> > I want to add my two cents.
> >
> > Right now there is no current standard for e-commerce DTD.
There are
> > several companies or organized group who would like to push
their
> > standards. I feel to make a suitable standard, it should be
in the hands
> > of the open source community. I visited some websites to try
to get a
> > copy of their e-commerce DTD; one asked me to registered
everything about
> > myself, and others only allow it to be downloaded to a select
few.
> >
> > What I feel the necessary course of action is to extend on
ECML and create
> > our own standard. I do believe we can make FreeTrade an
e-commerce
> > standard for the 21st century. I'm doing everything humanly
possible to
> > make this a reality.
> Hmm, as a reality check, we're only talking about exporting
invoice
> dumps to XML, so using a cutting edge e-commerce DTD doesn't
really mean
> a heck of a lot. Think of the reasons why invoice dumps are
used
> (naturally, your reasons may vary), and I'm sure you'll see why
this
> whole concept is, in my humble opinion, just a bit overrated.
> Nonetheless, Kent, I appreciate your strident efforts to make
Freetrade
> an industry standard. Every open source project needs a
cheerleader
Heh Heh, Probably the best thing to do... if you modify FreeTrade
to work with specific dumps, then cool... they should be made
available as an Output Option or something... then, if you're
making a cart and it requires an output that has already been
designed and implemented successfully, then it could be included
in the distribution and chosen as the invoice output type for
your store... Most small clients don't implement any sort of
automatic backend processing... so perhaps there should be a few
modules for different invoice dumps...
Invoice to XLS output (exists)
Invoice to XML DTD (supply DTD or something)
Invoice to Email/PGP
Make it a config property or something... that way you're not
forced to use a specific output... the store i'm working on right
now... i have no idea what the client wants to do for orders yet
:)
anyway... those are my comments and you're free to disagree... :)
and if none of this makes sense.. i'm sorry... i'm still
sleeping...
Roger
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