Index: openacs-4/packages/t-account/www/doc/index.adp
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/t-account/www/doc/index.adp,v
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- openacs-4/packages/t-account/www/doc/index.adp	9 May 2005 18:16:36 -0000	1.5
+++ openacs-4/packages/t-account/www/doc/index.adp	9 May 2005 19:11:03 -0000	1.6
@@ -6,17 +6,45 @@
 <li>Requirements
   <ul>
   <li>
+Introduction
+<p>
+This document describes the requirements for the t-account
+package. This package has the following primary functions:
+<ul>
+<li>It allows applications to post, read, display and aggregate 
+    financial transactions and other financial data.
+<li>It gives administrators the ability to run standard reports on this data.
+<!-- <li>It offers a convenient repository for and the ability to run reports on data of this sort. -->
+<li>It allows us to monitor the usage of financial data.
+<li>It allows for the data to be on a separate database for security purposes.
+</ul>
+
+  <li>
 Vision statement
 <p>
 This financial accounting package keeps track of a business's financial
 condition. It can help by providing a standard method of keeping those
 records and providing an API for other openacs packages that wish to 
-use it.
+use it. 
+<p>
+Some examples of financial data are:
+<ul>
+<li>Individual journal postings, showing money moving from account to
+    account;
+<li>Financial statements that show an abbreviated picture of the business,
+    such as those you'd provide to income tax people or show to a bank so 
+    you can apply for a loan; and
+<li>Various ratios produced by aggregating the transactional data to 
+    produce performance indicators, both in the short and the long term.
+</ul>
+<p>
+One immediate use possibility is for ecommerce to use it to keep
+track of ebusiness transactions.
   </ul>
 <li>Design
   <ul>
   <li>Data Model Diagram (work in progress)
       <p>
       <img src="datamodel.png">
   </ul>
-</ul>
\ No newline at end of file
+</ul>
Index: openacs-4/packages/t-account/www/doc/index.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/t-account/www/doc/index.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- openacs-4/packages/t-account/www/doc/index.tcl	9 May 2005 16:30:20 -0000	1.3
+++ openacs-4/packages/t-account/www/doc/index.tcl	9 May 2005 19:11:03 -0000	1.4
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # packages/t-account/www/doc/index.tcl
 
 ad_page_contract {
+    index page for accounting system docs.
 }