ISO and UN/CEFACT initiate "Open Data Interchange" Framework Technical Report

The ebXML community may be interested in participating in the recently 
announced "Open Data Interchange" Framework Technical Report project 
between ISO and UN/CEFACT.

The accumulated experience with concepts such as ebXML Core Components 
(ISO/TS 15000-5) has reached a point where it is now possible to jointly 
evaluate this experience and envisage a possible common technical 
framework in order to encourage greater consistency and effectiveness in 
the future maintenance and development of technical specifications and
standards.

The project aims to define a consistent and timely way to address and 
resolve issues of gaps, overlaps, and counter-productive standardisation 
efforts through:
* Describing a coordinated "Open Data Interchange" Framework, fostering 
an integrated work program to meet stakeholder needs in administration, 
commerce and trade, and
* Describing a collaboration process, involving business processes and 
supporting data that facilitate the open electronic interchange of 
structured data

The goal is to evaluate experiences and describe a common technical 
framework that will engage other key players involved in standards 
development and encourage greater consistency and effectiveness of 
technical specifications and standards.

All interested participants should have expertise in the areas of with 
broad knowledge in the area of methodologies and technologies for the 
open electronic interchange of structured data.

This project is open to all members of ISO liaison organizations (such 
as OASIS) through the ISO work item reference ISO/TC 154 N 0659.
  For more details see: 
http://www.isotc154.org/project-proposal-open-data-interchange-framework-odif