7th UN/CEFACT FORUM

7th UN/CEFACT FORUM

September 26-30

Lyon 2005

Hosted by:

EDIFrance

Sponsors:

7th UN/CEFACT Forum7th UN/CEFACT Forum

Introduction

Forum Management GroupChair: Dick Raman

26 September 2005 7th UN/CEFACT FORUM Lyon 3

AgendaAgenda

IntroductionThe United NationsUN/CEFACTThe UN/CEFACT Forum

Structure/Procedures

Work ItemsQuestions


United Nations Charter (1945)United Nations Charter (1945)

To maintain international peace and security;

To develop friendly relations among nations; and

To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights.


United Nations - sub groupsUnited Nations - sub groups

The General Assembly The Security Council The Economic And Social Council

(ECOSOC) The Trusteeship CouncilThe International Court Of JusticeThe Secretariat


UN/CEFACTUN/CEFACT

“UN Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business supports activities dedicated to improving the ability of business, trade and administrative organizations, from developed, developing and transitional economies, to exchange products and relevant services effectively.”

UN/ECOSOC

UN/ECE

UN/CEFACT

UN


UN/CEFACTUN/CEFACTMission:

Trade Facilitation To improve the ability of business, trade and administrative

organizations, from developed, developing and transitional economies, to exchange products and relevant services effectively.

Contribute to the growth of global commerceFocus:

The worldwide facilitation of national and international transactions, through the simplification and harmonization of procedures and information flows.

Development and maintenance of Standards, Recommendations and Tools for trade facilitation, to address the needs of business and governments


UN/CEFACTUN/CEFACT

Strong PointsGlobal ParticipationFocus is on Semantics not TechnologyCommitment at the highest level globally

HoweverThe world is changing rapidlyConsensus building takes time


StructureStructure


Forum StructureForum Structure


Trade Facilitation StrategyTrade Facilitation StrategyHolistic approach to the International Trade

Transaction ProcessIdentification and elimination of non-tariff

barriers to tradeTrade Security - address the shift in focus from

the threat to trade, to the threat from tradePromote the use of UN/CEFACT instruments to

address trade facilitation issues in the WTO Doha Work Programme

Develop Capacity Building Programmes on trade facilitation implementation


eBusiness StrategyeBusiness StrategyCross-sectoral analysis (to promote

interoperability & supply chain synchronicity)Business process and information modelling (to

capture user requirements, independent of any specific technology, through the creation of business collaboration models); and

New technologies as they emerge (eg eXtensible Markup language (XML), webServices, shared and/or distributed objects etc)

International standards for enabling e-business systems & interoperability


Programme of WorkProgramme of Work

eBusiness

Trade Facilitation

Strategy Marketing ExternalAffairs

Collaborative work plan to enable e-

Business and Trade Facilitation

How to facilitate global trade

Promotion of deliverables

Monitoring implementation,

collecting feedback and requirements.

Capacity building/technical

presentation

Cooperation/coordination

LiaisonFeedback

Re-useNon-duplication

Cooperation/coordination

LiaisonFeedback

Re-useNon-duplication


UN/CEFACTUN/CEFACT

Extensive Track-Record: UN/EDIFACT UN/Layout Key UNeDocs

Current Work:UMM (UN/CEFACT Modelling Methodology) and

related work (Business Process)Core ComponentsMuch more…


External RelationsExternal Relations

MoU - ISO, IEC, ITU, UNECE Meetings in Beijing in October 2005 and in Vancouver in March

2006.

UN/CEFACT - OASIS A new Cooperation Agreement was signed on 21 June 2005. ebXML, UBL

Many other organizations Some are delegations in UN/CEFACT

GS1, SWIFT, … Some are not

OAG, CEN/ISSS, XBRL, …

TRADE/CEFACT/2005/4TRADE/CEFACT/2005/4

UN/CEFACT FORUM PROCEDURES

Forum Management GroupDick Raman


FMGFMG

FMG Chair Dick RamanTIE Holding NV - The Netherlands

FMG Vice Chair Sue Probert SEPIAeb - United Kingdom

ATG Chair Anders Grangard GENCOD - EAN France

ICG Chair Mike Conroy SchlumbergerSema - France

LG Chair Vacancy

TBG Chair Jean-Luc Champion Belgium

TBG Member Gordon Cragge SITPRO - United Kingdom

TBG Member Yves Gailly Banque BNP-Paribas - France

TMG Chair Gunther Stuhec SAP - Germany


Forum ProceduresForum Procedures

New Management StructureDo what makes senseNot work out every possible scenario

ProceduresConciseIdentical for all groupsFurther refinement of R.650


MembershipMembership

Nominated by their HoDLess overhead, Named participantsIPR

Individual MembershipDecisions by ConsensusConstructive Participation establishes right

