define a UML profile for UMM and evaluate interoperability among various UML tools. • BCSS v1.0 draft specification released to ODP Step 4 • Resources-Events-Agents (REA) Project is approved and already started 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  38. Core Component Working Group • Core Component Technical Specification (CCTS) • CCTS V2.2 draft specification released for ODP 4 • The review period started on 2006-04-03 and ended on 2006-05-03 • Core Component Message Assembly (CCMA) • The team has been formed, the project launch, and a series of steady conference calls has produced sixteen pages of comments. • Context Methodology Project (CMP) is approved and already started 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  39. Architecture diagram REA Context BPSS 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  40. Thoughts • All TMG methodologies are the basis for a successful realization of UN/CEFACT‘s Vision “Simple, Transparent and Effective Processes for Global Commerce“ • Feedback is that they are excellent specifications • But there is still a lot of work to do 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  41. Thoughts • More active participating is the key for solving this issues in that time as you want • We believe that an endorsed IPR Policy will start the ball rolling, especially for • more awareness, • more resources, • more active participation, and • support by major companies 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  42. Wrap-Up Dick Raman

  43. Next Forums • New Delhi (India) – 2-6 October 2006 • Offered by the Indian Government • Open – March 2007 • Request for proposals • Preferably in Africa/Arabia/Latin-America • We need guarantee • Local sponsors • Europe – September 2007 • USA – March 2008 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  44. See you in New Delhi • It is important that the experts come • We have elections for all positions in the FMG • Legal Group Chair • Standards Liaison Rapporteur • The team would like to continue • Everyone is prepared to give it two more years to finish the job • Proposal to the Plenary to continue with 2 additional members from TBG in the FMG 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  45. UN/CEFACT Forum Objectives • Increasing the effectiveness of the UN/CEFACT Forum • Increasing the quality and speeding up the production of UN/CEFACT deliverables • Strengthening relations with other standards- and vertical organizations • Will contribute more to saving money globally! • We need resources to do this… 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

  46. http://www.UNCEFACT.org 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

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