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Proposal

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1.Tidy up OFBiz Technical Framework or KernelIn ProgressSharan created diagrams based this proposal; The idea to start working has been raised several times on the mailing list but no work has yet been done of the proposal; Unsure of what is stopping progress on this
2.Define and imple,ent a process to manage code that has been cleaned out  
3. Tidy or Clean Up OFBiz Business Framework  
4. Implement OFBiz Application DocumentationIn Progress

Sharan has asked for technical reviews of the Webhelp addon to see how this can be integrated into the trunk

Ron and Sharan are also currently doing a DITA proof of concept for some basic OFBiz application documentation to see how it could work; (if successful then proposals will be made to the community to look at introducing it)

5. Externqal Dependencies Refactoring  
6. Build a Project Roadmap / High Level Plan Sharan drafted some details LINK;
7. Ensure Business Success Stories are DocumentedIn ProgressWiki and mailing lists are currently being used to capture details; The new OFBiz website will probably consolidate this information a bit more for display etc
8. Marketing the OFBiz Demo to Business End UsersNot StartedThere have been several discussions on the mailing lists about this but no actual progress has been made. Julien's presentation on UX Design has highlighted some of the problems with the current user interface
9. Build a set of Common Core Marketing MaterialIn ProgressProgress on this has been slow but the French team have provided a template that could be used.
10. Housekeeping qnd Ongoing MaintenanceIn ProgressT
11. Establish a group of mini subject matter experts covering business and technicalNot Started 
12. Work on q Strategy to encourage more business usersIn ProgressWebsite re-design and business based demo
13. Look qt developing a full testing strategyNot Started 
14. Actively Manage OFBiz Branding and TrademarksIn ProgressQuite a bit of work has been done on this over the year. We have consolidated the OFBiz logo and removed 'the Open For Business Project' text. We are also in the process of registering Apache OFBiz and OFBiz as trademarks

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Discussion Topic: Framework

Several threads have been raised on the mailing list about the framework.There are different opinions about the state of the framework - some say it needs replacing whereas others say it just needs tidying up. Sharan mentioned that she had prepared some diagrams based on the previous years discussion but no-one had started to implement it. It wasnt clear whether people didnt implement it because they were unsure of consenus or they were waiting for the committers to begin or at least co-ordinate the work.

Jacopo highlighted that he thought the proposed diagrams of the framework re-organisation was a good idea and something that could be done easily that would give benefits. He said that the OFBiz Data Model was very stable and it is only rarely that any changes are needed. The OFBiz OOTB UI on the other hand was like a 'swiss army knife' trying to be everything to everyone which made it not very business user friendly.

 

 

 

Discussion Topic: Migrating Minilang to Groovy

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