Welcome to the REGS Electronic Commerce Library

 

Attention REGS Members:  Please update REGS
with your helpful Electronic Commerce Resources.

Email  Bob Cody, REGS Webmaster at rcod@chevron.com

 

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API PIDX REGS EDI X12
IMPLEMENTATION GUIDES

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Royalty Regulatory Report 


This REGS EDI transaction set can be used to provide royalty regulatory reporting data for extraction of minerals and petroleum products from leased property.   The data can be sent to federal and state government agencies to meet regulatory requirements.  The data can be exchanged between private industry trading partners for information purposes. 
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Royalty Regulatory Report 

This REGS EDI transaction set can be used to electronically exchange the Electronic Filing of Tax Return (813) which is used to convey severence tax information.

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Production Transfer & Resale Report


This REGS EDI transaction set can be used to: (1) report information about product that has been transferred from one location to another, (2) report sales of product from one or more locations to an end customer. 

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Well Information Exchange Tutorial

 

The purpose of this tutorial is to offer guidance on the use of the Well Information Transaction Set (625).  The (625) transaction set facilitates the exchange of engineering, geological and environmental information related to non-financial well activities.

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Payment Order/remittance Advice

This transaction set can be used to make a payment, send a remittance advice, or make a payment and send a remittance advice.  This transaction set can be an order to a financial institution to make a payment to a payee.  It can also be a remittance advice identifying the detail needed to perform cash applications to the payee's accounts receivable system.  The remittance advice can go directly from payer to payee, through a financial institution, or through a third party agent.

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Functional Acknowledgement


This REGS EDI transaction set can be used to define the control structures for a set of acknowledgments to indicate the results of the syntactical analysis of the electronically encoded documents.  The encoded documents are the transaction sets, which are grouped in functional groups, used in defining transactions for business data interchange. 

 

REGS
Maintained EC Code Listing

REGS maintains its own code tables for use with our electronic exchanges. 
You can download our current REGS Excel Code Listing, Version 3.7 (xls).   Revised
10/13/2008
 Bob Cody, Chevron  has volunteered to maintain our industry REGS EC Code Listing.

 

PIDX Standards Committee
Electronic Commerce Resources

PIDX Approval Process
Draft Specification

This is a specification of an approval process for formal PIDX deliverables such as API Recommended Practices and Endorsements. There are basically four steps in the life cycle of a specification going through this process: 1)Proposal; 2)Draft Specification; 3)Candidate Specification; and 4)Approved Specification. At each step this process attempts to provide a framework for balancing the often conflicting requirements of generating an effective solution and getting the work done in an efficient and timely manner.
ANSI X12 - CICA - Executive Summary This X12 Executive Summary provides an overview of the Context Inspired Component Architecture (CICA). 
ANSI  X12 - Procedures for the development and maintenance of X12 XML Business Documents Standards This document defines procedures for the development, maintenance, reaffirmation and withdrawal of X12 eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Business Documents Standards.   
ANSI X12 - Reference Model for XML Design Developed by the X12's Communications and Controls Subcommittee (X12C), provides for which XML features to use and how to use them.  Also provides a philosophical foundations and general design rules.  
ANSI X12 - Code Maintenance Procedures Procedures for maintaining code list associated with X12 Standards.   

 

REGS
Other Electronic Commerce Resources

REGS
Electronic Commerce Agreement Model

This Electronic Commerce Agreement was created by the partnership between the Minerals Management Service and various Petroleum EC Trading Partners.   Much time and effort was spent in preparing this document.  This EC Agreement is endorsed by REGS, and is suggested to be used by our Regulatory Petroleum EC Community. 
GWPC's Business Case for API Approval
of an XML Schema for the Oil and Gas Industry
Business Case for the API Approval of an XML Schema for Production, Injection, location Data, and Permitting.  Prepared by the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC). 

State of Alaska
Division of Oil & Gas
Dept of Natural Resources
EDI   Implementation Guides 

The EDI Implementation guide provides information on how to map the State of Alaska Royalty Report forms to the ANSI X12 version 4010 Transaction Sets. Only two transaction sets are planned for use in the immediate future. Those transaction sets are TS -185 and TS – 997. Detail examples are included for mapping Alaska royalty Report forms to the TS – 185

Minerals Management Service
EDI Implementation Handbook

The Minerals Management Service has added their Agency EDI Handbook online.  You can view online or download to your PC.  The EDI Implementation Guide is in an Adobe PDF format.  This handbook contains implementation guidelines necessary to transmit MMS's regulatory report forms in the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 format. 


