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

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

Agenda l Status update l Making the Forum effective l Forum Lyon l Forum

Agenda l Status update l Making the Forum effective l Forum Lyon l Forum Vancouver l Reports from the Permanent Groups l Wrap-Up 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 2

Status Update l Core Components approach is fast gaining momentum l UN/CEFACT is increasingly

Status Update l Core Components approach is fast gaining momentum l UN/CEFACT is increasingly regarded as the place where semantic harmonization can take place at the highest level l Industry groups now coming forward and declaring support for UN/CEFACT and for migration/alignment of their standards with the CC approach l UN/CEFACT needs the resources and buy-in of these external organizations 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 3

Momentum l We have a unique opportunity to prove our value to the world

Momentum l We have a unique opportunity to prove our value to the world at large l With stronger support from UNECE £Provided we demonstrate our value l With stronger support from the market £Provided we focus on where we are in agreement £Not on where we differ. 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 4

Interoperability l UN/CEFACT is uniquely positioned to solve £Interoperability £By providing a global semantic

Interoperability l UN/CEFACT is uniquely positioned to solve £Interoperability £By providing a global semantic Framework £Getting the buy-in of the market l The Forum should now £Unite and Focus on the key priorities £Speed up stable deliverables £Welcome other SDOs to work with us 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 5

Collaboration l Collaboration with SDOs l We expect these parties to come into the

Collaboration l Collaboration with SDOs l We expect these parties to come into the Forum and work with us l We can recognize other organizations £Provided they adopt our semantics l The Forum will work hard to produce deliverables l By streamlining our process 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 6

Cooperation with OASIS l 2006 Coordination and Project Alignment £UBL and UN/CEFACT collaboration plan

Cooperation with OASIS l 2006 Coordination and Project Alignment £UBL and UN/CEFACT collaboration plan l build a common set of e. Business document standards l work with all relevant Forum Groups - started l common core components and business processes l 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 l collaborative effort on BPSS v. 3 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 7

Making the Forum more Effective l Put Trade Facilitation at the top £Provide Forum

Making the Forum more Effective l Put Trade Facilitation at the top £Provide Forum focus £Create visibility to Bureau/UNECE l Enhance the core Forum activities £Project Management £Harmonization £Promotion & Awareness £Registry/Repository/Web Site £Liaison with SDOs at the working level l Supported by dedicated resources 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 8

Making the Forum more Effective l Optimize TBG Domains £Increase management support £Strengthen links

Making the Forum more Effective l Optimize TBG Domains £Increase management support £Strengthen links with external organizations £Refine cross-domain project process £Pre-harmonization procedures l Widen ATG syntax implementations £EDI, XML, web. Services, Paper l Define a process for external standards migrating to CC 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 9

7 th UN/CEFACT FORUM Hosted by: EDIFrance Sponsors: September 26 -30 Lyon 2005 9/15/2020

7 th UN/CEFACT FORUM Hosted by: EDIFrance Sponsors: September 26 -30 Lyon 2005 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 10

Highlights l 7 th UN/CEFACT Forum l 220 attendees l Organization £Presented many challenges

Highlights l 7 th UN/CEFACT Forum l 220 attendees l Organization £Presented many challenges l Welcome Reception – Mayor of Lyon l Lunch & Learns £UNe. Docs (Sitpro & IATA), GS 1, XBRL, UMM (Uo. V) 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 11

Highlights l A major software developer presented how the new UN/CEFACT standards are at

Highlights l A major software developer presented how the new UN/CEFACT standards are at the core of their new generation of software l Legal Group reconvened £Legal Aspects of the PG’s work l Agriculture group started l e. Government group founded l First Core Components Library produced 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 12

8 th UN/CEFACT FORUM March 12 -17 2006 Vancouver, Canada Hosts Francois Vuilleumeir, ISO/TC

8 th UN/CEFACT FORUM March 12 -17 2006 Vancouver, Canada Hosts Francois Vuilleumeir, ISO/TC 154 Chair Duane Nickull, Individual 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 13

8 th UN/CEFACT Forum l The organizers did a tremendous job! l Thanks to

8 th UN/CEFACT Forum l The organizers did a tremendous job! l Thanks to the Sponsors! l Thanks to the Volunteers! l Welcome to over 230 delegates! l Introduction by Canadian government l WCO collaboration 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 14