to voteOfficially Invited Guests


FMGFMG

Executive ManagementElected Chair/Vice-ChairChairs of 5 Permanent GroupsMax 2 extra members (currently from TBG)Responsible for all Liaisons

From the Bureau or a PGCoordinated with the Standards Liaison

Rapporteur


Permanent GroupsPermanent Groups

Administrative Team Structure Chair/Vice Chair(s) (elected for 2 years)Secretariat, Plenary Steering Committee (optional).

Required to meet during Forum MeetingsApproval of FMG for new work itemsChairs present at UN/CEFACT PlenaryMaintain liaisons

TRADE/CEFACT/2005/5TRADE/CEFACT/2005/5

UN/CEFACT OPEN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Forum Management GroupDick Raman


UN/CEFACT StandardsUN/CEFACT Standards

UN/CEFACT Standards

BusinessTechnical

Recommendations

Business standards are Independent fromSyntaxTechnology Platform


ODP EnhancedODP EnhancedOpen Development Process today

Technical Specifications onlyProposal to enhance ODP for:

Business Requirement Specifications,Architecture and Business Models, Methodologies,

Core Components, Libraries, Code lists, Directories,XML Schemas, Requirements Specification

Mappings, Syntax implementations, Electronic Documents,

Standard Messages, Naming and Design Rules, Transformation Rules

Other Deliverables.


PurposePurpose

Ensure and DemonstrateAll standards are developed following the

ODP standard proceduresGlobal Participation is ensured

ODP for Technical SpecificationsMost extensive processCovering initial development through

maintenanceOther standards may skip steps


ODP GoalsODP Goals

OpennessWorldwide ParticipationSpeedCompatibilityTechnical Excellence


ODP StepsODP Steps

Step 1. Proposing a new specificationStep 2. Compiling a requirements listStep 3. Writing the first working draftStep 4. Refining the first working draftStep 5. Public reviewStep 6. Implementation verificationStep 7. Final Technical Specification releaseStep 8. Maintenance


HighlightsHighlights

Iterative refinementParticipation through the Internet Building international consensusPublishable matrix of proposed and

current projects‘Fast-track’ set of procedures for external

submissions


The Multi-Enterprise cCommerce FrameworkInteroperable, open, global, B2B ‘standard’Complex solution and SME supportLeveraging existing technologies and

standardsIntegration of business processes:

By electronic means Independent of the technical solution. Allowing business processes and technologies to evolve

independently


Technology Neutral ApproachTechnology Neutral Approach


ebXML Focus AreasebXML Focus Areas

Semantic Framework Meta-model for defining business process A set of re-useable core components

(common business semantics)Infrastructure

Transport, Routing, PackagingBusiness Service InterfaceCollaboration Protocol Profiles/AgreementsShared repository network

company profiles, business process models and related message structures


Core ComponentsCore Components

Designed to capture:Business concepts (commonality)Relationship between business conceptsIndividual pieces (objects) of business information in a

context

Format:Syntax NeutralBuilding blocks of meta-dataUniquely identifiedFacilitate multi-lingual support


UN/CEFACT Core Components

UN/CEFACT Core Components

verticals eGov XML SGMLX12XML Etc.

1999

2002

2004

2007

Existing Standards

ReconciliationOf Data Elements

EDIFACT

UN/CEFACT Core Component Library


Core Component conceptsCore Component concepts

BIE


Business MessagesBusiness Messages

Name

Address

email

Phone #

Company

Company

Phone #

email

Address

Name

Party

Party ID

Invoice

PO #

Line Item

Cost

CONTEXT

Date

Order.Date

Term: Business InformationEntity (BIE)


Business processBusiness process

The choreography of activities and business logic amongst multiple actors.

State Management.Work inherits from UMM models.Captures business logic at runtime.Works with CCTS.Project within TMG.


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