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    Subject: Re: AW: [ubl] Definitions for re-used ABIEs was:Re: [ubl] for Anne(?)AW: [ubl] Issues triage ad issue 18,2


    Hello Michael,
    
    I apologize for not catching your original mail, which came during our 
    break, so was lost in the large quantity of mail I had when I returned. 
     I will add this.
    
    Thanks,
    
    -Anne
    
    dill2@gefeg.com wrote:
    
    > Anne,
    > sorry, next time I'll mention explicitely, if something is a comment 
    > for the issue list.
    > Please do me the favor to add my comments to 18.2. At least the topic 
    > 2/  and 3/b refer directly and immediately to 18.2 I think, it is 
    > worth to be considered as a comment, if somebody disagree with the 
    > existing proposal as of the issue list and if this somebody wrote 
    > arguments.
    >  
    > Dear All,
    > please let me underline that Issue list line 113 with the Commend Id 
    > 'b.1' is a very basic issue for CCTS compliance and should be 
    > considered as an UBL 1.0 issue
    > Thanks
    > Michael
    >
    >     -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
    >     Von: dill2@gefeg.com [mailto:dill2@gefeg.com]
    >     Gesendet: Montag, 5. Juli 2004 19:14
    >     An: 'Tim McGrath'
    >     Cc: ubl@lists.oasis-open.org
    >     Betreff: AW: [ubl] Definitions for re-used ABIEs was:Re: [ubl] for
    >     Anne(?) AW: [ubl] Issues triage ad issue 18,2
    >
    >     I think that this discussion has been addressing different points:
    >      
    >     1/ Tim,  you are obviously making a point about ASBIEs in general.
    >      
    >     2/ In 18.2 Yukinori Saito is raising a Controlled Vocabulary issue
    >     and he proposes replacement of Customer by Seller. But shouldn't
    >     the replacement proposed be Buyer instead? 
    >      
    >     3/ I am talking about BBIEs and the UBL data model itself. There
    >     are two issues:
    >      
    >     a) CCTS compliance
    >      
    >     The DEN and definition should always match each other. In the
    >     cases of the two BBIEs that Yukinori Saito refers to,  namely
    >     'MaximumBackOrderQuantity and MinimumBackOrderQuantity in LineItem
    >     (ABIE)', the DENs and definitions do not match, as required by
    >     CCTS. Either i) the DEN is correct in which case the model is OK
    >     but the definition should not include any mention of customer (or
    >     seller or...) or ii) the definition is correct in which case the
    >     UBL data model DEN needs changing and as a consequence the UBL
    >     data model will need to be changed. A new ABIE is required which
    >     will enable specific BBIEs to be defined to include the concept of
    >     'Customer (Seller?Buyer) approved' in their name as an extra
    >     qualification.
    >      
    >     b) The UBL business requirement
    >      
    >     I do not understand from a business perspective why a seller
    >     should ever approve a backorder quantity to be backordered. IMHO
    >     it is a customer (buyer) who may do this.
    >     But in any case I even tend to disagree that any party role is
    >     pertinent to this definition and therefore I favour case a) i)
    >     i.e. the removal of the concept of party from the definition, as a
    >     proposed solution to this issue.
    >      
    >     Michael
    >      
    >     BTW:
    >> The EDIFIX view  you attached is not showing the correct definitions.
    >     Please let me draw your attention to the reason of the EDIFIX view
    >     I sent: It shows the four places where the Line Item.Details is
    >     reused. And this is what the text of the email said. And
    >     the definition an user can see is correct. And there is just one
    >     definition and not many. (Where I was not correct is to use the
    >     term ABIE inestead of ASBIE.)
    >      
    >      
    >      
    >      
    >
    >         -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
    >         Von: Tim McGrath [mailto:tmcgrath@portcomm.com.au]
    >         Gesendet: Sonntag, 4. Juli 2004 03:56
    >         An: Michael Dill
    >         Cc: ubl@lists.oasis-open.org
    >         Betreff: [ubl] Definitions for re-used ABIEs was:Re: [ubl] for
    >         Anne(?) AW: [ubl] Issues triage ad issue 18,2
    >
    >         i think what you are talking about is the definitions of the
    >         ASBIE for Line Item. Details.  That is, where Line Item.
    >         Details is re-used it has a different definitions.
    >
    >         So the place to look for its different usages is at the ASBIE
    >         level.  We dont need a qualifier as the context of the ABIE in
    >         which the ASBIE appears gives that.
    >
    >         The qualification (if any) of any ABIE happens when it is
    >         re-used (ie when it is used in an ASBIE)  so that is where the
    >         qualifers should be.
    >
    >         So we have things like...
    >
    >         ASBIE Order Line. Line Item.  defined as "information directly
    >         relating to a line item of a transaction. It identifies the
    >         item but only includes details about the item that are
    >         pertinent  to one occurrence on a line item, e.g. quantity etc."
    >
    >         ASBIE Order Line. Seller Proposed_ Substitute Line Item.
    >          defined as "the item(s) that the seller proposes for the
    >         substitution - the original ordered quantity, pricing etc,
    >         which may be different from the substituted item. It is
    >         assumed that hazard and shipment details etc will be the same."
    >
    >         ASBIE Order Line. Seller Substituted_  Line Item.     defined
    >         as "item(s) replaced by the seller - the original ordered
    >         quantity, pricing etc which may be different from the
    >         substituted item. It is assumed that hazard and shipment
    >         details etc will be the same."
    >         and
    >         ASBIE Order Line. Buyer Proposed_ Substitute Line Item.
    >          defined as "alternative item(s) acceptable to the buyer -
    >         quantity, pricing etc which may be different from the
    >         preferred item. It is assumed that hazard and shipment details
    >         etc will be the same."
    >
    >         Al  these are re-uses of LineItem. Details.  All have
    >         defintions that relate to their re-use.  None require any
    >         qualification of the object class.  The qualification is of
    >         the property term (in other words the target object class) of
    >         the ASBIE.  The EDIFIX view  you attached is not showing the
    >         correct definitions.
    >
    >         Saito-san's question is not related to definitions - it is
    >         terminology.  elsewhere  we refer to seller party but in one
    >         place we use the term customer - clearly this was an oversight
    >         and re-inforces the need for a controlled vocabulary.
    >
    >         Michael Dill wrote:
    >
    >>Hi Anne, hi TC,
    >>please let me propose to add the following comment for this item 18,2 of
    >>Yukinori Saito:
    >>Yukinori Saito wants to change 'customer' to 'seller party'. Behind this we
    >>do have a very basic conceptual question. The definitions in question of
    >>e.g. Line Item. Maximum_ Backorder. Quantity is defined in reusable 'Line
    >>Item. Details'.
    >>Line Item. Details is directly reused in four other ABIEs (see attached
    >>*.doc file). The very basic definition as of the Reusable Library cannot
    >>express the specific needs of these four reusages.
    >>
    >>IF UBL agrees that definitions shall be meaningful, THEN a place is needed
    >>where these meaningful definitions shall be written. The current structure
    >>of the spreadsheets does not allow this, but CCTS does requires this, I
    >>think.
    >>
    >>There are three or four ABIE needed, which base on 'Line Item. Details'.
    >>These ABIE should restrict the underlying one and can have more specific
    >>definitions due to the specifis usage.
    >>
    >>In such a case, they need an Object Class Term Qualifier.IMHO this is what
    >>Mark also mentioned in one of his emails.
    >>
    >>
    >>Best regards,
    >>Michael
    >>  
    >>
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    >
    >-- 
    >regards
    >tim mcgrath
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