1. UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary Syndey Face-to-Face Interim Meeting 9-13 January 2006 at Newport Mirage Hotel

2. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia2 Agenda General Topics  Thanks to our sponsors  Upcoming Meetings  Project Statuses  Website  OMG Relationship  BPSS Future  IPR Issue  EDIFACT Project  UNeDocs Project  Context-Driver Principles Project  CEFACT Reorganization Proposal Working Group Reports  BPWG BCSS UMM  CCWG  EBAWG (nothing to report)

3. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia3 Thanks to our Sponsors The TMG thanks our meeting sponsors:  Australian Government (AGIMO, DCITA)  Red Wahoo

4. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia4 Upcoming Meetings 13-17 March 2006: UN/CEFACT Forum in Vancouver, Canada 20-24 March 2006: ISO TC 154 Plenary and Joint CCWG Meeting in Vancouver, Canada 19-23 June 2006: UN/CEFACT TMG Meeting at SWIFT in Brussels, Belgium 02-06 October 2006 (tentative): UN/CEFACT Forum in New Dehli, India

5. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia5 Project Statuses ProjectGroupResp.StatusPriority Est. Date Electronic Business Architecture SpecificationEBAWGATODP=2mediumEnd Q1/06 GlossaryEBAWGJWongoinglowN/A UMM N090 – IntroductionBPWGCHongoingmediumEnd Q1/06 UMM N091 – UMM Foundation ModuleBPWGCHODP=4very highEnd Q1/06 UMM N092 – UMM Base ModuleBPWGJDODP=4highEnd Q1/06 UMM N093 – UMM User GuideBPWGBMFirst drafthighEnd Q1/06 CCTS Part 1 – Metamodel + MethodologyCCWGGSODP=3highEnd Q1/06 CCTS Part 2 – Message Assembly (working title)CCWGGBODP=2mediumEnd Q2/05 CCTS Part 3 – User GuideCCWGMKMaint- enance lowEnd ? UBAC – Metamodel and SpecificationUBACATODP=3mediumEnd ? BCSS – SpecificationBCSSSCODP=4very highEnd Q1/06 BPSS V1.1 – Specification – merge with OASISBPSSKHCompletehighEnd Q1/06

6. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia6 Website Current state  Jens did most of the development  Still missing important content Future Direction  Jim proposed an alternative that he claims would be significantly easier to maintain in the long-term (based on work with CIDX and two other organizations)  Jim and Jens will evaluate options, make a decision, and act accordingly. The rest of the TMG will support whatever direction Jim and Jens take. Critical ongoing issue: Content!

7. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia7 OMG Relationship The TMG values opportunities to collaborate with the OMG. The TMG designated Anders W. Tell to represent the TMG in strengthening the relationship as described in his email to Gunther dated 2006-01-04.

8. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia8 BPSS Future The TMG would like Karlson Hsia to represent the TMG in working with the OASIS ebBP leadership to reconcile the two specifications. The work should substantially be completed by 17 March (end of Vancouver meeting) A joint CEFACT-OASIS submission will be made to ISO The TMG supports an approach whereby the ebBP spec is the starting spec to which changes are made to support missing required features supported by the BPSS. Christian will contact Dale/Monica to discuss this topic after confirming that Karlson will represent the TMG

9. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia9 IPR Issue The TMG participants continue to be very concerned that the CEFACT IPR issue has not been resolved.

10. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia10 EDIFACT Project The FMG suggested that the TMG should be responsible for the EDIFACT syntax. Interested parties should prepare a project proposal and submit it to the TMG in accordance with the ODP. Additionally, interested parties should be prepared to join the TMG to execute the project.

11. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia11 UNeDocs The FMG suggested that the TMG should be responsible for the UNeDocs methodology. Interested parties should prepare a project proposal and submit it to the TMG in accordance with the ODP. Additionally, interested parties should be prepared to join the TMG to execute the project.

12. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia12 Context-Driver Principles Project Jens will create a project proposal by 2006-01- 26 CCWG will lead the project and will coordinate with TBG14. CCWG will keep BPWG and EBAWG informed of their progress in order to support participation by those groups at the right time.

13. BPWG Jens Dietrich

14. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia14 BCSS Work on BCSS  Completed draft UML profile specification – except library guidelines  Created example model – except tagged values  Tested interchange between EA, Magic draw, Poseidon. Generally a failure – will need tool specific guidelines in a user guide Remaining work to be done  Issue with representation term needs to be resolved  Complete library guidelines and example model – 1 week  Add OCL versions of natural language constraints – 2 weeks

15. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia15 UMM User Guide Agreed on an alternative approach to the user guide Create a UMM overview that comes with an example in a training software  Directed towards a first basic understanding of the UMM  Hides complex details UMM overview  Purpose  Steps  Each Step demonstrated in the training software  Artifacts Completed “Order from Quote” Example including Worksheets Completed the BDV view of the Overview Started with BRV and BTV: Still missing the narration Overview should be ready by the March 2006 Forum in Vancouver

16. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia16 Foundation & Base Module No official comments received during the extended comment period on the first draft Some users provided suggestions and had questions that will be considered for the second working draft No time to act on these suggestions/questions Suggestions/Questions will be worked on until the release of the second working draft Second working draft will be released by mid February at the latest (comment period will end before March 2006 Vancouver Forum Meeting)

17. CCWG Gunther Stuhec

18. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia18 Actions, this week Finalized the metamodel with six diagrams Reviewed the Core Data Type paper (not finished yet) Restructured the document for better readability Next important milestones:  Internally review both documents by 2006-01-20  Enter ODP Step 4 by 2006-01-23

19. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia19 CCTS Metamodel Overview

20. 2006-01-13UN/CEFACT TMG Closing Plenary ● Sydney, Australia20 UN/CEFACT S IMPLE, T RANSPARENT AND E FFECTIVE P ROCESSES FOR G LOBAL B USINESS.