A simple glossary would be great. 



Guido Amarilla wrote:
> 
> I had, and still have this problem, with other roles. (customer/client,
> lead/prospect, etc) Maybe because something is lost in translation. I even
> found difficult to translate some terms, because they are ambiguous  if
> translated literally.
> It would be a great help if someone could write documentation with a
> description of each role, when it is used and in which applications it is
> used. Now I have to search in code, if the role is relevant in some
> application. When I first started using OFBiz I created parties and later
> had to come back and assign a role that I missed when first created them.
> 
> Something similar happened to me with contact purposes. I first assumed
> that  "main address" was used always, when "billing address" or "shipping
> destination address" is not specified. Later I had to assign "billing
> address" and "Shipping destination" for every party address.
> I mean that it was not clear to me where this roles are relevant and which
> applications uses them (the same for Telephones).
> 
> I could not find this kind of documentation, and would be very useful for
> newbies.
> 
> Guido
> 
> 
> 
> 2007/4/13, Adrian Crum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>> Scott A wrote:
>> > We are probably going to come up with the same issue for customer. Is
>> it
>> > customer or consumer? We deal directly with the consumer but sometimes,
>> > other stores.
>>
>> It could be both. It depends on how you want to organize your data.
>>
>> Example: we build and sell homes through a dealer network. So, our dealer
>> is the
>> customer, and the homeowner is the consumer.
>>
>> The demo data is there to demonstrate how to use OFBiz. It's pretty
>> generic. The
>> actual data you use depends entirely upon your needs.
>>
>>
> 
> 
> -- 
> Guido Amarilla
> 
> 

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