At 05:42 PM 1/20/2005 -0500, William J. Kammerer wrote: >But are the "more definitive descriptions of CICA" available for free?
As noted, the reference model may be freely downloaded. >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 approved X12.7 standard appears currently to only be available as part of 005020. I believe it may also be avaliable through other channels. I'll post the details if I find out. >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? Sure you would have choices! You could create your own XML PO that complied with those specs. But if you don't want to do that, I'm not aware at this point of any choices other than UBL. I'm sure UN/CEFACT, X12, and perhaps other bodies will be able to present you with other choices eventually. Cheers, --------------------------------------------------------------- Michael C. Rawlins, Rawlins EC Consulting www.rawlinsecconsulting.com Using XML with Legacy Business Applications (Addison-Wesley, 2003) www.awprofessional.com/titles/0321154940 . 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/
