OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) TC

  • 1.  UBL Small Business Committee Proposal

    Posted 04-10-2018 06:44
    Dear UBL Committee Members, I am formally proposing that the UBL Small Business Subcommittee be reactivated, with the scope given in the charter below. I propose to the chairman of the UBL committee put this to the vote of committee members.  I acknowledge the timing of this proposal may prevent the vote appearing on the agenda this week. Since the committee was disbanded, we've seen a range of governments adopt UBL as the basis for their e-Invoicing standards. These implementations tend to rely on a subset of UBL, focussing on the most common needs of businesses, big or small. PEPPOL has developed their BIS 2.0 specification, and Australia has created their own similar standard. Other countries have custom standards, some based on UBL, and some not. I propose that this subcommittee be formed to review e-invoicing networks worldwide and to: Issue a committee note that identifies a subset of UBL that meets most or all of the needs of global e-invoicing networks, based on what is currently in use. Create an implementation guide for other countries implementing e-invoicing networks, with the aim of promoting cross-border interoperability. The focus on small business ensures we have a minimum workable e-invoicing standard. Different governments may include more of the UBL standard to meet the needs of their regulators and/or their larger businesses. Pending the UBL Chair's acceptance of the motion at this week's meeting or next, please review the charter and consider your position. Kind regards, Matt Vickers UBL Small Business Subcommittee Charter Define a subset of UBL that meets the requirements of the global small business community, while conforming with the complete UBL standard. Matt Vickers, matt.vickers@xero.com , Chair Ken Holman, gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com , Secretary Statement of purpose UBL has expanded to offer exhaustive coverage of the needs of businesses of all sizes and in all sectors, while still being extensible for the needs of particular geographies and industries. However, in doing so, the onus on some technology partners in implementing the entire standard may be significant and prohibitive.  This group aims to identify a minimal implementation set which allows small businesses with a smaller set of requirements to interchange electronic documents via any desired transport mechanism, including domestic and international e-invoicing networks. This group also aims to keep pace with PEPPOL BIS standards and the needs of governments that have adopted UBL as the basis of their e-Invoicing initiatives. In this sense, the aim of this committee is not to compete with or supercede those implementations, but to create a common standard which works in harmony with existing BIS standards and other national UBL implementations which can better facilitate interoperability between markets. The Small Business Subcommittee is tasked with identifying requirements for the MSME community and to release a committee note describing a package of UBL that meets those requirements. Scope of Work To liaise with governments, industry and organizations to define small business for the purposes of this committee To develop and document a committee note describing UBL package containing a subset of UBL functionality focussed on the needs of that smaller group. To liaise regarding small business needs with other subcommittees in UBL as required. To foster implementations of small business UBL to test the viability of UBL implementations in real-world scenarios. For example, accounting software vendors aiming to meet the needs of small businesses. To develop informative materials as an aid to developers of UBL based applications and interfaces. List of Deliverables Small Business UBL Use Case Small Business UBL process model(s) Small Business UBL document model(s) Small Business UBL package documentation Small Business UBL Implementation Guide -- Matt Vickers Product - New Markets   Work (US) +1 (201) 685-0145 Work (NZ) +64 ( 4) 887-9055   Mobile (US) +1 (415) 579-7628 Twitter   mattvarchar    Skype  mattvarchar    LinkedIn  mattvickers Xero Inc, WeWork, 79 Madison Ave, L5, New York, NY 10016, USA     Xero - Beautiful accounting software   We're hiring!   www.xero.com/careers www.xero.com


  • 2.  [ubl] UBL Australian Regional Sub-Committee Proposal

    Posted 05-15-2018 05:46
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    Dear UBL Committee Members, I would like to formally request setting up a regional sub-committee for the purposes of driving the adoption and usage of UBL in Australia. The Digital Business Council’s work in agreeing and endorsing an interoperability framework for the purposes of enabling eInvoicing is now complete.  Vendor community members have requested further guidance and coverage in the use of UBL for the entire procurement supply chain.  In the absence of a forum such as the Digital Business Council there is still a need to bring together interested community participants, collaborating under mature governance processes, to provide the much needed certainty on the usage of UBL for this market. Pending the UBL Chair's acceptance of the motion at the next meeting, kindly review the attached charter and please consider your position. Yours sincerely, Levine Naidoo +61481471758 Levine@lxndigital.com Attachment: OASIS UBL Australian regional subcommittee 13 May 2018.docx Description: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document


