<s>
Batavi	B-Application
(	O
Latin	O
for	O
Batavians	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
open-source	B-Application
webshop	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
Batavi	B-Application
started	O
in	O
2007	O
inspired	O
by	O
a	O
preliminary	O
osCommerce	B-Language
3.0	O
version	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
that	O
seemed	O
to	O
be	O
never	O
finished	O
by	O
the	O
osCommerce	B-Language
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Batavi	B-Application
,	O
an	O
Object	B-Language
oriented	I-Language
design	O
model	O
is	O
adopted	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
a	O
functional	O
level	O
XML-EDI	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
systems	O
of	O
suppliers	O
is	O
a	O
lead	O
theme	O
,	O
as	O
most	O
merchants	O
do	O
n't	O
run	O
'	O
standalone	O
 '	O
webshops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
distinguishes	O
Batavi	B-Application
also	O
from	O
other	O
webshops	O
like	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
,	O
Zen	B-Language
Cart	I-Language
and	O
Magento	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batavi	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
on	O
LAMP	B-Application
(	O
software	O
bundle	O
)	O
,	O
especially	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
and	O
adopts	O
a	O
three	O
layer	O
model	O
in	O
which	O
design	O
objects	O
,	O
code	O
and	O
the	O
database	O
are	O
strictly	O
separated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Batavi	B-Application
development	O
team	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
2007	O
together	O
with	O
ICEshop	O
,	O
an	O
ecommerce	O
service	O
provider	O
active	O
since	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Batavi	B-Application
was	O
chosen	O
,	O
as	O
this	O
refers	O
to	O
a	O
partly	O
mythical	O
Germanic	O
tribe	O
which	O
revolted	O
against	O
The	O
(	O
Roman	O
)	O
Empire	O
,	O
and	O
whose	O
living	O
territory	O
overlaps	O
with	O
the	O
present-day	O
Netherlands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Batavi	B-Application
core	O
team	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
unfinished	O
pre-release	O
of	O
osCommerce	B-Language
3.0	O
,	O
and	O
reworked	O
it	O
completely	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
the	O
much	O
needed	O
high-end	O
business-to-business	O
functionalities	O
that	O
were	O
already	O
present	O
in	O
ICEshop	O
's	O
ecommerce	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	O
Open	O
Catalog	O
Interface	O
to	O
Open	O
ICEcat	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
