Thank you, BJ ! Best Regards, Vadim ------------------------------- Vadim Eisenberg IT for Healthcare & Life Sciences IBM Research - Haifa
BJ Freeman <bjf...@free-man.net> wrote on 03/09/2010 08:53:17 PM: > From: > > BJ Freeman <bjf...@free-man.net> > > To: > > user@ofbiz.apache.org > > Date: > > 03/09/2010 08:54 PM > > Subject: > > Re: OfBiz e-commerce customization > > the first volume is the one you will use the most for understanding the > data model used by ofbiz. It explains things that are not explained any > other place. I suggest at least a cursory review so as you need info you > know where to go. > the second volume deals with specific industries and has lots of > modeling Ideas you may be able to use. > the third volume focuses more on business logic. though this was not > used in the original design it has some good things to be considered. > > the most accurate modeling can be found in the webtools of the version > of ofbiz you are using. > https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/webtools/control/entitymaint > or > https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/webtools/control/entityref > > and for documentation > http://ofbiz.apache.org/ > and click on the documentation link. > > ========================= > BJ Freeman <http://bjfreeman.elance.com> > Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation <http:// > www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=52> > Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/> > Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist > > Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man > > > Vadim Eisenberg sent the following on 9/3/2010 10:32 AM: > > Hello BJ and other OfBiz developers, > > > > I was not subscribed to the mailing list so I did not receive the answer > > of BJ to my previous message - > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ofbiz-user/201009.mbox/% > 3c4c7ffc99.9020...@free-man.net%3e > > . Because of that I cannot post a response to it. Secondly, I used a wrong > > MIME in my previous message, so all the bullets and formatting were > > missing. I am reposting the original message below in the right format > > (any additional comments/opinions are welcome). In addition, my response > > to BJ follows. Sorry for the mess I created. > > > > Hi BJ, > > > > Thank you for your prompt response. I think I've got the general idea. I > > still would like to ask a question about learning OfBiz: > > The three volumes of the data model book comprise about 1700 pages > > together. Should I use the book as a reference or do I have to read all > > the three volumes before starting my work on OfBiz ? Which parts of the > > book are required before I begin my work ? > > > > Thanks& Regards, > > Vadim > > > > > > > > > > My original message: > > > =========================================================================================================== > > Hello OfBiz developers, > > > > My name is Vadim Eisenberg and I work at IBM Research - Haifa, on the > > UniversAAL project - http://universaal.org/. It is a consortium European > > project. Its goal is to create a platform for applications, services and > > devices for Ambient Assisted Living, that is a kind of "Smart Home" for > > senior citizens. As part of the platform, we - several software developers > > - have to develop an e-commerce site - uStore > > http://universaal.org/index.php? > option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=9&Itemid=21 > > . This site would be a one-stop-shop for software, services and devices > > for Ambient Assisted Living. > > > > We consider using OfBiz for implementation of uStore. > > > > I would like to ask you several questions about the features we want to > > implement. I would be glad to hear any information you can tell me about > > how hard could it be for us to implement these features. Please note that > > we have no prior experience with OfBiz. > > > > Any your thoughts, intuition, experience, advice about OfBiz/business > > programming are welcome. > > > > In particular, the following information would help us very much : > > How much work should be done by us in order to implement all the features > > that follow (Person/Months, Person/Years, for skilled OfBiz > > developers/general software engineers). Which part would be to use > > existing "extension" mechanisms of OfBiz and which part would be actually > > changing the OfBiz code ? Here your intuition/experience from related > > projects is welcome, we do not need exact numbers, just a ballpark. > > How much time the general software developers have to learn about OfBiz > > and how skilled in OfBiz they should become in order to implement these > > features > > > > E-commerce website features: > > Using e-commerce site for selling software (such as AppStore of iPhone) > > and downloadable files in general (video, presentations of courses etc.). > > Here the issue is to manage links where the bought files could be > > downloaded. The idea is to prevent a situation in which buyers would buy a > > software application, receive a link to it for downloading and share the > > link afterwards with anybody they want, so anybody would be able to > > download the application without paying for it. > > Using e-commerce site for selling services (human services and others) > > Extending e-commerce site with general widgets, such as calendar, clock, > > map, a widget for downloading files, etc., and integrating the widgets > > with the OfBiz > > > > Integration with other websites/services: > > Integrating an e-commerce website with another (non-OfBiz backed) site - > > adding possibility for sellers to add products to the e-commerce site via > > the other site, to see customer feedback provided on the e-commerce site > > via the other site > > Integrating an e-commerce website with another (possibly non-OfBiz) > > e-commerce website, such as eBay/Amazon. What are the current > > possibilities of integration with eBay ? > > Integrating an e-commerce website with post/delivery services/sites > > > > Adding advanced features: > > Adding support for signing business contracts between service consumers > > and service providers, between providers of different services etc. via > > the e-commerce site > > Adding support for applying capability/requirement model, such as > > JSR-124, (for example for matching between customer's requirements and > > capabilities of software, devices and services). The customer or software > > agent on behalf of the customer could provide his requirements as part of > > his account information, and the e-commerce solution would match between > > the products (according to their capabilities) and the requirements of the > > customers. > > Has OfBiz a recommendation engine (providing recommendations to a user > > based on his activity - searches, purchases, reviews etc.) ? If no, how > > hard would it be to add it ? > > Can the OfBiz-based e-commerce web site be presented by browsers of smart > > phones ? How hard would it be to enable it ? > > Changing search/recommendations of OfBiz to be based on the requirements > > of the customer > > Changing search/recommendations of OfBiz to be based on the geolocation of > > the customer > > Adding support for customization of products/services and changes in the > > prices according to the customization during the purchase process > > Adding support for a composition solution of hardware, software and human > > services (bundles, kits). A seller could compose a new product by > > combining several existing products > > Adding support for manual approval of products by site administrators > > before submission of the products to the e-commerce site > > Adding support for managing versions of the software applications that are > > sold on the e-commerce website > > > > Sorry for so many questions and sorry if some of them are out of context. > > > > Best Regards, > > Vadim > > ------------------------------- > > Vadim Eisenberg > > IT for Healthcare& Life Sciences > > IBM Research - Haifa > > > > > > >