Highlights l Activities during the week £Extended our Core Components Library £A lot of

Highlights l Activities during the week £Extended our Core Components Library £A lot of interest in TBG 18 (Agriculture) £Actual start of TBG 19 (e. Government) £The Legal Group met the PGs £Much more… l Lunch & Learns £X 12, CIDX, UBL, OAG, … 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 15

Highlights l Registry implementation verification team established l XML Schemas to be delivered in

Highlights l Registry implementation verification team established l XML Schemas to be delivered in Q 3 for: £Cross-Industry Invoice, £e-Tendering l UN/CEFACT Outputs on a semi-annual cycle l MRI needs more permanent status 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 16

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

Applied Technologies Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair: Anders Grangård Vice-Chair: Mark Crawford 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

Work Programme l Standard Business Document Header l Representation of CCTS in XML l

Work Programme l Standard Business Document Header l Representation of CCTS in XML l Harmonisation of representation terms l TAC for XML Deliverables l UML to UN/EDIFACT Transformation Rules l UML to XML Design Rules l Representation of BPSS in XML l XML Naming and Design Rules l CPP-CPA Implementers Guide 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 18

Item for Plenary Approval l UN/CEFACT XML NDR, Naming and Design Rules, have successfully

Item for Plenary Approval l UN/CEFACT XML NDR, Naming and Design Rules, have successfully gone through the ODP process and reached full consensus from the UN/CEFACT forum l ATG hence request the UN/CEFACT Plenary to approve this specification as a UN/CEFACT Technical Specification. 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 19

Items for Plenary Noting l Hundred forty-five (145) Data Maintenance requests were processed for

Items for Plenary Noting l Hundred forty-five (145) Data Maintenance requests were processed for the D. 05 B UN/EDIFACT Directory l Hundred twelve (112) Data Maintenance requests were processed for the D. 06 A UN/EDIFACT Directory 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 20

Other Items l Inter-forum meetings held £June 2005 - Kongsberg, Norway £January 2006 –

Other Items l Inter-forum meetings held £June 2005 - Kongsberg, Norway £January 2006 – Wollongong, Australia l Future Meetings £Summer 2006 – Germany £October 2006 – New Delhi, India 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 21

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

Information Content Management Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair: Mike Conroy Vice-Chair: David Dobbing 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

Principal Highlights l Approved the RSM (Requirements Specifications Mapping) l Finalised the UN/CEFACT Registry

Principal Highlights l Approved the RSM (Requirements Specifications Mapping) l Finalised the UN/CEFACT Registry Specification for ODP release l 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 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 23

Principal Highlights l Revised and approved code list updates to UNECE Recommendations: £Rec. 20

Principal Highlights l 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 l Advanced Code List Migration Project for the regular publication of a single XML based version of all UN/CEFACT maintained code lists l Audited the first release of the Core Components Library 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 24

Work in progress l Finalise UN/CEFACT Registry development l Finalise Code List Migration Project

Work in progress l Finalise UN/CEFACT Registry development l Finalise Code List Migration Project l Ongoing audit of UN/CEFACT deliverables l Ongoing maintenance of UNECE Recommendations related to codes 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 25

Items for Plenary Noting l UNECE Recommendation 16 (Codes for Trade and Transport Locations

Items for Plenary Noting l UNECE Recommendation 16 (Codes for Trade and Transport Locations - UN/LOCODE ) - UN/LOCODE 20052 l UNECE Recommendation 20 (Units of Measure used in International Trade) - Rev. 4 l UNECE Recommendation 21 (Codes for Types of Cargo, Packages and Packaging Materials) - Rev. 5 l UNECE Recommendation 23 (Freight Cost Code) - Rev. 2 l UN/EDIFACT DIRECTORY Releases £ D 05 A £ D 05 B 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 26

Legal Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair: Usva Vice-Chair: Bart Schermer 12 th

Legal Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair: Usva Vice-Chair: Bart Schermer 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

International Trade and Business Processes Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair: Jean-Luc Champion

International Trade and Business Processes Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair: Jean-Luc Champion Vice-Chair: Yong-Jae Kim 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

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Some thoughts… Mind is like a parachute… It works better when it’s open! 9/15/2020

Some thoughts… Mind is like a parachute… It works better when it’s open! 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 30

