Re: ATG Review of UBL Rules

Thanks for the clarifications, Jon & Mark.  Am glad that I was 
wrong in interpreting the paragraph.



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Chin Chee-Kai
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, CRAWFORD, Mark wrote:

>>Concur with Jons comments and I apologize if I caused any confusion with the posting.
>>Mark Crawford
>>Research Fellow - LMI XML Lead
>>W3C Advisory Committee, OASIS, RosettaNet Representative
>>Vice Chair - OASIS UBL TC & Chair Naming and Design Rules Subcommittee
>>Chair - UN/CEFACT XML Syntax Working Group
>>Editor - UN/CEFACT Core Components
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From:  <>
>>To:  <>;  <>
>>Sent: Wed Jun 25 23:13:49 2003
>>Subject: [ubl-ndrsc] Re: [ubl-lcsc] Re: [ubl-ndrsc] ATG Review of UBL Rules
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>>Chee-Kai,
>>
>>Mark is probably asleep now (he's three time zones ahead of me),
>>so I'll jump in with a quick response and let him follow up
>>tomorrow if there's anything further to be said.
>>
>>| >>	2) Although the decision was made last week for local 
>>| >>         element declarations, remember this was our initial
>>| >>         decision also.  Further, notice that all local 
>>| >>         elements are in essence being treated as global 
>>| >>         with strict control over uniqueness and naming.
>>| 
>>| Could you please elaborate on this?  
>>| 
>>| Is "the decision" referring to NDR's decision?  
>>
>>No.  Mark was reporting on a decision by UN/CEFACT ATG2 (and also
>>pointing out that we had come to the same decision before we had
>>put an additional year of thought into it).  Mark happens to be
>>both a co-chair of OASIS UBL NDRSC and also the chair of UN/CEFACT
>>ATG2, as well as vice chair of the UBL TC, among his other
>>positions of responsibility, and there are liaisons between the
>>two groups.  But no decision of ATG2 is in any way binding on UBL.
>>
>>| Is this a change of the global-element/global-type decision 
>>| from London's outcome?
>>
>>No, not at all.
>>
>>Jon
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