The project’s purpose is to address the now globally recognised importance of the role of canonical process and data models in facilitating trade. Given UN/CEFACT’s current global recognition as a proven and effective standards developer, the development of such a canonical mode is considered to be UN/CEFACT’s number one opportunity.

The project will draw on UN/CEFACT’s sound foundations and current progress to date in the development of such a canonical model and proceed to develop guidelines to assist all working groups engaged in the development of UN/CEFACT standards and recommendations to contribute effectively to the delivery of the required canonical model.

The opportunity & the driving forces

UN/CEFACT is poised to significantly contribute to:

• Blockchain enabled “Trust” applied to the supply chain
• Internet enabled “Collaboration” applied to the supply chain “Data Pipeline”
• The uptake of process driven as distinct to document driven supply chains as required to gain benefit from blockchain and IoT technologies, and in support of “Event Driven Architectures” based services
• Deployment of UN/CEFACT’s Reference Data Model approach

To deliver UN/CEFACT must now focus on processes and choreography moving beyond primarily focussing only on message definition.

Project

scope

The

project

will

examine

all

current

UN/CEFACT

deliverables

covering

BRS;

RSM;

ISCRM;

CCL:

SCRDM

&

MMT-RDM;

MA

&

schema.

Based

on

the

existing

UMM

(2003)

and

CCTS

(2003)

both

designed

to

ensure

that

UN/CEFACT

works

to

the

delivery

of

the

required

canonical

model,

and

in

considering

newer

technologies,

an

analysis

will

be

conducted

to

determine

the

extent

to

which

modernization

may

be

required

of

the

base

UN/CEFACT

instruments

and

methods.

Preliminary

assessment

and

experience

dating

back

to

2002

indicates

that

to

original

developers

of

the

UN/CEFACT

instruments

UMM

&

CCTS

held

great

insight

into

the

directions

of

future

technologies

including

blockchain

and

sensor

technology.

The

project

will

assess

any

identifiable

gap

in

existing

instruments,

tools

and

methods,

make

recommendations

as

to

how

to

address,

and

then

to

develop

guidelines

to

ensure

that

the

opportunity

to

use

to

greater

purpose

in

particular

UMM

and

related

artifacts

is

addressing

the

global

move

to

Event

Driven

Architectures

applied

to

software

based

business

solutions.

This

project

may

result

in

subsequent

projects

where

technical

specifications

may

need

to

be

updated

to

the

latest

technologies.

The project deliverables are:
     •	Gap analysis and recommendations with respect to any ‘modernization’ required of existing instruments, methods or deliverables.
     •	Report on the current and proposed use of tools, both commercial and bespoke as deployed in the work of developing UN/CEFACT recommendations and standards
     •	Development of Guidelines for extended/deeper use of UMM, CCTS and resultant BRS, RSM, ISCRM, SCRDM, MMT-RDM, CCL, schema
     •	Executive guide material suited to communication of the UN/CEFACT capability in standards development

The exit criteria will be:
     •	Gap analysis and recommendations with respect to any ‘modernization’ required of existing instruments, methods or deliverables.
          o	Analysis and recommendations presented to the Bureau for Project Exit
     •	Report on the current and proposed use of tools, both commercial and bespoke as deployed in the work of developing UN/CEFACT recommendations and standards
          o	Report presented to the Bureau for Project Exit
     •	Development of Guidelines for extended/deeper use of UMM, CCTS and resultant BRS, RSM, ISCRM, SCRDM, MMT-RDM, CCL, schema
          o	Guideline presented to the Bureau and intended to be circulated to all Domains and eventually published on the website for future usage guidance.
     •	Executive guide material suited to communication of the UN/CEFACT capability in standards development
          o	Guide presented to the Bureau and intended to be presented to the Plenary for information and published on the website.

The project team is open to experts with broad knowledge and experience in the area of supply chain and related activities as well as in modelling techniques. In addition, Heads of Delegations may invite technical experts from their constituency to participate in the work. Experts are expected to contribute to the work based solely on their expertise and to comply with the UN/CEFACT Code of Conduct and Ethics.

HoD support not required for internal / communication deliverables.

The geographical focus is global.

     •	UN/CEFACT Modelling Methodology (CEFACT/TMG/N093)
     •	UN/CEFACT ebXML Core Components Technical Specification Version 2.01
     •	UN/EDIFACT Data element directory D.16A
     •	BRS and RSM Templates 

No additional secretariat resources will required.

Proposed Project Leader. Tat Tsen Jonathon Koh