Author: jleroux
Date: Tue Nov 14 21:21:54 2017
New Revision: 1815268
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1815268&view=rev
Log:
No functional change, 1st apache-ofbiz-project-overview.html review and update
Modified:
ofbiz/tools/wiki-files/apache-ofbiz-project-overview.html
Modified: ofbiz/tools/wiki-files/apache-ofbiz-project-overview.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/tools/wiki-files/apache-ofbiz-project-overview.html?rev=1815268&r1=1815267&r2=1815268&view=diff
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--- ofbiz/tools/wiki-files/apache-ofbiz-project-overview.html (original)
+++ ofbiz/tools/wiki-files/apache-ofbiz-project-overview.html Tue Nov 14
21:21:54 2017
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
<meta name="Distribution" content="Global" />
<meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" />
<meta name="keywords" content="Open Source ERP,Open Source CRM,Open Source
E-Commerce,Open Source eCommerce,Open Source SCM,Open Source MRP,Open Source
CMMS,Open Source EAM,web
services,workflow,ebusiness,e-business,ecommerce,e-commerce,automation,enterprise
software,open source,entity engine,service
engine,erp,crm,party,accounting,facility,supply,chain,management,catalog,order,project,task,work
effort,financial,ledger,content management,customer,inventory"/>
- <meta name="Description" content="Apache OFBiz (The Apache Open For
Business Project) is an open source enterprise automation software project
licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0. Being open source under the
Apache 2.0 license and driven by a community Apache OFBiz offers both
flexibility by design and by access to code, and a solution where you're not
alone but rather can work with many others to get things done." />
+ <meta name="Description" content="Apache OFBiz is an open source
enterprise automation software project licensed under the Apache License
Version 2.0. Being open source under the Apache 2.0 license and driven by a
community Apache OFBiz offers both flexibility by design and by access to code,
and a solution where you're not alone but rather can work with many others to
get things done." />
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="images/favicon.ico" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/global.css" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/prototype.js"></script>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
<h3>Purpose</h3>
-<p>The Purpose of this document is to give you an overview of the Open For
Business Project from a business perspective. It will
+<p>The Purpose of this document is to give you an overview of the OFBiz
Project from a business perspective. It will
review some of the principles and motivations behind the project, major
application components, and a brief explanation of the
system's technical organization.</p>
<p>The descriptions of functionality in this document are meant to give you a
high level overview of the system. For more
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ detailed information you can look over t
<h3>Introduction</h3>
-<p>Open For Business (OFBiz) is a suite of enterprise applications built on a
common architecture using common data, logic and
+<p>OFBiz is a suite of enterprise applications built on a common architecture
using common data, logic and
process components. The loosely coupled nature of the applications makes these
components easy to understand, extend and customize.</p>
<p>The tools and architecture of OFBiz make it easy to efficiently develop and
maintain enterprise applications. This makes it
possible for us as the creators and maintainers of the project to quickly
release new functionality and maintain existing
@@ -275,33 +275,16 @@ task.</p>
task at hand. It also makes it easy to keep track of the logic components in
the system which may exists in hundred of different
files and even on different computers used inside the company or computers of
a partnering company.</p>
-<!--
-<h4><DEL>Workflow and Rules</b> (deprecated)</DEL><BR>
-<A name="ApacheOFBizProjectOverview-EDA"></A><BR>
-<b>Notice</b> : OFBiz gave up on Workflow Engines. Shark was implemented last
but never really used in OFBiz. Instead of using a Workflow Engine, OFBiz uses
an <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Driven_Architecture";
class="external-link" rel="nofollow">Event Driven Architecture (EDA)</A> and
ECAs (SECA, EECA, MECA) are used in OFBiz to drive the Workflow. ECA is the
acronym of Event Condition Action. SECAs are for Services (triggered on
services conditions), EECA are for Entity (triggered on entities conditions),
MECAs are for Mail.</p>
-<p><DEL>The Workflow Engine, which is described briefly in the Work Effort
section above, can be used to automate business processes consisting of both
manual (humanly performed) and automatic (computer performed) activities.
Workflows can be called as services and automated activities within a Workflow
can call services allowing unlimited flexibility in combining these small
logical components.</DEL></p>
-<p><DEL>The purpose of Workflow tools is to automate and track complex
business processes. They can help to insure that your policies are followed and
that important tasks are not lost in the chaos and confusion that even
reasonably sized organizations often operate in. A good example of this is the
Order Manager in OFBiz which is Workflow based. When an order is placed a
Workflow is started and tracked through approval and fulfillment of the order.
With this tool it is easy to see what has happened to a specific order and what
still needs to be done with the order.</DEL></p>
-<p><DEL>There are many other examples of processes that can benefit by this
sort of management. For example: content creation and publishing, customer
issue, complaint and service management, sales cycle management, and any other
business process that involves the coordination of different people in
different roles.</DEL></p>
-<p><DEL>The Rule Engine in OFBiz is essentially an alternative programming
language that is based on concepts completely different from procedural
programming languages like Java, Basic, C, Cobol, and so forth. Facts and rules
are declared and then used in one of two ways: 1) asking if a specific
assertion is true and showing all possible proofs of the assertion, and 2)
presenting all information available and asking the Rule Engine to produce all
other information possible given the facts and rules it knows about.</DEL></p>
-<p><DEL>Rule engines can be used for many different applications. They are
most useful for decision support and helping humans analyze situations that are
too complex to do on paper or in one's head or by any means because of the
amount of time that would be involved. Using the rules as constraints and
finding all valid solutions to a problems such as airport gate assignments or
truck delivery and pickup routing can save countless hours and allow for
consistent application of rules that a human might occasionally miss or forget
no matter how experienced that person is.</DEL></p>
--->
-
-<h4>Web Framework and XML Mini-Languages</h4>
+<h4>Web Framework</h4>
<p>There are many useful tools in the OFBiz Core Framework that address points
of difficulty in web, client-server and
peer-to-peer based enterprise applications. A tool exists for simplifying the
use of flat data files making it easier to integrate
with legacy systems. Various tools exist for organizing and structuring
web-based content and applications with a flexible
separation of logic and presentation. These tools along with the standard J2EE
and other Java tools make it easy for the system to
communicate with human users and other systems.</p>
-<p>To make it easier to use these Core Framework tools another component
called an XML Mini-Language has been created that
-allows an engineer or other user to create an XML file with simple,
well-defined instructions that the system can understand and
-execute. Expressing logic in a Mini-Lang "simple-method" often
requires only one third as much code as an equivalent Java
-method and is much easier to read and modify for semi-technical users.
Processing form input, composing services into larger
-services, and interacting with data in the database are common things that can
be done easily with this tool.</p>
-
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
-<p>The Open For Business Project is a collaborative effort involving a large
group of users and developers and is moderated by a
+<p>The OFBiz Project is a collaborative effort involving a large group of
users and developers and is moderated by a
small central team. The applications and framework components are being used
in a wide variety of businesses and applications and
are customized heavily in many circumstances to meet the needs of the
organizations using the software.</p>
<p>This is only possible and can only operate efficiently and effectively as
an open source project. This is in sharp contrast