TBG l Business Requirements Specification £ Cross industry ordering, Cross industry e-catalogue, Steel industry

TBG l 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 l Requirements Specification Mapping £ Cross industry invoice, Cross industry remittance advice £ e-Tendering 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 31

TBG l Plan for the harmonisation with and integration of UBL Trade and Transport

TBG l Plan for the harmonisation with and integration of UBL Trade and Transport messages £Starting with Invoice and Remittance advice l Joint Transport and Environment effort on preharmonization for Dangerous Goods l Review of UNECE Recommendations 6, 11 & 12 l E-Gov future projects: legal archiving, exchanges between Tax & Social Security, Phytosanitary certificates, GSRM. 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 32

TBG l Mapping of two documents from Senegal and the E-Cert document to UNe.

TBG l Mapping of two documents from Senegal and the E-Cert document to UNe. Docs l Review of WCO DM 2. 0 by Transport, Customs, e-Gov l Liaison between Finance & UNIFI l Liaison between Accounting & XBLR l Production of the first official CCL l First complete submissions containing BIE´s and messages (Cross Industry Invoice and e. Tendering) 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 33

Techniques & Methodologies Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair: Gunther Stuhec Vice-Chair: Christian

Techniques & Methodologies Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair: Gunther Stuhec Vice-Chair: Christian Huemer, Anders Tell 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

General l TMG made great strides l Meetings: £Walldorf, Germany £Lyon, France £Sydney, Australia

General l TMG made great strides l Meetings: £Walldorf, Germany £Lyon, France £Sydney, Australia l The next meeting will be in 19 – 23 June 2006 at SWIFT, Brussels, Belgium 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 35

Inter-Organization Collaboration l Business Process Specification Schema (BPSS) £ The next version of OASIS’s

Inter-Organization Collaboration l Business Process Specification Schema (BPSS) £ The next version of OASIS’s BPSS standard, v 2. 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. l Constructive communications with OMG and W 3 C £ Learned about other’s initiatives £ Exploring collaboration opportunities £ Defined gap analysis plans 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 36

Business Process Working Group l UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology (UMM) £ The 2 nd working

Business Process Working Group l UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology (UMM) £ The 2 nd 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 -0430. Began User Guide update process l 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 v 1. 0 draft specification released to ODP Step 4 l Resources-Events-Agents (REA) Project is approved and already started 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 37

Core Component Working Group l Core Component Technical Specification (CCTS) £CCTS V 2. 2

Core Component Working Group l Core Component Technical Specification (CCTS) £CCTS V 2. 2 draft specification released for ODP 4 £The review period started on 2006 -04 -03 and ended on 2006 -05 -03 l 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. l Context Methodology Project (CMP) is approved and already started 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 38

Architecture diagram REA Context BPSS 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 39

Architecture diagram REA Context BPSS 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 39

Thoughts l All TMG methodologies are the basis for a successful realization of UN/CEFACT‘s

Thoughts l All TMG methodologies are the basis for a successful realization of UN/CEFACT‘s Vision “Simple, Transparent and Effective Processes for Global Commerce“ l Feedback is that they are excellent specifications l But there is still a lot of work to do 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 40

Thoughts l More active participating is the key for solving this issues in that

Thoughts l More active participating is the key for solving this issues in that time as you want l 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 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 41

Wrap-Up Dick Raman 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

Wrap-Up Dick Raman 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report

Next Forums l New Delhi (India) – 2 -6 October 2006 £Offered by the

Next Forums l New Delhi (India) – 2 -6 October 2006 £Offered by the Indian Government l Open – March 2007 £Request for proposals £Preferably in Africa/Arabia/Latin-America £We need guarantee £Local sponsors l Europe – September 2007 l USA – March 2008 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 43

See you in New Delhi l It is important that the experts come l

See you in New Delhi l It is important that the experts come l We have elections for all positions in the FMG £Legal Group Chair £Standards Liaison Rapporteur l 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 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 44

UN/CEFACT Forum Objectives l Increasing the effectiveness of the UN/CEFACT Forum £Increasing the quality

UN/CEFACT Forum Objectives l 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 l Will contribute more to saving money globally! l We need resources to do this… 9/15/2020 12 th UN/CEFACT Plenary - Forum Report 45

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