Minutes of Pacific UBL TC call 4 December 2013 01:00UTC

MINUTES OF PACIFIC UBL TC TELECONFERENCE WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER 01:00UTC

ATTENDANCE

   G. Ken Holman (convener)
   Andy Schoka


STANDING ITEMS

   Additions to the calendar:
      - none

   Review of Atlantic call minutes
      https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/201311/msg00017.html

   Review of Pacific call minutes
      https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/201311/msg00015.html

   Membership status review
      https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/tc-process#membership
      https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/membership.php?wg_abbrev=ubl
      https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ubl/members/roster.php?num_items=80

      - voting status is determined by the following:
        - existing voting members must not miss two consecutive meetings to
          maintain voting status
        - non-voting members must attend two consecutive meetings to obtain
          voting status
      - what can we do to recruit more volunteers to the TC to share
        in the work?


UBL 2.1 Status

   - member review of the proposed submission of UBL 2.1 to ISO/IEC JTC 1
     begins 3 December 2013:

      https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/201312/msg00000.html

   - the process underway is described here, with the next step being
     step 3(c) starting after January 1 (the end of the member review
     period):

      https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/liaison#submitwork


UBL TC next steps

    - what promotional issues need to be addressed?
      - UBL 2 is an organic thing that can be grown
      - what do we do for implementation support?
      - should we write a companion document of how to use the specification?
      - industry-specific documentation?
      - make it easier to find what is relevant without changing the actual
        specification
      - what about updating the International Data Dictionary?
        - who can we find to help with this?
    - what subject matter issues need to be addressed?
      - communications with outsourcing warehouses
      - more transportation co-ordination issues
      - communications with transportation regulatory organizations
    - what technical issues need to be addressed?
      - are any schema changes needed?
      - at the least we need to publish the NDR as soon as possible
    - what educational materials need to be made available?
    - how about YouTube videos regarding access to the UBL package?
    - how about another UBL International conference in order to
      promote the release of UBL 2.1?  Can anyone host this conference?
      http://ublconference.com or http://ublconference.org


TC CONCALL SCHEDULE

   Our regular UTC times are now shifted due to daylight savings time changes,
   but note that the local time on the clock is unchanged from before:

     Pacific call date/time:  Wednesdays 01:00UTC
     Atlantic call date/time: Wednesdays 15:00UTC

    (Note the Pacific call takes place Tuesday evenings west of the
     Atlantic Ocean)

   Next meetings:

     2013-12-11 - 01:00UTC and 15:00UTC
     2013-12-18 - 01:00UTC and 15:00UTC

   Will anyone be requesting a leave of absence in the near future?  For
   privacy reasons, this discussion will be kept off of the minutes.

   TC calendar:
   http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/calendar.php?wg_abbrev=ubl

   TC calendar iCal subscription link:
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup_feeds/ical/my_vcalendar.ics?token=fa658a7994a6cefb10c10be09e139af3&workgroup_id=50


OTHER BUSINESS

   None

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