But are the "more definitive descriptions of CICA" available for free? What am I to look for in the catalog at DISA? How much does it cost? Is this some not-ready-for-prime-time report that's being sold for an arm-and-a-leg? The UBL stuff (documentation and schemas) is available for *free* at the OASIS site. If I wanted to "do" a purchase order - today - in XML, assured that the model and schemas conform to ebXML CCTS [ISO 15000(-5)] and ISO 11179 , would I have any choice but to use OASIS' UBL?
William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. Columbus, OH 43221-3859 . USA +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Rawlins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "EDI-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 19 January, 2005 05:50 PM Subject: RE: [EDI-L] X12 CICA: Is it the future? Does anyone really "mod el"? The referenced white paper for XML 2002 is over two years old now. For more definitive descriptions of CICA, refer to the recently approved standard X12.7, and the "X12 Reference Model for XML Design", available by a link from www.x12.org. William is correct in observing that theoretically a message developer could create new X12 EDI syntax transaction sets from CICA constructs, which are themselves neutral of any syntax. However, X12.7 currently only defines an XML syntax representation (expressed in W3C XML Schema language). Mike . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
