1. 1 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Universal Data Element Framework UDEF_Solutions, Inc. UDEF_Solutions, Inc. June 29, 1998 UDEF Power Coupled with XML for Web Mining A Solution for Global Collaborative Commerce...

2. 2 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. SUPPLIERS Global Collaborative Commerce Collaborative Commerce New York Paris The ‘Standard’ to Harmonize ‘Other Standards’ CUSTOMERS London F Dewey-decimal-like indexing system for the Web F Collaboratively sharing information F Make better, faster, cheaper decisions F Supply chain selection greatly increased F Risks and costs of tomorrow’s challenges reduced F Dewey-decimal-like indexing system for the Web F Collaboratively sharing information F Make better, faster, cheaper decisions F Supply chain selection greatly increased F Risks and costs of tomorrow’s challenges reduced Consumer

3. 3 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. UDEF’s Role in the Supply Chain When Supplier Products and Information Systems are UDEF Coded Identify Products & Suppliers Faster Achieve Faster Trading Partner Agreements Reduce Interoperability Costs Support DOD's CODE Direction Assist in International Commerce

4. 4 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Universal Code Solution UDEF_Solutions, Inc. * Universal Code is the “key” to legacy integration and standards harmonization! n Mapping to UDEF is based on semantic equivalence n No system needs to change its data element names n Allows for an unlimited number of aliases

5. 5 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Collaborative Commerce Challenges ¸ Current one-to-one system interfacing ¶ Today’s search engines, using HTML, find THOUSANDS of hits... and THOUSANDS of misses for common words. · Overlapping and conflicting data standards approaches are expensive and preclude achieving integration with all members of the supply chain è NOT cost effective... $$

6. 6 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. XML & UDEF... Integrating the Global Supply Chain uHTML - Designed for presentation and display NOT Content uXML Tagging - A Part of the formula to expand EDI to small and mid-sized Enterprises uThe lack of ‘standard names’ is a recognized shortcoming by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Collaborative Commerce Challenge No. 1

7. 7 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. s A “Dewey-Decimal-Like Indexing System” for the Web s A standard for naming data elements s Allows rapid comparisons of data element names between multiple systems s Provides a minimal, intuitive set of key words “... we believe that XML is the standard, extensible, universal data format for the Internet.” - Microsoft UDEF Solution No. 1 A solution to quickly and effectively search the Internet

8. 8 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. XML/EDI Example <PurchaseOrder> April 7, 1998 April 7, 1998 123abc456789 123abc456789 444xyz555 444xyz555 25 25 April 20, 1998 April 20, 1998 etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc,........................</PurchaseOrder> Word Form For Human Interpretation of the Meaning

9. 9 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. XML/EDI/UDEF Example <U-d.t.2> April 7, 1998 April 7, 1998 123abc456789 123abc456789 444xyz555 444xyz555 25 25 April 20, 1998 April 20, 1998 etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc,........................</U-d.t.2> UDEF Form For Unambiguous Interpretation of the Meaning

10. 10 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Overlapping & Conflicting Data Standards STEPX12/CEFACT CM I/F STD MIL-STD-2549 DoD Data Standards Legacy Data Collaborative Commerce Challenge No. 2 UDEF_Solutions, Inc.

11. 11 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. UDEF Solution No. 2 Data standards mapped into framework - along with vendor APIs and legacy data STEP CAD Std CM 2549 Std X12/CEFACT Stds Gov’t Models Industry Legacy Gov’t Legacy PDM & ERP Vendor APIs Universal Data Element Framework

12. 12 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Examples of overlapping and conflicting data elements in the CEFACT and STEP International Standards are shown coded to the UDEF. Matrix Example Data elements shown below in the same row are semantically equivalent UDEF Name Part Product Identifier Part Product Name Document Type Code Contract Document Identifier Component Product Quantity UDEF Code g.9_8 g.9_9 2_33.4 e.2_8 f.g.9_11 y.3_9 XML Name Supplier Enterprise Name STEP AP 203 Name Part_Number Part_Nomenclature Supplier_Name Contract_Number Component_Quantity CEFACT Name Goods Identifying Number Seller Name Contract Number Message Type Code

