CSDAT UN CEFACT Standards Development Advisory Team CSDAT Findings

CSDAT UN/CEFACT Standards Development Advisory Team (CSDAT) Findings and Recommendations August 2010 CSDAT Aug 2010 1

CSDAT Purpose: Provide a framework for all UN/CEFACT deliverables that will help both internal UN/CEFACT working groups and external UN/CEFACT standards users to understand how the collection of UN/CEFACT deliverables work together to contribute to the UN/CEFACT trade facilitation mission. CSDAT Aug 2010 2

CSDAT Goal: Get UN/CEFACT deliverables through our organization to the users as fast and as effective as possible. Approach: Developed ten specific questions/focus areas and investigated and documented each of the ten. These focus areas are linked and are each critical to the framework. CSDAT Aug 2010 3

CSDAT Ten focus areas: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. CSDAT Aug 2010 Mission and Architecture Audience Relationship with other organizations Standard development approaches Interoperability Re-use Main principles of a standards framework Technologies used for standards development Deliverables and their interdependencies UN/CEFACT Programme Of Work (Po. W) – tying it all together 4

CSDAT – Focus 1 UN/CEFACT Mission taken from Po. W The United Nations, through UN/CEFACT, supports activities dedicated to improving the ability of business, trade and administrative organizations, from developed, developing and transitional economies, to exchange products and relevant services effectively. Principal focus is on facilitating national and international transactions, through the simplification and harmonisation of processes, procedures and information flows, and so contribute to the growth of global commerce. This is achieved by: l Analysing and understanding the key elements of international processes, procedures and transactions and working for the elimination of constraints; l Developing methods to facilitate processes, procedures and transactions, including the relevant use of information technologies; l Promoting both the use of these methods, and associated best practices, through channels such as government, industry and service associations; l Coordinating its work with other international organizations such as the WTO, WCO, OECD, UNCITRAL, and UNCTAD; l Securing coherence in the development of Standards and Recommendations by co-operating with other interested parties, including international, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. In particular, for UN/CEFACT Standards, this coherence is accomplished by cooperating with ISO, IEC, ITU, NGOs in the ISO/IEC/ITU/UNECE Mo. U CSDAT Aug 2010 5

CSDAT – Focus 1 Any future UN/CEFACT Technical Architecture* should support the UN/CEFACT Mission by: l enabling a better understanding of how UN/CEFACT produces its deliverables in support of trade facilitation l defining the relationship between the technical and business aspects of the UN/CEFACT body of work l defining the inter-dependencies between UN/CEFACT Technical Specifications * An enduring framework of technical standards and procedures that enables participants to fulfill the mission of UN/CEFACT. CSDAT Aug 2010 6

CSDAT – Focus 2 UN/CEFACT Audiences The requesters: l l Users, any person/company who has a specific requirement. They can participate directly in the work of a TBG HODs, could receive requirements from national policy makers or user associations or specific users. UN/CEFACT plenary receive requirements from HODs and sometimes from UN/ECE (mainly policy) SDOs could submit their own ‘standards” to become part of the UN/CEFACT standards The beneficiaries: l l CSDAT Aug 2010 Users can implement the UN/CEFACT standards HODs can help the policy makers (or user association or specific user) by providing them with UN/CEFACT standards UN/CEFACT accomplishes its mission and satisfies UN/ECE requirements SDOs can benefit from the fast track of some of their ‘standards” as UN/CEFACT standards 7

CSDAT – Focus 2 Audiences Users HODs The Plenary FORUM Development and Delivery National Policy Makers Our Beneficiaries Users UNECE Policy Our Requesters SDOs UN/CEFACT Publications The Plenary HODs National Policy Makers UN/CEFACT the “Provider” CSDAT Aug 2010 SDOs UNECE Policy 8

CSDAT – Focus 3 Different Types of Relationships with other Organizations 1. Contributors to UN/CEFACT Forum (26 identified) 2. Participating member of eb Management Mo. U (UNECE, ITU, ISO, IEC + 2 cosignatories) 3. Other Mo. Us (via UNECE) 4. Informal relationships/liaison (at least 8 identified) 5. Potential future relationships (at least 15 identified) CSDAT Aug 2010 9

CSDAT – Focus 4 Standards development approaches Development of standards to support trade facilitation for organizations of any size, anywhere to conduct business through the exchange of electronic messages: • according to standard business processes • using standard message structures • with clear unambiguous business semantics • according to trading partner agreements CSDAT Aug 2010 10

CSDAT – Focus 4 4 Semantic Approaches identified including these extremes: Subsetting (Current UN/CEFACT Approach): A union B Business Domain A Business Domain B Generic standard Subset A Subset B Subset C Extension A Extension B Extending: A intersection B CSDAT Aug 2010 Business Domain A Business Domain B Core Standard 11

CSDAT – Focus 4 Process Orientated Approach • • • CSDAT Aug 2010 Caring about choreographies - the interactions between business partners There may be different documents of the same type when used in different business collaboration protocols UN/CEFACT proposes deployment of the UMM to specify a choreography of document exchanges The definition of choreographies may be developed by ¡ Governments and legislators ¡ Industry consortia ¡ Supply chain leaders ¡ Software vendors ¡ Individual companies ¡ etc… Additionally, UN/CEFACT delivers reference models proposing business collaboration protocol - i. e. a choreography amongst the business transactions 12 12

