1. Objectives
1.1 Purpose
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;
- Technical conformance and the registration of the UN/CEFACT
business requirements
- Normalization and maintenance of the base syntax neutral
information components that serve as the building blocks for
the development of standards for implementation; and
- Technical conformance and registration of syntax
specific information objects and components.
1.2 Scope
The activities related to the ICG are within the mission and
objectives of UN/CEFACT and its empowered groups. The groups
work to produce trade facilitation and electronic business
recommendations and technical specifications to advance global
commerce.
2. Key Deliverables
The key deliverables of the ICG are:
- A series of coherent, consistent and normalized
reference libraries comprising the business requirements,
information objects and code lists that are aligned with the
domain reference models and serve as the building blocks for
the development of standards for implementation;
- Validating the conformance of technical specifications
with the corresponding publication guidelines and for the
release of approved syntax specific information objects and
components;
- Processes and procedures for the maintenance of the
libraries;
- Mechanisms for ensuring the quality of the library
contents;
- Proposals, including draft Recommendations for review
and approval by the UN/CEFACT Plenary and
- Maintenance of Recommendations :
- UNECE Recommendation No. 3 - ISO Country Code for
Representation of Names of Countries;
- UNECE Recommendation No. 5 - Abbreviations of INCOTERMS;
- UNECE Recommendation No. 7 - Numerical Representation of
Dates, Time, and Periods of Time;
- UNECE Recommendation No. 8 - Unique Identification Code
Methodology - UNIC;
- UNECE Recommendation No. 9 - Alphabetical Code for the
Representation of Currencies;
- UNECE Recommendation No. 10 - Codes for Ship's Names;
- UNECE Recommendation No. 15 - Simpler Shipping Marks;
- UNECE Recommendation No. 16 - United Nations Code for
Trade and Transport Locations (UN/LOCODE);
- UNECE Recommendation No. 17 - Payterms;
- UNECE Recommendation No. 19 - Codes for Modes of
Transport;
- UNECE Recommendation No. 20 - Codes for units of measure
used in international trade;
- UNECE Recommendation No. 21 - Codes for Types of Cargo,
Packages and Packaging Materials;
- UNECE Recommendation No. 23 - Freight Cost Code;
- UNECE Recommendation No. 24 - Trade and Transport Status
Codes; and
- UNECE Recommendation No. 28 - Codes for Types of Means
of Transport.
3. Functional Expertise of Membership
Membership is open to experts with broad knowledge in the
area of the functions of UN/CEFACT, and its groups, as well as:
- Semantics of business practices and codification;
- Information modeling in the application of reusable
design practices; and/or
- Syntax conversant with the rules defined for the syntax
solutions supported by UN/CEFACT.
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 Ethics.
4. Geographical Focus
The focus is global.
5. Delegated Responsibilities
The ICG is empowered in accordance with agreed procedures to:
- Establish working-groups and project teams as required;
- Approve project proposals via the Forum Management Group (FMG);
- Progress designated projects following UN/CEFACT's Open
Development Process for Technical Specifications;
- Collaborate with other UN/CEFACT Groups and the
UN/CEFACT Bureau on implementation of it's
work plan;
- Present draft proposals and/or recommendations to the
UN/CEFACT Plenary;
- Formal release of any ICG deliverables not requiring
UN/CEFACT approval; and
- Cooperate and establish liaisons with other groups and
organizations as required.
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