The catalog feed contains product data and details about the vendor involved as well as the suppliers involved. In case the feed (=message) contains a single supplier the vendor is identical with the manufacturer. In case the feed contains multiple suppliers (combined feed for multiple suppliers) the vendor must be a separate instance and can not be identical with a supplier (e.g. vendor=PBS Network, supplier = list of manufacturers). In case Information related to the catalog message involved parties in this message. List of vendors and suppliers referenced in this message. List of all products of the catalog with all details. The catalog message might publish only changed products or a complete update. definition of options and variants. Assignment of products to the defined options/variants. product options, eg size, color, grade, ... Free tree structure to enable navigation, search and other usecases. Multiple trees can be created. Suggestion is to use one meaningful tree. Originating generator of this catalog message version of generator Dimensions area Unit of Measurement Description of the assortment List of Target Systems in the PBSeasy® environment assortment uniqueID (unique in the context of the EasyCatalog) assortment 6-character ID(unique in the context of the EasyCatalog) assortment GLN (global location number). for suppliers with multiple assortments this must be unique per assortment export GLN (global location number). For suppliers with multiple assortments. The exportGLN contains the GLN of teh supplier and is used by dealer systems as order GLN short description of the assortment List of attributes of the product. Attributes are defined ba the classification system sequence of the attribute for the given product per classification system language/locale only for translatable text, not for numeric values or enumerated given ValueIDs description UOM of the attribute classification dependent language / locale dependent basic text language/locale of the text in this element short text1, typically coming from ERP Systems short text2, typically coming from ERP Systems productName / descripton Text(20) to be printed on the receipt/bon of a cash till, e.g. "PBSeasy® Giraffe" Short Text(12) to be printed on the receipt/bon of a cash till, e.g. "PBS Giraffe" Brand, e.g. "PBSeasy®", only necessary if localized Manufacturer Name, only necessary if localized. Otherweise contained in the pbsEasyCatalog/productList/product/oem element FUNKTIONSBEZEICHNUNG color, material, finish (surface), etc list of components if product is a set or a display Component of the trade item. Used when the trade item is a set or a display or an assortment. Quantity of the referenced part in the trade item. unit of measurement for the component quantity. E.g. "PCE" physical specification of the trade item. dimensions, Volume, Weight, area. Dimensions have a distinct type, e.g. GROSS, NET, MAX, MIN, UNK actual status of the product (announcement, availability, end of life, ...) product is a base product, not a packaging unit regulative Fees and similar local dependent keyword country of regulation. EU if regulation is EU wide feeType product is exempt of the respective fee fee fee what is printed on the product or box list of languages the product or box is labled with product or box is bar-coded product has an RFID Transponder key-value key value name of the catalog catalog is valid from date Classification System List of attributes for a product. The attributes are defined by the classification system Classification system Version of the classification Description of the version Classification ID, related to the classification system Description of the Classification ID classification details. multiple classification systems possible classification details. multiple classification systems possible language/locale of the text in this element color of the product. e.g. "Orange with brown dots" Base color of the product. e.g. "orange". Material the trade item is made of. E.g. "Aluminium" Finish of the trade item. E.g. "brushed" Name of the Contact phone number of theperson email of the contact Address Details of the contact Type of contact. E.g. BUSINESS, TECHNICAL, GHS Unit of Measurement reference to the vendor this product is referencing to reference to the assortment of the vendor this product is referencing to one entry per country / category combination. If the country is not given the feed can be used in any country for the given category ISO 3166 country codes (alpha-2) category of products in this feed. OFFICE, SERVICE, ALL Trade item simple boolean flags Trade item is used for end consumer (KONSUMENTENEINHEIT) Trade item can be used for ordering (BESTELLEINHEIT) Trade item is used as logistigc unit for delivery (LIEFEREINHEIT) Trade item is used for invoicing(FAKTURIEREINHEIT) GROSSEINHEIT Trade item is sourced upon order (BESORGERARTIKEL) Trade item is eligible for bonus (BONUSFAEHIG) Trade item can be returned, return conditions apply (RUECKGABERECHT) HANDELSPRODUKT Trade item is biozid/hazardous for the environment (BIOZID) