<s>
ADempiere	B-Language
is	O
an	O
Enterprise	O
Resource	O
Planning	O
or	O
ERP	O
software	O
package	O
released	O
under	O
a	O
free	B-License
software	I-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
verb	O
adempiere	B-Language
in	O
Italian	O
means	O
"	O
to	O
fulfill	O
a	O
duty	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
to	O
accomplish	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ADempiere	B-Language
project	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
September	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Disagreement	O
between	O
the	O
open-source	O
developer	O
community	O
that	O
formed	O
around	O
the	O
Compiere	B-Application
open-source	O
ERP	O
software	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
corporate	O
sponsor	O
ultimately	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Adempiere	B-Language
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Compiere	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
weeks	O
of	O
the	O
fork	B-Application
,	O
ADempiere	B-Language
reached	O
the	O
top	O
five	O
of	O
the	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
rankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
name	O
comes	O
from	O
the	O
Italian	O
verb	O
"	O
adempiere	B-Language
"	O
,	O
which	O
means	O
"	O
fulfillment	O
of	O
a	O
duty	O
"	O
but	O
with	O
the	O
additional	O
senses	O
of	O
"	O
Complete	O
,	O
reach	O
,	O
practice	O
,	O
perform	O
tasks	O
,	O
or	O
release	O
;	O
also	O
,	O
give	O
honor	O
,	O
respect	O
"	O
,	O
here	O
which	O
were	O
considered	O
appropriate	O
to	O
what	O
the	O
project	O
aimed	O
to	O
achieve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
Adempiere	B-Language
project	O
is	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
a	O
community-developed	O
and	O
supported	O
open	O
source	O
business	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Adempiere	B-Language
community	O
follows	O
the	O
open-source	O
model	O
of	O
the	O
Bazaar	B-Protocol
described	O
in	O
Eric	O
Raymond	O
's	O
article	O
The	O
Cathedral	O
and	O
the	O
Bazaar	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
business	O
areas	O
are	O
addressed	O
by	O
the	O
Adempiere	B-Language
application	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
Adempiere	B-Language
Council	O
is	O
to	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Adempiere	B-Language
is	O
developed	O
with	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
technology	O
,	O
specifically	O
utilizing	O
Apache	B-Language
Tomcat	I-Language
and	O
the	O
JBoss	B-Language
application	I-Language
server	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
database	O
support	O
is	O
restricted	O
to	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
and	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adempiere	B-Language
inherited	O
the	O
Data	B-Application
Dictionary	I-Application
from	O
the	O
Compiere	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
architecture	O
extends	O
the	O
Data	B-Application
Dictionary	I-Application
concept	O
into	O
the	O
application	O
;	O
thus	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
entities	O
,	O
their	O
validation	O
rules	O
and	O
screen	O
layout	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
from	O
within	O
the	O
application	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Workflow	B-Operating_System
Management	O
Coalition	O
and	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
standards	O
based	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
engine	O
is	O
utilized	O
to	O
provide	O
Business	O
Process	O
Management	O
.	O
</s>
