Thanks for the question patrick.
I suspect the answer to your problem lies in the application of context.
you may note from the UBL Order schema that there are several parties
which may be associated with an Order. These are things like Buyer,
Seller, Consignee, Invoicee, Invoicer, Despatch, Warehouse, Sales
Location and Manufacturer.. These are contexts in which the Party is
used. For example, you brother would be the Consignee.
So it is not the Party->Address-Contact that you require. It is just
multiple Parties in different contexts
NB Obviously, this principle applies to any structure not just Order
documents.
Hope this helps.
Patrick Garvey wrote:
>Hello. I have a question about how to use the Party type. Parties, if I am not mistaken, are the direct participants in a business transaction. If I want to a UBL-based XML message to order something off of Amazon.com, then the two parties to the transaction are me and Amazon.
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>What if I want to order something for my brother? Amazon and I are still the parties in the transaction, but how do I represent my brother in this transaction? He isn't part of the transaction, but is the recipient of its result. And what if I wanted to designate the item I ordered as not being from me but from me and my wife? We would then make up a fourth participant in the transaction.
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>Using an aggregate of Contact and Address does not seem sufficient, since Contact only contains one Name and Address has no place to put a Company name. If I wanted to send it to my brother's work address, there would be no place to put Bob Garvey, Company X, 123 Y Street, etc.
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>There seems to be a need for some component that describes an entity between Party and Contact. Or are we perhaps missing something?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Patrick Garvey
>Talaris Corporation
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