Developing a global standard for interoperable accounting systems

摘要

The paper describes work in progress and preliminary results fromthe ESPRIT project COMPASS (ESPRIT 25717) whose primary purpose is“showing the way” to the development of interoperableaccounting software. An important part of the project work is tocontribute to the standardisation of the General Ledger Facility withinthe Object Management Group (OMG). In this effort the COMPASS projectand associated partners have shown the benefits of adopting RM-ODPprinciples when defining domain standards. The paper also describes theongoing work in the project to validate this approach by producing pilotimplementations of the new standard using both new and existingaccounting software systems