OAGi News for June 2012

Hi and welcome to our June 2012 newsletter. This is our monthly newsletter for the OAGi community. For regular updates of activities and happenings, you can follow us on Facebook here.  You can also find us on LinkedIn here, and Twitter here.  We ask our members and friends to “like” and follow us.

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Welcome to our two new members, Insight Software and Data Communication Solutions!

Please join me in welcoming our two newest members, Insight Software and Data Communication Solutions.

Insite Software is a global provider of integrated ecommerce and shipping software solutions for the manufacturing, distribution, and retail industries. We specialize in integrating ecommerce and shipping systems into enterprise business functions—ERP, CRM, accounting, and human resources—to improve efficiency and maximize ROI. http://www.insitesoft.com/

DCS is a services organization that focuses exclusively upon business-to-business complexities.  The goal of DCS is to help improve an organization’s supply-chain processes and DCS specializes in EDI, B2B and connecting to ERP systems.  You can find them on the web at http://www.dcs-is-edi.com/

6 New Case Studies Recently Posted

We just posted 6 new case studies on our website.  These are case studies from our members from past Plenary Sessions.  They include:

• CDC Software deploys OAGIS in the Cloud 
• Oracle Supply Chain Vision and OAGIS Support 
• Cisco Deploys new Partner Solutions with OAGIS and AS4 
• E-Commerce in the Cloud using OAGIS – Vortx Case Study 
• GXS Offers B2B in the Cloud for Small and Medium Business 
• Amazing Integration for CDC Supply Chain with OAGIS 

We invite you to download them here.

Mobile, Cloud, JSON Initiative continues to make progress

Our Mobile, Cloud, and JSON Working Group continues to meet and make progress.  The most recent work has focused on using OAGIS within a REST framework, the most popular way to code API’s in the cloud and for mobile.

We are looking at using the 4 regular verbs for REST processing: GET, PUT, DELETE, and POST.  We are thinking we may need to augment them with some of the existing OAGIS Verbs also, but that decision has not been made.

We have also declared that the highest form of content will be the OAGIS Noun and the lowest could be even at the Element level.  The componentization of the OAGIS architecture really lays a strong foundation for this new use of OAGIS.

None of this means we will be eliminating the BOD Messaging capability, we are augmenting it with the REST capability.

Remember it is the content that is important and the more ways we can use the content the more useful the common data model will be of users of OAGIS.

Chem eStandards Release 5.2 goes to Public Review

We are pleased to announce the initiation of the Chem eStandards (i.e., Ag eStandards ) Release 5.2 public review period. The changes to the standard were requested by several companies within AgGateway, who is a member of the OAGi Chemical Industry Council and a partner of OAGi.

The public review period will continue through 19 July 2012. AgGateway and OAGi welcome questions and comments at inquiry@oagi.org.  The public review package is available at:

http://www.oagi.org/dnn2/DownloadsandResources/ChemeStandards52PublicReview.aspx

OAGi launches new survey entitled "How are you using OAGIS?"

OAGi has recently launched a new OAGIS survey entitled "How are you using OAGIS?".  The purpose of this survey is to find out more information about who is using OAGIS and how they are using it.

We have added the survey to our OAGIS download page as well as the front page of our web site.  We invite you to participate in the survey.  You can go directly to the survey here.

OAGIS Release 9.6 is Coming Soon!

OAGIS Release 9.6 has finished Public Review and is scheduled for General Availability the end of June, 2012.  We will be sending out a separate announcement, so stay tuned.

This release of OAGIS brings a great deal of new content as well as some technical advancements that bring us closer to OAGIS Release 10 (OAGIS X).  The architecture Council is calling this release a bridge release.

Several changes have been made to support the new UN/CEFACT 3.0 Naming and Design Rules and Core Component Technical Specification (CCTS) 3.0.  Other changes were made to better enable our OAGIS users to take advantage of the UN/CEFACT Context Mechanism Specification (UCM).

In addition, the content that is added in this release of OAGIS includes:

·         From the High Tech Council

o    New Noun as part of co-development with Cisco Systems and the OAGi Staff

§  Configuration Noun

§  Updates to Quote Noun

o    Content from CDC led Export Compliance Working Group

§  Party Screen Noun

§  Party Screen Response Noun

§  Three Scenarios

·         From the Architecture Council

o    New Content contributed by Oracle Corporation

§  Warehouse Order (EDI X12 940)

§  Warehouse Shipping Advice (EDI X12 945)

·         iBASEt Member Contribution

o    Item Non Conformance Noun and Scenario

·         Architecture enhancements to the Extensions Mechanism and Process

·         Change requests submitted by members and users

OAGIS Release 10 work continues with four ongoing initiatives

The OAGIS Release Ten (OAGIS X) Working Groups continue to meet on a regular basis and we encourage your participation.  We can use all the smart people we can get!  The meetings include Architecture, HR Content, Chemical Industry Gap Analysis, and Context.

All OAGi members are invited to join any of these groups.  If you are interested in joining any of these Working Groups, please contact us here.

Meeting Calendar for 2012

OAGi has recently moved revised and republished it’s events calendar.  This calendar contains all Working Group, Council Meetings, and face to face meetings.  

We welcome all OAGi members and users to take advantage of this revised calendar.  You can access our calendar here.