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Managing Variants of USDL

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Different variants of USDL are required for different contexts. This is already shown by the Legal Module which requires different contents depending on the jurisdiction of a country. The issue aggravates if more and more parameters are relevant to determine the correct variant. The chapter presents one possible solution for variant management consisting of a canonical data model, a context driver mechanism, governance processes, and appropriate tooling. Although the solution for variant management is targeted at existing business documents, such as a purchase order, it provides a powerful and adequate means for dealing with USDL variants as well.

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    Gunther Stuhec

  2. SAP Research Karlsruhe, Vincenz-Priessnitz-Str. 1, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Daniel Oberle, Michael Dietrich, Jens Lemcke, J&rg Rech & Wolfgang Karl Rainer Schwach

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  4. Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Englerstr. 11, Geb 11.40, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Christian Janiesch

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Stuhec, G. et al. (2012). Managing Variants of USDL. In: Barros, A., Oberle, D. (eds) Handbook of Service Description. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1864-1_17

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