RE: AND makes address XML definition available to OASIS

Title: AND makes address XML definition available to OASIS

Dear 
Mr.Wandt

 

Thank 
you for letting us know the work you are doing on address structures. 
Appreciated. 

  
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott McGrath 
  [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 
  2000 1:30 AM
To: 'Holger Wandt'
Cc: Ram Kumar (E-mail); 
  Karl Best (E-mail)
Subject: RE: AND makes address XML definition 
  available to OASIS

  

  
Dear 
  Mr. Wandt,

  
 

  
Thank 
  you for both your interest and your input.  I am forwarding, by copy of this email 
  , your important observations to both Karl Best, OASIS Director of Technical 
  Operations and Ram Kumar, CIQ Technical Committee 
  Chair.

  
 

  
Again, 
  thank you for your input.

  
 

  
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-----Original 
  Message-----
From: Holger 
  Wandt [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 4:18 
  AM
To: 
  ''
Cc: Martijn Kriens; Paul 
  Drenth
Subject: AND makes 
  address XML definition available to OASIS

  
 

  
Dear Mr 
  McGrath, 
  
having read the AND 
  press release (1 December 2000) on their XML definition for the worldwide 
  presentation of adresses, I thought it a good idea to inform you about other 
  developments in international standardization of addresses. 
  

  
I am the chairman of 
  the working group address databases within CEN/TC331/WG3. CEN is the European 
  Standardization body. The task of my group is to develop a multi-part 
  standard, covering the definition of of address components and address 
  structures, the representation of addresses, the electronic exchange, the 
  validation and interpretation of address data. Currently, we have completed 
  the first part of the standard, which provides a dictionary of all possible 
  components of postal addresses, togeteher with examples of and constraints on 
  their use. The standard (which is in the enquiry phase of CEN at the moment) 
  also contains a model of the specification of an address, which the working 
  group wishes to represent in a formal language (possibly 
  XML).

  
Furthermore, the 
  United States Postal Service has made a proposal to the United Postal Union 
  (UPU - a UN organization) to assemble a development group with a vested 
  interest in the development of an international name and address standard. For 
  this effort they seek the cooperation of CEN (the working group address 
  databases), the UN/Edifact group, the Graphic Communications Association 
  (GCA), The Direct mail Advisory Board (UPU) and the PostCode group 
  (UPU).

  
During the last 
  plenary meeting of CEN/TC331/WG3 we agreed that we will join in this effort. 
  It will be my task to coordinate further cooperation.

  
Since you have 
  recently set up the Customer Information Quality (GIQ) Technical Committee to 
  work on cross industry XML standards, I think we should have a closer look at 
  our common efforts.

  
Harmonization is 
  very important for future implementation and having had a look at the XLM 
  schema provided by AND, I fear that their definition is somewhat engrafted on 
  the PAF (postal address file) data provided by Royal Mail. Mind you, I'm not 
  an XML expert, but I'm familiar with the specific terms used in 
  PAF.  

  
We are only at the beginning of 
  defining address standards in XML and it is a long way to go. AND has 
  submitted its address structures to OASIS 
  recently for consideration. MasterSoft 
  has submitted its name and address structures as part of this process as well. 
  I totally agree with you regarding harmonization. We are keen to 
  work closely with any external working groups involved with name and address 
  standardisation. OASIS is the best environment to carry 
  out the cross industry XML standards work for various reasons and that is why 
  we are seriously involved with OASIS on this efforts. I look forward to 
  your thoughts on how we can work closely on this XML standards work. Given 
  that CEN and UPU have not yet developed any XML standards, my suggestion is 
  that CEN and UPU become members of the technical committee of CIQ of OASIS 
  that concentrates on XML standards for name and address and customer 
  information and by this way, CEN and UPU can bring forward its work 
  into the committee and 
  contribute to the XML standards effort. 

  
Can you please e-mail me the site 
  where I can have a look at the work CEN and UPU have done on standardising 
  address structures?

  
My fear is that the 
  CIQ technical committee will develop a standard which will eventually not 
  match with the international address standard being developed by CEN and UPU. 
  Therefore I would like to get in touch with the chairman of  the CIQ 
  technical committee. Would it be possible for you to arrange an introduction? 
  If it would be necessary, I would be willing to become an associate member of 
  OASIS.

  
Should you have any 
  further questions, feel free to contact me any time. I thank you very much for 
  taking my questions into consideration. 

  
Looking forward to hearing from 
  you

  
Regards

  
Ram

  
Chair, Technical Committee, 
  OASIS-CIQ 

  
Best 
  regards, 
  

  
Holger 
  Wandt 
  
Chairman working 
  group Address Databases CEN/TC331/WG3 
        
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