> The only ebxml core componentized ISO 11179 compliant messages I know > about are those provided by UBL. UBL was only released (as a final > version) last November. Johnson & Johnson surely hasn't implemented UBL > for the past year, has it? Or are you just throwing around buzzwords, > as I've been known to do in the past? In this case, I very specifically > meant to differentiate UBL from OAGIS, CICA, Rosettanet and all the > others with the very precise "core-componentized ISO 11179 > compliant" - it wasn't just blather in this case!
I was being somewhat facetious. Using the buzzwords to draw comparisons between old and new, borrowed and blue. My apologies for the confusion. What we *do* have is a mix of old technologies and new, and I'm not privy to (nor could I expound much on) the new technologies that are being used. What I *do* know is that when I get outage reports, it's always from these new systems which *do* use XML technologies, as opposed to the old, stodgy, un-gussied-up Gentran and COBOL and JCL which just takes a lickin' -- and keeps on tickin'. Which was the point that I was trying to make -- if it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid. There *is* a group that is tasked with examining these new technologies and implementing where appropriate and business needs dictate. This group exists on a corporate level and not an operating company level -- standards like this get pushed to us from "on high." If an effort to look at UBL (or similar message standards and models) is taking place, it is in the embryonic stage and we won't see it in the Consumer Companies for a good long while. And then we will only implement it if the value proposition is there. It is true that I'm responsible for many many dollars of sales with our EDI systems, so working correctly is of prime consideration to me. :) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] . 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/
