shared API for double-entry accounting, treating it as a 'math' library. (was Re: Announcing Joar Wandborg joining the project as a Conservancy contractor.)

[Yusei TAHARA]

Hi,

On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:00:19 -0500
"Bradley M. Kuhn" <bkuhn at sfconservancy.org> wrote:
(snip)
> In other words, double-entry accounting is just a form of math.  Most
> math systems have a clear API that has details of how to interact with
> that math system.

ERP5 has a document about accounting and math. It may be useful for this
NPO accounting project too. I will add more links to wiki.

http://www.osoe-project.org/lesson/osoe-Lecture.ERP.Configuration.Introduction/P-OSOE-Accounting.Mathematician/view

Regards,
Yusei

> 
> We should have this for double-entry accounting, too.
> 
> I put some very rough (and currently confusing) notes in:
>   http://npoacct.sfconservancy.org/UseCases/StorageAPI/
> 
> 
> I would love to define this API with input from other projects, as it
> might allow us to make storage mechanisms for double-entry data more
> interchangable.
> 
> What do you all think of this idea?
> -- 
> Bradley M. Kuhn, Executive Director, Software Freedom Conservancy
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