<s>
Apache	B-Application
OFBiz	I-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
(	O
ERP	O
)	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OFBiz	B-Application
is	O
an	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
top	O
level	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apache	B-Application
OFBiz	I-Application
is	O
a	O
framework	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
common	B-Application
data	I-Application
model	I-Application
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
business	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beyond	O
the	O
framework	O
itself	O
,	O
Apache	B-Application
OFBiz	I-Application
offers	O
functionality	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Apache	B-Application
OFBiz	I-Application
functionality	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
common	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apache	B-Application
OFBiz	I-Application
uses	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
"	O
screens	O
"	O
to	O
represent	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
OFBiz	I-Application
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
page	O
in	O
Apache	B-Application
OFBiz	I-Application
consists	O
of	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Components	O
can	O
be	O
Java	B-Device
Server	O
Pages	O
( [	O
JSP ]s	O
)	O
<deprecated>	O
,	O
FTL	O
pages	O
built	O
around	O
FreeMarker	B-Language
template	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
forms	O
or	O
menus	O
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Widgets	O
are	O
an	O
OFBiz	B-Application
specific	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
services	O
can	O
be	O
of	O
several	O
types	O
:	O
Java	B-Device
methods	O
,	O
SOAP	B-Application
,	O
simple	O
services	O
,	O
workflow	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apache	B-Application
OFBiz	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
technologies	O
and	O
standards	O
such	O
as	O
Java	B-Device
,	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
SOAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Apache	B-Application
OFBiz	I-Application
is	O
built	O
around	O
the	O
concepts	O
used	O
by	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
,	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
concepts	O
are	O
implemented	O
in	O
different	O
ways	O
;	O
either	O
because	O
Apache	B-Application
OFBiz	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
prior	O
to	O
many	O
recent	O
improvements	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
or	O
because	O
Apache	B-Application
OFBiz	I-Application
authors	O
did	O
n't	O
agree	O
with	O
those	O
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
is	O
accessed	O
not	O
in	O
object	B-Language
oriented	I-Language
fashion	O
but	O
in	O
a	O
relational	B-Application
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
entity	B-Architecture
(	O
represented	O
as	O
a	O
row	O
in	O
the	O
database	O
)	O
is	O
provided	O
to	O
the	O
business	O
layer	O
as	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
generic	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
generic	O
value	O
is	O
not	O
typed	O
,	O
so	O
fields	O
of	O
an	O
entity	B-Architecture
are	O
accessed	O
by	O
the	O
column	B-Application
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OFBiz	B-Application
project	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
David	O
E	O
.	O
Jones	O
and	O
Andrew	O
Zeneski	O
on	O
April	O
13	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
initially	O
hosted	O
as	O
The	O
Apache	O
Open	O
For	O
Business	O
Project	O
on	O
SourceForge	O
and	O
Open	O
For	O
Business	O
Project	O
(	O
Apache	B-Application
OFBiz	I-Application
)	O
at	O
Open	O
HUB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
September	O
2003	O
and	O
May	O
2006	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
hosted	O
as	O
a	O
java.net	O
project	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
from	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
incubating	O
since	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
a	O
Top	O
Level	O
Apache	O
project	O
on	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2006	O
:	O
Apache	B-Application
OFBiz	I-Application
Incubation	O
Status	O
.	O
</s>
