XML Naming and Design Rules (NDR)
approved as UN/CEFACT technical specification1
Geneva, 7 March 2006 - The UN/CEFACT Forum announces the publication
of version 2.0 of the XML2 Naming
and Design Rules technical specification.
The specification allows users to identify, capture and maximize the re-use
of business information expressed as XML schema components. It ensures consistent
and efficient use of XML in a business-to-business and application-to-application
environment. It can be utilized wherever business information is being shared
or exchanged among and between enterprises and government agencies worldwide
using XML schema.
This specification is used by UN/CEFACT experts to develop XML schema based
on information models developed in accordance with the Core Components
Technical Specification – (CCTS), version 2.01. It also provides
value to designers who need to specify the conversion of user input into XML
schema representations.
Since both the NDR and CCTS are consistent with the Unified Modelling Language
(UML), NDR design rules can be applied to non-CCTS constructs as well.
The NDR specification was developed under the UN /CEFACT Open Development
Process (ODP)3 and approved
following successful implementation that was verified and subsequently confirmed
by the editing group.
For information on the XML Naming and Design Rules, contact the ATG Chair
(Anders Grangard - [email protected])
or the Project Team Leader (Mark Crawford – [email protected]).
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1 The standard and supporting
XML schemas can be downloaded at http://webster.disa.org/cefact-groups/atg
2 eXtensible Markup Language
3 http://www.unece.org/cefact/cf_plenary/plenary05/cf_05_05e.pdf
Ref. ECE/TRADE/06/P01