Evergreen Internet's eCential Open Commerce Framework. Figure 1 shows the options allowed by an open commerce framework. Some components, such as payment and shipping, are provided via third-party integration, while others are built upon the framework itself. Functionality and Interoperability With eCential, an e-commerce site is developed by building JSP files to dynamically generate content. The JSPs can be developed using eCential templates and beans.
Relational databases serve as repositories for dynamically generated data.
The eCential OrbLauncher then activates the desired eCential services, at which point the JSP files can access the database via the services to retrieve product information, pricing, inventory, images, and other necessary data. Transaction data is stored as XML, and these transactions can be translated into any format for automation and integration. An advanced XML parser is provided within the framework for manipulation of XML data. Also provided is the capability to operate with open standards-based application servers and databases that are compliant with JDBC technology. And though beauty may be only skin deep, first impressions are important.