Hi, Ofbiz : a Commons Platform
My client has a number of different applications each storing and maintaining data similar to facilities, parties, contact information, addressing, geodata, content, location based information etc ... There is a real need to consolidate not only the data but also the mechanisms to manage it. Taking the above into consideration I am contemplating the following : 1) Using OFBiz as a commons platform. 2) Exposing all existing OFBiz services relating to facilities, parties, contact information, address, geodata, content ... to external clients via web services. 3) Publish a WSDL for all necessary services. 4) Client applications can read the WSDL file to determine what operations are available on the server. To-date, I have not found anything comprehensive in terms of documentation or user experience as to how this might be achieved. Of all the OFBiz + "web services" posts I found this one ( https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3877) seemed the closest to the mark, but I get the impression that some of this is still work in progress. (If I am off the mark here, please feel free to correct me). Your thoughts and comments regarding "OFBiz : a Common Platform" would be most appreciated. Kind regards Grant
