UBL LCSC
Minutes
Tuesday - 27 August, 2002
Attendees: Tim McGrath, Lisa Seaburg, Bill Meadows, Sue Probert,
Marion Royal, Joe Chiusano, Terry Schager
1. Welcome from the Chair, Marion to
take minutes
2. Quorum was not achieved. Approval of previous minutes tabled.
3. Discussion of 0.65 Release:
We should note some of the challenges that we were faced with during this
iteration of release in order to find better mechanism for future development.
They include:
- Problems faced with the editing of the documents and the mechanics
that we used. Is it better to
split editing with sub-groups or appoint sections to individuals.
- A key critical point of reliance on the perl scripting. The improved as more members
received copies and began to understand/fix the weak areas. [Note: we still need to have
Gunther have a look at the latest changes]
- Autogenerating XSD from a spreadsheet, which is a non-validating
tool, exposed human errors which one would hope could be captured during
the construct of the Logical Model.
An example is “Reference” which is used in two separate sections
with a completely different meaning.
Other examples discussed include “PaymentTerms”, “TaxDetails”, and “TradeDiscount”
- The XSD was not properly tested before going into the package
(example namespace.)
4. Work Plan
- Current to October 1st – prepare LC position on
modeling/containership/methodology
- October 1st to October 4th (F2F) – resolve and
agree on positions and scope of common business documents/review comments
on distribution.
- October 4th to November 18th – prepare UBL
Library version 1.0 (joint NDR deliverable).
- November 18th to November 22 (F2F) – finalize distribution
5. Other Committee Reports
No activity
reported
- NDR
Report from Lisa/Sue was mainly regarding containership, which at this
stage seems unresolved
- Context drivers & assembly
Matt Gurtner has tendered resignation as chair due to work events.
- Liaison
No activity report
- Chairs SC
Tim reported that containership
was also discussed at the chairs SC
6. Other Business
It was noted that both Tim and Marion may be
unavailable for the meeting on September 10. Lisa was asked to run that meeting
7. Next Meeting
Next week (Sept 2 and 3), we will have a
joint teleconference with the NDR SC during our regular teleconference time on
Tuesday and well as the NDR regular teleconference time on Wednesday.
Our next Face to Face Meeting is in Burlington, MA from the 1st to 4th October.