I don't agree that moving in this direction will convince our potential adopters to chose OFBiz. Having all entities in one component doestn't give them more choice. Neither does having all eecas in one component.
Today it is already possible to have the entity definitions split up into multiple files to create more clarity as to what each component delivers. The same can be said for eecas and other services. Maybe we should embark on that, before we decide to move it all to one monolithical entity component. Best regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Jacques Le Roux < [email protected]> wrote: > Le 11/06/2015 21:10, Ron Wheeler a écrit : > >> I would suggest adding other levels to the structure so that >> specializations are easy to add without creating conflicts or constant flux >> as people alter the accounting-entitymodel.xml to suit their needs and >> submit it as the "right" version". >> >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> might be better structured as >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/demo/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/general/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/manufacturing/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/professionalServices/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/eCommerce/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> >> It may be that the first specialization will be by country or region to >> get the vocabulary or regulatory compliance particularities separated >> >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/general/UK/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/general/NAFTA/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/general/NAFTA_MX/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/general/EU/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/demo/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/demo/EU/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/demo/NAFTA/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/manufacturing/EU/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/professionalServices/EU?accounting-entitymodel.xml >> applications/datamodel/entitidef/eCommerce/EU/accounting-entitymodel.xml >> >> Clearly we would start out with only the demo set but I think that we >> could quickly get some of the other alternatives in place as people >> contribute versions that they want to be part of the basic set. >> >> Would it make sense to break accounting-entitymodel.xml into separate >> files for mandatory and optional entities to make it clear the entities >> that can be modified or dropped without affecting OOB functionality? >> > > I'm not against the idea, though it needs to be discussed more > Anyway it can be done later as we will go with baby steps as Jacopo > suggested > > Jacques > > > >> Ron >> >> >> On 11/06/2015 10:18 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: >> >>> On Jun 11, 2015, at 3:51 PM, Taher Alkhateeb <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I would like to help and I think we need to think carefully of the >>>> layout / structure though i.e. how to breakup the entities in files and/or >>>> directories. >>>> >>> I would suggest that, at least in the first step, we do it in a simple >>> way like the following: >>> >>> 1) create the new component, named for example "datamodel" (please >>> suggest a better name) >>> 2) move all the entity xml files from the applications to the >>> "datamodel" component keeping the files separated as they are, but adding a >>> prefix; for example >>> >>> applications/accounting/entitidef/entitymodel.xml >>> >>> will be moved to: >>> >>> applications/datamodel/entitidef/accounting-entitymodel.xml >>> >>> The end result will be a "datamodel" component with an entitidef/ folder >>> containing several files, approximately one per application component >>> >>> 3) similar approach for eeca files >>> >>> 4) add the relevant entries in >>> >>> applications/datamodel/ofbiz-component.xml >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Jacopo >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>
