Actually it was something I was suggesting, in starting. :) as you can see by your search not much focus is done on this, but I have found that it is what most programming efforts miss.
David E Jones sent the following on 11/15/2008 9:57 AM: > > This sounds interesting. What is the name of this standard? I tried > searching for ["Open Business UI"] (ie with quotes) on google and it > found no results, and without quotes an OFBiz resource was the first > result. > > Do you have a URL or something? > > -David > > > On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:21 PM, BJ Freeman wrote: > >> My favorite is Open Business UI standard. >> Not from a programming point of view but from a business use. >> 1) lowering Key strokes >> 2) lowering Learning Curve. >> 3) error processing (bullet proofing User Entry) >> >> >> David E Jones sent the following on 11/13/2008 7:03 PM: >>> >>> NOTE: This is part of a more general effort to use some requirements and >>> designs to guide what we do in OFBiz. I'll be sending out more messages >>> along these lines. >>> >>> In the new "OFBiz Requirements and Designs" space I have added a page >>> with information about open standards used in OFBiz, or that we >>> could/should use in OFBiz. This is an initial pass at this and will >>> likely need a lot of reorganization and maintenance over time, but >>> already has some information that I hope will be useful for people >>> interested in pursuing implementation of open standards, or use of >>> implementations of open standards. Here is the page: >>> >>> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBREQDES/Open+Standards+for+OFBiz >>> >>> There are a few ways these might be useful: >>> >>> 1. for those interested in supporting open standards and want to >>> implement them >>> >>> 2. for those who want to contribute to OFBiz but aren't sure what would >>> be good to implement >>> >>> 3. if you have an integration or standardized reporting need, why not do >>> it based on an open standard like UBL, OAGIS, or XBRL? in this way you >>> (or your client) will have a better thought out file format, and one >>> that may already have some existing code to support it, or others in the >>> community you can collaborate with to build it >>> >>> If anyone has any questions, or any other standards you'd like to see >>> represented there, please do write! >>> >>> -David >>> >>> >>> > > >
