Minutes of Atlantic UBL TC call 30 April 2025 14:00UTC

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=2025-04-30T14:00:00

Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

Participation

Todd Albers

Kenneth Bengtsson (chair)

Peter Borresen

Andrea Caccia

Sander Fieten

Ken Holman

Wim Kok

Svante Schubert

Regrets:

Paloma Arillo Aranda

Paul Donohoe

Kees Duvekot

Ole Madsen

Natalie Muric

Dragos Stoica

Referencing the specification

One of the following should be used as a specific citation:

-  OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) v2.4

-  OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) v2.3

-  OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) v2.2

-  OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) v2.1 (ISO/IEC 19845:2015)

The following would be used for a general (any version) citation:

-  OASIS UBL (ISO/IEC 19845)

The canonical 2.4 documents are available in the OASIS repository:

-  http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/cs01-UBL-2.4/

The canonical 2.3 documents are available in the OASIS repository:

-  http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.3/

The canonical 2.2 documents are available in the OASIS repository:

-  http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.2/

The canonical 2.1 documents are available in the OASIS repository:

-  http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.1/

The ISO/IEC catalogue entry for UBL 2.1 is found at:

-  http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm/?csnumber=66370

The ISO/IEC document and attachments for UBL 2.1 are found at:

-  http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/

Standing items

Wikipedia page

Updates and maintenance of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Business_Language

Review of Atlantic call minutes

Minutes available under "Discussion" in the new Community Workspace: https://groups.oasis-open.org/communities/community-home/digestviewer?communitykey=556949c8-dac8-40e6-bb16-018dc7ce54d6

Membership status review

https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/tc-process#membership

New member orientation information:

https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=59647

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

-  members formally on leave by prior request must not attend and their voting status is not impacted

After the shift to the new system, the TC is no longer able to maintain the roster on the OASIS website. The list below is therefore the definitive and authoritative record of voting rights. Current UBL TC voting member list (alphabetical):

-  Todd Albers

o Member of X9, X12 B2X, ISO 20022 Payment SEG, OASIS BDXR, and convenor of the Business Payments Coalition e-Invoice work groups

-  Paloma Arillo Aranda

-  Kenneth Bengtsson

o  Chair OASIS BDXR TC, Observer OASIS ebXML, DK Expert UN/CEFACT

-  Peter Borresen

o DK Member CEN/TC440, Convenor CEN/TC440/WG7

-  Andrea Caccia

o Chair CEN/TC 434, Member ETSI/ESI TC, IT Expert UN/CEFACT, Chair OASIS Code List Representation TC

-  Paul Donohoe

-  Kees Duvekot

o Member OASIS BDXR, Member of the NEN TC 434

-  Sander Fieten

o Cochair OASIS ebXML Messaging Services TC, Cochair OASIS BDXR TC

-  Ken Holman

o Member OASIS BDXR, member OASIS Code List Representation TC

-  Yves Jordan

-  Wim Kok

-  Ole Madsen

o DK Member CEN/TC440

-  Natalie Muric

-  Svante Schubert

-  Dragos Stoica

Members losing voting status after this meeting:

-  Paul Donohoe

-  Ole Madsen

TC Vitality Check

The TC must next appoint or reappoint chair(s) in January 2027.

Next TC vitality check must be made in January 2029.

Events calendar and ubl.xml.org

Agreed to ask OASIS to send us a .zip with all the content from ubl.xml.org and then redirect the domain to the TC's homepage, possibly with a "we've moved" landing page (Kees).

UBL 2.4

Review of UBL 2.4 submission to ISO closed on 14 September 2024. The submission of UBL 2.4 is approved by the TC, OASIS executive management, as well as OASIS membership.

Ken has prepared a complete package containing the specification in both NISO STS XML format as well as in Word-format and with all graphics in SVG format, and a preview in PDF format: https://groups.oasis-open.org/higherlogic/ws/public/document?document_id=72355

Awaiting feedback from OASIS on the status of the ISO submission.

UBL 2.5

The TC has approved a UBL Deprecation Policy version 1.0 available here:

-  https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=71497&wg_abbrev=ubl (PDF)

-  https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=71496&wg_abbrev=ubl (ODT)

Result of review of supplementary components available here: https://wv2agsty.nocodb.com/#/nc/kanban/bd3026b2-8250-46b5-ae42-c3272e5060b2

Timeline and milestones:

o   April 7, 2025: Draft multipart-specification, including JSON part

o   June 2025: New requirements no longer accepted

o   July 2025: Committee Specification Draft 01

o   September 2025: Committee Specification Draft 02

o   November 2025: Committee Specification approved

o   March 2026: OASIS Standard

Open Jira tickets:

https://issues.oasis-open.org/issues/?filter=16270

Additional TODOs:

-          Review of specification (Kenneth)

-          JSON syntax binding (Erlend)

Publishing:

• Master spreadsheets for UBL 2.5 are available here:
• Library elements: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18o1YqjHWUw0-s8mb3ja4i99obOUhs-4zpgso6RZrGaY/
• Document elements: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1024Th-Uj8cqliNEJc-3pDOR7DxAAW7gCG4e-pbtarsg/

-          New OASIS template: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wA2wvc5jvLO6dN61GW-ekrd4aICbn-Q3qx0fv-FVGXc/edit?tab=t.0

Subcommittee reports

UBL Post-award

Nothing

UBL Pre-award and Organisation Master Data Subcommittee

Nothing

UBL Transportation Subcommittee (TSC)

Peter will send a Doodle to the TSC to find a suitable time for a next SC meeting.

