A call for
participation has been issued for a new OASIS Technical Comittee that
will develop the Universal Business Language (UBL), under the chairmanship of
Jon Bosak.
The main aim of the new technical committee (TC) is to "avert a crisis in
electronic business caused by competing XML business-to-business document
standards." To do this, the TC will begin with xCBL 3.0 as a starting point
and develop it based on industry experience with XML business libraries and
other similar technologies.
The TC also aims to harmonize UBL "as far as practical" with ebXML, and to
recognize work done by standards bodies such as UN/CEFACT, ISO, IEC, ITU,
W3C, IETF, OASIS.
As well as Bosak, those proposing the new TC include Bob Glushko from
Commerce One, Lauren Wood from SoftQuad and James Werner from Boeing.
For more information please read the full call for
participation.