X12 I Transportation Subcommittee Wednesday, June 8, 2005 San Diego, CA Control # ASC X12I/2005-23 Open Chairman Doug Anderson, Kleinschmidt, called the meeting to order at 8:00 on Wednesday June 8, 2005. Eighteen meeting participants introduced themselves, and approved the minutes from the February 2005 meeting in Nashville, TN. Task Group Reports Task group chairs gave the following reports: TG 1 XML TG 1 chair June Arnold, BNSF Railway Company, reported that TG1 met Tuesday 7 June 2005, and reviewed 4 referred DMs; the membership approved two and deferred two. Only one reviewer submitted a disapproval comment for the status message document; TG1/WG1 will respond to the submitter, and move the document forward for approval and publication X12I approved the task group actions unanimously. The TG reviewed the proposed tool requirements and provided feedback to X12C, and discussed technical and business regarding generating and distributing XML schemas from CICA documents. The Rail industry has established a work group to develop CICA-based rail transactions. TG 2 Air TG 2 did not meet TG 3 Motor TG 3 chair Bill Lohse, ABF/Data-Tronics, reported the task group met Monday 5 June 2005, with sixteen participants. Attendees approved the minutes from the last meeting, and provided updates on relevant activities at several other organizations, including: Global Standards One (GS1, formerly UCC/EAN) GS1 s Transportation Task Group (TTG) will meet 20 21 June in Princeton, NJ, NIT League ITAC, DoD s Motor Automated Carrier Interface and Defense Transportation Collaboration Initiatives, American Trucking Associations the IT track of the Technology and Maintenance Council meets 19 20 September, in Valley Forge, PA, Customs and Border Protection, X12 s CICA work groups, VICS Logistics subcommittee (including Bill of Lading work), and X12 s Steering Committee.
TG 3 considered twenty-seven Data Maintenance Requests. It approved 9, disapproved 1, and deferred 17. TG 4 Ocean TG 4 did not meet TG 5 Rail TG 5 vice chair Tom Bolling reported the task group met Monday 5 June 2005. It reviewed twenty-seven referred DMs, and approved the minutes from the last X12 meeting. Mr. Bolling provided an update on a new Rail industry initiative to develop CICA-based documents to exchange Customer Problem Log, Equipment Order and Release, Rail Services Pricing, and Rail Shipment Status documents. Discussion ensued regarding the difference between the TG1/WG1 status message and this newly proposed Rail status message. Ms. Arnold emphasized the TG1/WG1 message would remain. TG 6 Technical Review TG 6 chair Tom Bolling, Norfolk Southern, reported the task group met Tuesday, 8 June 2005 and reviewed twenty-seven referred Data Maintenance requests. Final disposition was: Approved 14 Approved as modified 1 Deferred 12. TG 7 Information and Procedures Acting TG 7 chair Doug Anderson, Kleinschmidt, reported the task group met Wednesday 7 June 2005, with nine participants. Members requested no room or schedule changes for the next trimester meeting, but noted that there was no coffee available (either free or for purchase) during the afternoon meeting sessions. The task group discussed moving the TG 7 meeting until after the full subcommittee meeting. Mr. Anderson noted that Steering Committee would meet on Saturday and Sunday preceding the regular trimester business meeting in September. TG 8 Travel and Tourism TG 8 did not meet TG 9 Customs TG 9 chair Kim Santos, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), reported the task group met Tuesday, 6 June 2005, with twenty-two participants. The task group reviewed and approved two referred DMs, and discussed a new DM to link license plate data to trucks and trailers. Mr. Santos expects to submit that DM for approval at the September meeting in Atlanta. Mr. Santos provided updates on the ACE truck manifest and the future Multi- Modal Manifest initiative.
TG 10 Multimodal TG 10 chair Sue Donarski, Schneider National, reported the task group met on Tuesday, 7 June 2005 with seventeen participants. Ms. Donarski provided an update on the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards (VICS) Logistics committee. Ms. Donarski reported that Schneider National has a representative on the VICS committee. She also provided an update on the 228 transaction set TG 10 was instrumental in developing. Trading partners are using the 228 as designed. TG 11 Logistics TG 11 did not meet. UN/CEFACT/ebXML Update Verna Schultz, RailInc, reported that UN/CEFACT s Transportation Guidelines committee would meet in July. Primary focus of the meeting will be data element harmonization. The fall UN/CEFACT meeting dates conflict with the fall X12 meeting, so Ms. Schultz does not plan to attend the fall UN/CEFACT meeting. X12 Syntax Sets Update Mr. Anderson reported there are no new transaction sets (TSs) currently under development. CICA XML Update Ms. Arnold asked the subcommittee if we wanted the Status Message published after this meeting. A discussion ensued regarding the implications of releasing the document for publication. One aspect of the discussion was if the membership approved the document, could DISA generate a schema? Ms. Schultz said Steve Bass, Washington Publishing, had committed to having a schemas generator available soon. Another aspect of the discussion centered on what would actually be released to the public a schema, the CICA document, both? Ms. Schultz again said the answers to these questions would be coming soon. The subcommittee voted to release the Status Message document for publication. Mr. Anderson announced that Altova would provide copies of their XML Tool suite to X12 in support of CICA document development. Members who want to receive a copy should send an email request to Mr. Anderson. New Work Projects Tom Bolling, Norfolk Southern, reported that the Rail industry has formed an internal XML task group to develop CICA-based XML documents for Rail industry use. Initial document planned for development include Customer Problem Log, Equipment Order and Release, Rail Services Pricing, and Rail Shipment Status documents.
Steering Committee Update Mr. Anderson provided an update from the Steering committee: The National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made an informal inquiry to X12 asking why CICA is not fully compliant with ebxml standards. The steering committee is formulating a response. Subcommittee C is working to develop enveloping structures for CICA documents; they will be functionally equivalent to X12 envelope structures (ISA, etc.) There are approximately 500 attendees at this meeting a slight increase over the last meeting. Total X12 membership is approximately 350 also a slight increase over the last meeting. The steering committee is developing a new standing document, SD4, titled Duties of the Secretariat. The document will go out to the membership for review and comment, then for a vote. DISA and the Northeast Ohio EDI Users group are co-sponsoring an educational conference on EDI, XML, CICA, and other related topics on October 18 19, 2005 in Cleveland, Ohio. The steering committee reported DISA revenue has recovered since the last X12 meeting. New tools for CICA development: o GEFEG will develop new tools for CICA developers. o ALTOVA is donating XML Suite for X12 use. o DISA has developed an Excel-based interim development tool. The steering committee discussed the role of the executive committee. In response to ANSI concerns documented at the last X12 meeting, the steering committee will update the Organization and Procedures Manual (OPM), changing SD2 to add X12 guidelines and Technical Reports interpretations. SD2 will also be completely re-written to be more similar to equivalent CICA documents. X12A, Education Administration, has not met in a year and a half will probably be disbanded. There are new rules for internal only X12 listservs. Check with Mr. Anderson if you need more information. The chair and vice-chair of X12 will be up for re-election in October 2005. Anyone wishing to enter a name into nomination should contact Mr. Anderson. Old Business There was no old business.
New Business Mr. Anderson noted that Implementation Guides (IGs) for 997s and 999s are under development; they will probably be specific to the insurance industry. Adjournment Mr. Anderson adjourned the meeting at 8:35 AM PDT. Respectfully submitted, Frank B. Napoli, X12I Secretary