CSDAT – Focus 5 Interoperability The ‘EUROPEAN INTEROPERABILITY FRAMEWORK FOR PANEUROPEAN e. GOVERNMENT SERVICES’ (EIF) definition of interoperability: ”the ability of information and communication technology (ICT) systems and of the business processes they support to exchange data and to enable the sharing of information and knowledge. ” CSDAT Aug 2010 13

CSDAT – Focus 5 Interoperability – 5 Dimensions CSDAT Aug 2010 14

CSDAT – Focus 6 Reuse l The benefits of reuse are: ¡ ¡ Interoperability Maximizes resources Faster implementations Reduction of costly variance l Requirements for successful reuse: ¡ ¡ CSDAT Aug 2010 Agreed methodology Harmonization – at all levels A restriction mechanism ‘How to’ guides/recommendations 15

CSDAT – Focus 6 Reusability is both advisable and beneficial for: l BRS – harmonized, conceptual business process and data models l RSM – harmonized data and message models Libraries l ¡ Syntax-neutral to support interoperability between syntaxes, semantics & contexts ¡ To reduce resource requirements, variance and ambiguity ¡ Syntax-specific messages to provide interoperability at the data (semantic) level ¡ Implementation Guides to provide interoperability between subsets of the same parent message structure CSDAT Aug 2010 16

CSDAT – Focus 7 Main principles of a standards framework (gathered from UN, ISO and WTO) l l l l Consensus Voluntary Transparency Openness Impartiality Support for developing economies Coherence Syntax Neutrality Platform Independence Open access (free) to the solution Maintainability (versioning for each deliverable) Backward and forward compatibility (regarding different versions) Industry wide CSDAT Aug 2010 17

CSDAT – Focus 8 Tools & Technologies used for standards development • For Publication: • Identification of syntax(es) for publications • Do we want to have a visual graphical representation of certain deliverables? • Access technologies – registry etc. • For Working: • Communication tools such as web conferencing • Specification support tools such as modelling tools CSDAT Aug 2010 18

CSDAT – Focus 9 Deliverables and their interdependencies l In order to encourage widest implementation and to provide migration paths for SDOs and other users, UN/CEFACT deliverables should be published as consistent integrated packages including components as appropriate in each case from the following list: ¡ ¡ ¡ l l l Reference Models (Process and or Data Models) Data Types Core Components Context Values Business Information Entities Code Lists Messages Trade Recommendations Libraries (CCL, UN/EDIFACT, UNTDED) Guidelines Case Studies Technical Specifications Each UN/CEFACT package should indicate any internal or external dependencies UN/CEFACT packages should be versioned following proven standard software paradigms UN/CEFACT should provide road maps for package adoption CSDAT Aug 2010 19

CSDAT – Focus 10 UN/CEFACT Technical Specifications - how they fit together – Initial Analysis A) UMM 1. 0 Package B) UMM 2. 0 Package • • UMM 1. 0 Base Module UMM 1. 0 Foundation Module UMM 2. 0 Base Module UMM 2. 0 Foundation Module C) CCTS 2. 01 Package D) CCTS 3. 0 Package l l l l • • • CCTS 2. 01 (ISO TS 15000 -5/eb. XML Part 8) CCMA XML NDRs v. 2. 0 DT Catalog UCM XML 4 CCTS SBDH CSDAT Aug 2010 CCTS 3. 0 XML NDRs v 3. 0 DT Catalog UCM XML 4 CCTS SBDH 20

CSDAT – Focus 10 UN/CEFACT Po. W Promised Key Deliverables § Single Window data harmonization and data modelling § Capacity building materials especially for countries in transition § International symposium on Single Window and Cross Border Data Exchange in collaboration with Member States and other stakeholders, including international organizations § Enhanced cooperation with the European Union and the Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) § Enhancement and refinement of CCL & related XML Schemas § Collaboration with WTO CSDAT Aug 2010 21

CSDAT – Focus 10 POW Tying it all Together - Priorities § § There are 37 individually deliverables identified in the UN/CEFACT Po. W While there are only 2 direct dependencies on the UN/CEFACT Tech Specs the UN/CEFACT Technical Specifications are the primary enablers of the TBG work and therefore support the following 2 specific items: These are: Deliverable Name Tech Spec Dependency Other Dependency 1. 2. 1 An integrated and detailed process and data model of the international supply chain UMM CCTS CCMA CCL & ISCM TBG WGs 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19 2. 1. 1 New standards and recommendations in response to the needs of member States and the business UMM, CCTS, CCMA, UCM, SBDH, EDIFACT Syntax , XML NDRs CCL, UNTDED and UNTDID (EDIFACT Directories) CSDAT Aug 2010 22

CSDAT This review determined that UN/CEFACT requires a well-defined technical architecture in order to successfully complete its Mission. Initial Recommendations ¡ Determine the needs of the stakeholders (UN/CEFACT beneficiaries) following the e. BGT advised approach ¡ Change management is important and the impact on the UN/CEFACT audience must be considered for any change made ¡ Further define the dependency packages beyond this initial effort and relate them to the interoperability layers ¡ Develop a reuse methodology which supports harmonization at all levels and provides a restriction mechanism ¡ Agree on a single semantic approach ¡ Further investigation to show the relevance and the interdependencies of these findings within the framework ¡ The use of open standards that are universally and freely available ¡ Investigate potential relationships and formalize informal relationships with other organizations CSDAT Aug 2010 23

CSDAT l Contributors ¡ ¡ ¡ CSDAT Aug 2010 Alain Dechamps Christian Huemer Eduardo Gutentag Jostein Fromyr Martin Forsberg Mary Kay Blantz Niki Sahling Peter Potgieser Philipp Liegl Scott Hinkelman Sue Probert 24