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This glossary is intended to help beginners with OFBiz terms and concepts. Most of them come from the Data Model Resource Book some are OFBiz specific.
There is a such (NOTE:Not sure that the Data Model Resource is good as a reference for end users... More technical people or functional yes - but general end users probably not....)
You can also find a glossary which defines the terms used by the Apache Software FundationFoundation
Concept or Term | Definition | Example |
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Party |
Person or oganisation implied in at least one process modelled and implemented by OFBiz
eg : administrator of the website, company dealing goods in the website, etc.
ERP
CRM
E-Business
E-Commerce
MRP
SCM
CMMS/EAM
Vendor
Roles to be detailled
Supplier
Roles to be detailled
Application
A part of Component beginning with the ~webapp directory. A single
component may contain several applications each mounted on a unique URL.
Examples: OOTB the
Accounting component has three applications: accounting, ap and ar.
Component
A component contains applications and/or the lower level tools and definitions needed by applications.
A component can be used for self-contained extensions, including applications and logic/data modifications, to the suite of tools and applications that come with OFBiz.