soul / 02-Apr-02
[ Semantics, Ontologies & UBL ]
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The UBL approach & features
•Conscious choice of defining the ebXML Core Components (CCs) and the UBL Business Information Entities (BIEs) at the semantic level
•UBL defined naming and design rules
•employment of a “context” methodology
•User (industrial specific) extensibility
•Externally maintained repository of BIEs and Documents •All code lists are external (both for creation and maintenance) which UBL will just point to
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