13. 13 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Substantial Information Services Costs Per Total Sales uBanking uFinancial Other Than Banking uInsurance uManufacturing uEnergy (Oil and Gas) uRetail Sector uTransportation uDistribution k Sector k Information Technology Budget u 7.8 % u 6.2 % u 2.4 % u 2.0 % u 1.6 % u 1.1 % u.7 % u. 6% Collaborative Commerce Challenge No. 3

14. 14 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Company Sales / Potential Cost Avoidance 750M 700M 650M 600M 550M 500M 450M 400M 350M 300M 250M 200M 150M 100M 50M 50M UDEF Savings (Millions) Company Annual Sales (Millions) 123456789101112131415 Annual Cost Avoidance Range IS Budget 8% of Revunue IS Budget 1% of Revunue UDEF Solution No. 3

15. 15 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Uses ISO/IEC 11179 Naming Convention “Specification and Standardization of Data Elements” Objects Properties u Objects and Properties are sub-typed and essential relationships captured in the name to establish CONTEXT u Captures the essential words of data model within the data element’s name u Word sequencing follows rules of English UDEF Methodology Overview

16. 16 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Example - DOCUMENT Object DOCUMENT SpecificationDrawingSoftware Support Engineering List Noted Graphic Controlling IndexDataParts Controlling Reference Source-Code Noted Assembly Component Military Unique Primary Control Source Item Configuration System (2) hi j k a b c a ab c d e a b c a a a b c d e f a b Program a

17. 17 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Example - DATE Property DATE ApprovalAssembly Publication Release ActualPromised Scheduled ExpirationClassification De-Classification ClassificationDowngrade Data Rights Government Security Security Design SecurityRoyalty (6) 1 2 3 4 5 678 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 123 4

18. 18 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Example - IDENTIFIER Tree (Page 2) IDENTIFIERIndexNumericStock National Version TypeSheetPartBase Tracking (8) Alias 1234567 8 11 1 Organization 1 Inventory 2 Assigned 1 Sequence 2 Revision 2

19. 19 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Example - NAME Tree (Page 1) NAMEFirstLastMaidenMiddleBrandClassification Security Classification FirstSecondThirdFourthFifthSixth TypeCountry Storage Medium (10) 12345678 1 2 123456 1 1

20. 20 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Example Mappings document-publication-date document-data-rights-expiration-date document-sheet-total-quantity document-sheet-size-code software-product-version-identifier part-product-identifier reference-document-revision-identifier enterprise-division-address-text program-name product-quantity enterprise-address-text MIL-STD-2549 Data Elements 2_5.6 2_1.2.6.6 2_1.8.11 2_1.6.4 p.9_8.8 g.9_8 aj.2_9.8 3_2.12.14 10_10 9_11 3_12.14 Universal Code

21. 21 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. More Examples country code invoice number- assigned by issuer purchase order type code postal code location qualifier location identifier contract effective date expiry date of import license item number - product item number - service price ANSI X12 & CEFACT (EDIFACT) Data Elements e.7_4 bd.2_1.35.8 d.t.2_33.4 7_1.10.4 7_20.33.4 7_8.4 e.2_13.6 a.be.2_6.6 9_8 f.9_8 9_2.1 Universal Code

22. 22 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. Registration Authority Service External Conceptual Physical Enterprise A External Conceptual Physical Enterprise B Registered Name Design_Release Engrg-Rel Date Design Rel Engrg Rel Engineering Drawing DOCUMENT Actual Release DATE b.h.2_1.8.6 Registered Universal Code Registration Authority

23. 23 6/4/2016 UDEF_Solutions, Inc. For more information: Contact UDEF_Solutions, Inc. 47000 Warm Springs Boulevard Suite 296 Fremont, CA 94539-7467 Telephone/Fax: 510.661.0427