Tutorial on  ANSI X12 Standard Format
by GE Global eXchange Services


This ANSI X12  tutorial covers topics including:

ANSI X12 101 Basics X12 Segments- structure, interpretations, conditions
Transaction Set Structures Data Elements - what they are and how to use them.
Message Structure and Enveloping Functional Acknowledgements - who needs them ?

Tutorial on EDIFACT Standard Format
by GE Global eXchange Services


This EDIFACT Standard tutorial covers topics including:

EDIFACT 101 Basics Segments- structure, interpretations, conditions
Messages- structure, segments, types, loops Data Elements- what they are and how to use them
Message Structure & Enveloping Control Message - your electronic receipt. 

Introduction to EDI
by GE Information Services


This primer is designed to provide a brief overview of EDI for anyone who is considering incorporating EDI into their business.


IT-Specific Encyclopedia

Definitions for thousands of the most current IT-related words

 

REGS
XML Resources

API  PIDX  XML White Paper (doc)
Prepared by the PIDX Standards Committee

The ultimate objective of this document is to assist the petroleum community with understanding this new technology and understanding how it may have an impact on industry business practices.  This is a compilation prepared by business and technical experts in the petroleum community.


Tutorial:  XML
by GE Global eXchange Services


This XML tutorial covers topics including:

What is XML ? What is the basic structure of an XML document.?
How and why XML was developed. How XML documents are read.
What are the components of an XML application. ? How XML may be used in providing electronic commerce soluctions.

Introduction to XML
from Sun Microsystems

A comprehensive introduction into XML.

Introduction to XML
By IBM


An online introduction to XML, includes sections on "What is XML, "How can I use XML today", "Applying XML", and "Case Studies".

XML Tutorial
by Microsoft


This XML tutorial includes lessons on: (1) Authoring XML elements, (2) Authoring XML documents, (3) Authoring XML Data Islands, (3) Using XML Objects Model, (4) using XML Object Model, (5) Using XML Namespaces, (6) Authoring XML Schemas, (7) Using Data Types Within XML Documents. 

ebXML
Globally developed open
XML-based Standard


ebXML is a set of specifications that together enable a modular electronic business framework. The vision of ebXML is to enable a global electronic marketplace where enterprises of any size and in any geographical location can meet and conduct business with each other through the exchange of XML based messages. ebXML is a joint initiative of the United Nations (UN/CEFACT) and OASIS, developed with global participation for global usage

UN/CEFACT
United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation
 and Electronic Commerce

UN/CEFACT is the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business. It is open to participation from Member States, intergovernmental organizations, and sectoral and industry associations recognized by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC). The Center's objective is to be "inclusive" and it actively encourages organizations to contribute and help develop its recommendations and standards.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)


This site on XML is hosted by the W3C, owners of the XML specification. An excellent starting point for finding just about anything about XML.

ASC X12
Accredited Standards Committee
 

The Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 develops standards for cross-industry electronic exchange of business information. During the past 20 years, ASC X12 made the first generation of e-commerce standards a reality. Today, more then 300,000 companies have saved billions of dollars and expanded their market reach by incorporating Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) into their business operations and trading partner relationships.

XML Working Group FAQ


A comprehensive FAQ about XML maintained by some of the contributors to the W3C's XML Working Group. This is the definitive FAQ on the subject.

OASIS


OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, is a nonprofit, international consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of product-independent formats based on public standards. These standards include SGML, XML, HTML and CGM as well as others that are related to structured information processing.

XML Zone


This site offers useful XML information, including articles, technical guides, demos, XML scenarios, and monthly columns.

Project Cool XML Zone


The Project Cool XML Zone takes you from a basic introduction to XML through detailed how-to tutorials and advanced techniques. Also look out for their IE 5.0 behavior library and ongoing interviews with innovators who are applying XML to their own web projects.

XML School

Attend XML School.  Great tutorial for basics & advance
XML topics online

XML-101

This site offers various educational resources on XML. 

XML.com

Lots of valualable information on XML

XML.org


XML.ORG is a self-supporting community resource designed to provide a credible source of accurate, timely information about the application of XML in industrial and commercial settings. Hosted by OASIS, XML.org serves as a reference for XML vocabularies, DTDs, schemas, and namespaces.

 

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