  • 3.  Re: [ubl] UBL Australian Regional Sub-Committee Proposal

    Posted 05-16-2018 18:42
    Hi Levine, I'm supportive, but with New Zealand and Australia taking similar approaches I wonder whether it may be worth having a broader regional scope (e.g. Australasia, or APAC).  I'm not strongly pushing for this (perfectly happy to support an AU-only subcommittee) but think it may be worth discussing at least. Kind regards, Matt. On Tue, 15 May 2018 at 01:46 Levine Naidoo < levine@lxndigital.com > wrote: Dear UBL Committee Members, I would like to formally request setting up a regional sub-committee for the purposes of driving the adoption and usage of UBL in Australia. The Digital Business Council’s work in agreeing and endorsing an interoperability framework for the purposes of enabling eInvoicing is now complete.  Vendor community members have requested further guidance and coverage in the use of UBL for the entire procurement supply chain.  In the absence of a forum such as the Digital Business Council there is still a need to bring together interested community participants, collaborating under mature governance processes, to provide the much needed certainty on the usage of UBL for this market. Pending the UBL Chair's acceptance of the motion at the next meeting, kindly review the attached charter and please consider your position. Yours sincerely, Levine Naidoo +61481471758 Levine@lxndigital.com -- Matt Vickers Product - New Markets   Work (US) +1 (201) 685-0145 Work (NZ) +64 ( 4) 887-9055   Mobile (US) +1 (415) 579-7628 Twitter   mattvarchar    Skype  mattvarchar    LinkedIn  mattvickers Xero Inc, WeWork, 79 Madison Ave, L5, New York, NY 10016, USA     Xero - Beautiful accounting software   We're hiring!   www.xero.com/careers www.xero.com


  • 4.  Re: [ubl] UBL Australian Regional Sub-Committee Proposal

    Posted 05-16-2018 21:31
    Hi Matt It was the first thing I considered and would be very happy to discuss further at the next TC meeting. Kind regards Levine On 17 May 2018, at 04:41, Matt Vickers < matt.vickers@xero.com > wrote: Hi Levine, I'm supportive, but with New Zealand and Australia taking similar approaches I wonder whether it may be worth having a broader regional scope (e.g. Australasia, or APAC).  I'm not strongly pushing for this (perfectly happy to support an AU-only subcommittee) but think it may be worth discussing at least. Kind regards, Matt. On Tue, 15 May 2018 at 01:46 Levine Naidoo < levine@lxndigital.com > wrote: Dear UBL Committee Members, I would like to formally request setting up a regional sub-committee for the purposes of driving the adoption and usage of UBL in Australia. The Digital Business Council’s work in agreeing and endorsing an interoperability framework for the purposes of enabling eInvoicing is now complete.  Vendor community members have requested further guidance and coverage in the use of UBL for the entire procurement supply chain.  In the absence of a forum such as the Digital Business Council there is still a need to bring together interested community participants, collaborating under mature governance processes, to provide the much needed certainty on the usage of UBL for this market. Pending the UBL Chair's acceptance of the motion at the next meeting, kindly review the attached charter and please consider your position. Yours sincerely, Levine Naidoo +61481471758 Levine@lxndigital.com --   Matt Vickers Product - New Markets   Work (US) +1 (201) 685-0145 Work (NZ) +64 ( 4) 887-9055   Mobile (US) +1 (415) 579-7628 Twitter   mattvarchar    Skype  mattvarchar    LinkedIn  mattvickers Xero Inc, WeWork, 79 Madison Ave, L5, New York, NY 10016, USA     Xero - Beautiful accounting software   We're hiring!   www.xero.com/careers www.xero.com