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I don't think we've beaten UBL to death the way we have the Semantic
Web. Any thoughts on
http://www.it-analysis.com/article.php?articleid=11971?
"Well, OASIS looks as if it has solved [the alignment of syntax and
semantics] problem with the publication of its Committee draft of the
Universal Business Language (UBL) 1.0 last month. This is a major piece
of work which is freely available and I believe should be the standard
by which all new XML schemas and messages are built. It provides for
extensions and is obviously not yet universal in its coverage. It does
however cover many of the basic concepts and elements needed as its
documents and component library are designed to support a typical
order-to-invoice procurement cycle. It includes the following document
types: Order, Order Response Simple, Order Response (detailed), Order
Change, Order Cancellation, Despatch Advice, Receipt Advice and
Invoice."
My personal, non-attributable to my employer guess is that this vision
is at least as hallucinogen-laden as the Semantic Web; at least TimBL
only has to conquer intractable problems in philosophy and computer
science, whereas UBL has to overcome a whole host of purely human
issues that have nothing to do with technoolgy. I'd be interested in
hearing the contrary point of view...
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