Schemas in OfBiz and ARTS Compliance

[Harmeet Bedi <ha...@gmail.com>]

How stable are schemas in Ofbiz ?
Are there any plans to be be ARTS Compliant - http://www.nrf-arts.org/ ?
Has ARTS been a design influence ?

We are a company based out of Canada and would be interested in 
contributing a few development resources(1-2 devs for some months) to 
move towards Arts compliance if there is common interest and it is 
feasible. We are currently trying to evaluate what exists in opensource 
and if we can make a positive contribution.

thanks,
Harmeet

Re: Schemas in OfBiz and ARTS Compliance

[David E Jones <jo...@hotwaxmedia.com>]

On Jun 9, 2008, at 12:59 AM, Harmeet Bedi wrote:

> How stable are schemas in Ofbiz ?

At this point in time they are very stable. New entities and fields  
are occasionally added, but very few other changes are done and the  
basic entities have not changed for many years.

> Are there any plans to be be ARTS Compliant - http://www.nrf- 
> arts.org/ ?

There are no plans for this that I am aware of, but it could certainly  
be done, and probably without too much difficulty. This would take a  
fair amount of time and a good understanding of the both the ARTS data  
model and the OFBiz data model to do the gap analysis before trying to  
go for certification.

> Has ARTS been a design influence ?

No, it has not been. The ARTS data model is available only to members  
of the organization and while the licensing terms appear to be okay  
(just looked at them briefly), I haven't looked into the details and  
personally have never seen any of their data model documentation.

> We are a company based out of Canada and would be interested in  
> contributing a few development resources(1-2 devs for some months)  
> to move towards Arts compliance if there is common interest and it  
> is feasible. We are currently trying to evaluate what exists in  
> opensource and if we can make a positive contribution.

If this is something you would like to work on then that is really all  
that matters. OFBiz is a community driven open source project that is  
what it is because of community contributions. If you're interested in  
joining the community then you are most welcome to get involved.

All you really need to do is start working on stuff. You initial  
contributions should go through Jira issues (patches attached, etc)  
and over time for those who have contributed substantially we invite  
them to become committers to make it easier for them to continue  
contributing.

If you need help from anyone, or need any resources that you and your  
group are not able to provide, or for general interactions, please  
speak up quickly and frequently on the mailing list to keep your  
interactions with others open (this is a very important factor for  
success... after all a community driven open source project is really  
all about enabling collaboration).

-David