energyinterop — archive

[Anne Hendry]

Noticing several discussions over the past few weeks in both the Energy Interop and EMIX TCs relating to enabling evolution, consistency, and extensibility of the standard being developed, I thought it might be helpful for you to see how UBL approached some of these issues. The UBL Naming and Design rules have been through multiple iterations/versions and the 2.0 version is now available for public review. The NDRs specify the rules for naming conventions and schema design. By just looking at the checklist at the end of the document (which is a summary of the rules without the explanatory text that makes up the rest of the document) you can get an idea of the areas that were considered important to address not only to support evolution of the standard, but also to enable the development of tools for validation. You will find links to the NDRs and supporting information in the email at http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/200911/msg00014.html Best, Anne