Getting Started
Getting Started with OAGIS
Starting an Integration
Additional Help
Get involved with OAGI
Getting Started with OAGIS
Great!! now that you have downloaded OAGIS 8.0 and unzipped it. It's time to look around... OAGIS 8.0 includes documentation, XML Schemas, example XML Instance documents, Constraint Rules, Constraint Stylesheets all of which is viewable from the documentation. However if you really want to use OAGIS, as with any complex XML Schema application, you need an XML IDE. (There are several available.) and a XML Parser the supports XML Schema, and an XSL Processor. The Utility folder includes several of these to get you started, see the _readme.htm in the Utility\bin directory

We have provided an XML Spy project file that can be used to view OAGIS. This is the "OAGIS 8.0.spp" located in the OAGIS 8.0 directory.

Starting an Integration

If you are looking to integrate business applications, business units or supply chains and don't know where to begin. Start with the OAGIS Scenarios. These provide several example integration using the OAGIS. Once you find one that matches or somewhat matches you needs it is easy to identify the BODs that are needed for your integration.

If you already now the message that you need to exchange look for the message in the OAGIS Documentation. Remember OAGIS is a horizontal specification and as such we may not call a BOD or an field the same. It is important to look at the semantic meaning and not just the tag name.

If you find that you need an additional BOD(s), contact xml@openapplications.org.

Additional Help

OAGI will be providing additional information around OAGIS 8.0 on our Web Site. You can view this information from the More Information link in the header above.

Also, If you need additional help using OAGIS, XML or anything involving integration. OAGI provides services to help see http://www.openapplications.org/services/services.htm

 

Get involved in OAGI.

Membership is open to everyone. See our membership categories on our web site at http://www.openapplications.org.  By becoming a member you have the opportunity to influence one of the most implemented specifications for integration. Along with the opportunity to meet and talk to many industry experts.

Also, OAGI provides several forums for OAGIS users to communicate, one of which is the OAGIS Users group, which is open to everyone. The OAGIS Users group is located at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oagis-users/