Payments and Finance SC

Nothing

TC Liaisons

CEN TCs 434 and 440

The CEN TCs 434 and 440 are responsible for the standardization of e-invoicing and public procurement in Europe, respectively.

Agreed at the Copenhagen face-to-face meeting that the UBL TC is open to establish a formal liaison with CEN TC 434 to create a European or international standard for electronic invoicing, if there is an interest from the CEN TC.

OASIS has reported that there is an agreement on a way forward. The TC has agreed to appoint Wim Kok liaison officer to the CEN TC 434, and Peter Borresen as liaison officer to the CEN TC 440, as recorded here: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/202301/msg00017.html. The appointments have been communicated to OASIS.

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32/WG 1

Working Group 1 of SC 32 is the eBusiness working group of the ISO data management and interchange subcommittee. Of specific interest to UBL, WG1 focuses on e-invoicing standardization.

Decision to appoint Andrea as liaison representative between ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 and the TC recorded here: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/202007/msg00014.html

OASIS has been in contact with the SC 32 secretariat. SC 32 has provided an application form to apply as CAT A Liaison. Currently waiting on OASIS to return the form.

ISO TC 323 (WG5)

TC 323 is the Circular Economy technical committee of ISO, which develops the Product Circularity Data Sheet (PCDS) within Working Group 5.

Decision to appoint Andrea as liaison representative between ISO TC 323 (WG5) and the TC recorded here: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/202402/msg00004.html. Awaiting feedback from OASIS.

ISO TC 207

TC 207 is the ISO committee on environmental management. The ISO 14000 series, in particular, is relevant to UBL and our efforts to support emerging ESG requirements in supply chain data exchange.

The TC has appointed Kenneth Bengtsson liaison officer as recorded here https://groups.oasis-open.org/discussion/minutes-of-atlantic-ubl-tc-call-15-january-2025-1500utc. The appointment has been communicated to OASIS.

ISO/TC 68 AG2

ISO/TC 68 the committee responsible for creating global standards for the financial services industry. TC 68 is responsible for standards that cover core banking, capital markets including asset management, payments, credit card processing, and information security aspects specific to financial services. AG2 focuses on the global regulatory community and is responsible for responding to consultations regarding regulatory and compliance requirements established by governing bodies.

The TC has appointed Todd Albers as the Liaison Officer as recorded here: https://groups.oasis-open.org/discussion/minutes-of-atlantic-ubl-tc-call-22-january-2025-1500utc. The decision has been communicated to OASIS.

Subcommittee conference calls

-  The Pre-award SC will be meeting Wednesdays at 15:00 CET starting June 19.

-  Other subcommittees will be meeting on an as-required basis.

TC conference call schedule

Face-to-face meetings

Fall 2025 meeting:

-  Invitation from the Politecnico di Milano, Management Engineering Department. Agreed to have the meeting September 29 - October 2.

Spring 2026 meeting:

-  Minneapolis? Possibly in May. Dates to be confirmed.

Call schedule

Agreed to temporarily suspend the Pacific calls while we have no participants from the Pacific region. Pacific calls will be reinstated upon request from any TC member.

2025-05-06/2025-05-07

-   Pacific: Canceled

-   Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

2025-05-13/2025-05-14

-   Pacific: Canceled

-   Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

2025-05-20/2025-05-21

-   Pacific: Canceled

-   Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

2025-05-27/2025-05-28

-   Pacific: Canceled

-   Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

2025-06-03/2025-06-04

-   Pacific: Canceled

-   Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

2025-06-10/2025-06-11

-   Pacific: Canceled

-   Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

2025-06-17/2025-06-18

-   Pacific: Canceled

-   Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

2025-06-24/2025-06-25

-   Pacific: Canceled

-   Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

2025-07-01/2025-07-02

-   Pacific: Canceled

-   Atlantic: 09:00MSP/10:00Ottawa/14:00UTC/16:00Europe

TC calendar

https://groups.oasis-open.org/communities/community-home/recent-community-events?communitykey=556949c8-dac8-40e6-bb16-018dc7ce54d6

Other business

Discussed a requirement to add "Third Party Payment" to the Invoice document for when an amount is not charged as part of the invoice but rather collected on behalf of a third party. Svante will open a ticket.