What is ebXML?

1. UNLK and eUNLK - UNeDocs Paperless Trade Migration Michael Dill, GEFEG Chair, UN/CEFACT/TBG2 ‘Digital Paper’ Work Group Co-Leader UNeDocs Project HoD Germany for ISO TC154 Co-Editor CEFACT Core Component Library EDIFICE representative to UN/CEFACT/TBG17 What is ebXML? UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

2. from UNLayout Key to its successor UNeDocs Why? Starting position and new requirements Data model and eLayout Specific forms and paper aspects The standard gap Migration to eDocs UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

3. UNLK – UN/ECE Rec. 1The unsung Global Hero • First published 1973 • Flexible aligned data presentation which has become the de facto standard for the majority of international trade documents • Foundation for International transport conventions e.g. Maritime B/L (ICS), Airwaybill (IATA), Road CMR (IRU), Rail CIM (UIC) etc. • Foundation of Customs and other Regulatory Procedures e.g SAD, Phyto-Sanitary Certificates, Cert of Origins etc. • Hundreds of document formats based on UNLK across trade, transport, finance, customs, insurance, inspection etc. • TDED (ISO 7372), box completion guidelines… UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

4. UN Layout Key Cross-Sector Transaction Data Sector Specific Detail e.g. order line items, goods items ... Document Function Specific UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

5. UN Layout Keys and UN Trade Data Element Directory UNECE pilot project UNeDocs EDIFACT Guidelines for e.g. SAD UN Set of aligned documents SITPRO’s UK national Implementation of UNLK World Customs Data Model V1 Starting position UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

6. Core Components as a semantic driven and syntax independent modelling methodology released Core Components became ‘mandatory’ for CEFACT members and modelling approaches mandatory for some Governments CEFACT and UBL XML Naming rules (drafts) Core Component compliant TDED 2005 released First drafts of a CEFACT Library Technology standards, e.g. W3C XML schema, XSLT, FO, xForms, and products using them New environment UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

7. UML, Core Component and eLayout experiences with the UNECE pilot and WCO data models Results of the pilot support from Adobe and Microsoft Contributions to the development of eLayouts, Core Components and XML schema for OASIS UBL Other document oriented projects, e.g. Bolero Experiences UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

8. Support for presentation of eForms Maintains print format capabilities Links to electronic data exchanges Updated to reflect current global trade practices Core Component aware Support for multilingual aspects Webservice support Integration of the legacy EDI and XML world UNeDocs Wishlist UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

9. The Standards Map CEFACT Registry UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

10. ‘Just’ apply the existing standards Development of Core Component data models, use of the released CEFACT Core Component Library, XSD schema auto generation, mapping to EDI Guidelines, Development of methodologies for context, Implementation Guidelines, reuse and extensibility, maintenance etc. UNeDocs Data Models UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

11. The Standards Map CEFACT Registry UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

12. Paper and form specifics Missing syntax independent eLayout standards The eLayouts have to meet Conventions, Regulations (set up by states) and Traditions – not vice versa UN eLayout key UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

13. Some form aspects: A Form has... layout data semantic content medium fill-in data background master data UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

14. The ‘old fashioned‘ paper form • knows different sizes and formats (letter, A4) • knows continuing pages, a backside and splitting of data • layout elements may have a semantic meaning (colours) • has background master data (titles, standing clauses, box completion guidelines, watermarks, holograms), even multilingual • likes clear names • is flat and hides the deeper structuring of data • is flexible, simple and allows different data in a box • may allow annotations and non-requested data UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade

15. Example: the change of a name in a data model results in the change of an auto generated XML schema. How to organize the same mechanism for e.g. a stylesheet? Other requirements: administrative and maintenance data -> encourage research, solution provider support and set up a standard joint working group with ISO Missing link eLayout – Core Components UNECE/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop International Standards to Stimulate Paperless Trade