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The Information Content Management Group ensures the release of quality technical specifications for e-business. It manages UN/CEFACT information repositories, technical conformance, maintenance of information components, and registration of syntax-specific objects. The group's work program includes defining UML profile for class diagrams, enhancing interoperability, enabling automatic XML generation, and developing reusable models. Plenary items include UN/LOCODE, freight cost codes, and workflow process issues for action. Call for Heads of Delegation to encourage participation for efficient global business processes.
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INFORMATION CONTENT MANAGEMENT GROUP ICG • MIKE CONROY, CHAIR
Group’s Mandate (Summary) • The purpose of the Information Content Management Group(ICG) is to ensure the release of quality technical specifications for e-business. To achieve this aim it will be responsible for the: • Management of the UN/CEFACT information repositories and libraries for electronic business and Recommendations that fall within its scope as listed in section 2 of the mandate; • Technical conformance and the registration of the UN/CEFACT business requirements specifications; • Normalization and maintenance of the base syntax neutral information components that serve as the building blocks for the development of standards for implementation; • Technical conformity and registration of syntax specific information objects and components.
New Projects • UMM PROFILE FOR UML • OBJECTIVE • DEFINE UML PROFILE FOR CLASS DIAGRAMS • PERMIT COMMON USE OF UML ARTIFACTS • ENHANCE INTEROPERABILITY • ENABLE AUTOMATIC XML GENERATION • DEFINE UML PROFILE FOR CORE COMPONENTS • PERMIT INTERGRATION AND USE IN UML DEVELOPMENT TOOLS • PROVIDE AUTOMATED PLATFORM FOR LIBRARY COMPONENT USE • ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF REUSABLE MODELS REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UN REPOSITORY STRATEGY
Items for Plenary Noting • Recommendation 16: • UN/LOCODE 2003-2 and UN/LOCODE 2004-1 • Recommendation 23: • Freight cost codes – FCC • UN/EDIFACT D.03A • UN/EDIFACT D.03B • TBG/ATG/ICG workflow process
Issues for Plenary action • Difficulty in securing participation to the group • New group • Functions not yet visible • New deliverables that require development Request Heads of Delegation to encourage participation
UN/CEFACT SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS.