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UN/CEFACT Standards Liaison Rapporteur Report, May 2004

This report provides an overview of the tenth session of the UN/CEFACT Plenary in Geneva, highlighting discussions on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Management Group, OASIS relationship, intellectual property management, and the need for a formal liaison policy.

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UN/CEFACT Standards Liaison Rapporteur Report, May 2004

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  1. Presentation of the Standards Liaison Rapporteur * Tenth Session of UN/CEFACT Plenary Geneva, May 2004 * Report of the UN/CEFACT Standards Liaison Rapporteur (TRADE/CEFACT/2004/23)

  2. Topics presented • Report of Memorandum of Understanding (IEC ISO ITU UN) Management Group (MoU/MG) meetings • Meeting of November 24 & 25, 2003 (Detroit, United States) • Meeting of April 22 & 23, 2004 (Geneva, Switzerland) • Development of OASIS relationship • Joint statement • Suggested goals • UN/CEFACT Liaison Issues • Implications of Intellectual Property management • Need for a formal Liaison Policy • To be covered in more detail under Item 13 of the Plenary Agenda

  3. Detroit MoU/MG meeting summary • Presentation and commitment to current UN/CEFACT work program. • Earlier discussion of OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) submission to UN/CEFACT. • Joint work on integrated electronic business framework model. • Related to this is the need to better share information about on-going work programs. • Identified a need to review the text of the MoU • Whether any changes are needed to strengthen coordination efforts between MoU members. • Additional internal MoU/MG operating procedures needed?

  4. Geneva MoU/MG meeting summary • Positive developments by organizations using UN/CEFACT Core Components. • By the Open Applications Group (OAGi), and EAN International • Development of an integrated electronic business framework model. • To show the relationship between all standards developments. • Special attention to security needs in the supply chain. • Review of current text of the MoU.

  5. Development of Oasis relationship • Joint UN/CEFACT – OASIS statement • Representatives of OASIS and UN/CEFACT have reaffirmed willingness to continue cooperation on ebXML, with the intent to develop an agreement within 4 months, with procedures to ensure each party has clarity in their work programmes, with a view to avoiding duplication of effort, subject to rules of each organization. • Discussions with OASIS are on-going.

  6. UN/CEFACT liaison Issues • UN/CEFACT Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy • Enquiries from Standards Development Organizations for new Liaison relations with UN/CEFACT • With the outcome of IPR still uncertain, Organizations are hesitant to establish new relations with UN/CEFACT • 1 organization has formally withdrew their existing Liaison • Lack of a documented UN/CEFACT Liaison Policy • To be further discussed under Plenary Agenda Item 13

  7. UN/CEFACT SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS.

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