On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:22 PM, Mike <mz4whee...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great. So everyone seems to agree to dump oagis. Obviously someone took > the time to create this component. My understanding it is used for > automating B2B communication for purchase orders, inventory, etc. If you > want ofbiz to play with the big boys, you need this TYPE of Electronic Data > Interchange (EDI) functionality. > > So: If you want to dump oagis, please propose alternatives to make ofbiz > integrate with EDI. All ERPs have this. > > Thank you for the feedback Mike. I do agree that providing some EDI functionality out of the box is very important for an ERP system. OFBiz already has a few mechanisms for data exchange that can be leveraged to implement specific or custom integrations. The concept of an universal data interchange standard is great, but, as far as I know, OAGIS has never reached the critical mass to make it a viable solution for all integration needs. By experience I have noticed that such standards tend to gain more tractions when they address specific industries (e.g. parts interchange formats for the auto parts aftermarket industry etc...). Most importantly, when it was adopted by OFBiz, the OAGIS license allowed us to include its xsd files; but after that, they have been relicensed under an incompatible license: as a consequence this component is stuck to an years old and unmaintained version making even more difficult to be used to integrate with an external system.
Kind regards, Jacopo
