UBLCNLSC Report

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UBL-CNLSCReport

• UBL Chinese Localization Subcommittee
• 10 May 2004

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Agenda

• Charter
• People
• Challenges
• Planning Status

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Charter Deliverables

• To foster the adoption of UBL in the Greater
  China region by localizing UBL into Chinese
  language, marketing UBL in the local regions and
  proposing extensions to UBL according to the
  region specific legal and business practices.

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Charter Deliverables

• Translation of UBL specifications and associated
  documentation into the Chinese (including the
  definitions of the data elements)
• Construction of Chinese-specific lookup tables
  for UBL element and attribute names
• Generation of publicity for UBL in the Greater
  China region
• Proposal of UBL extensions to accommodate
  Chinese-specific legal and business practices
• Building and maintaining a web site to provide
  information about UBL in the Chinese

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People

• William Chan, China National Registry of Product
  and Service Codes
• Patrick Yee, Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure
  Development, Hong Kong
• Thomas Lee, Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure
  Development, Hong Kong
• Colleagues from China National Institute of
  Standardization
• Liu Bi Song
• Wei Hong
• Liu Ying
• Zhang Jian Fang
• Chen Huang

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Challenges

• Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese
  Characters
• Different systems in 3 regions China, Hong Kong
  and Chinese Taipei
• Tax, legal, etc.
• Up to now, OASIS standards are not recognized as
  national standards in China

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Planning Status

• Translation
• Start with Simplified Chinese first
• Translated BIEs in UBL-Reusable-1.0.xls into
  Simplified Chinese
• Will convert to Traditional Chinese
• Extension
• Will work with tax and legal experts
• Promotion
• Delivered a presentation in Web Service China
  2004 in Beijing
• Will set up a web site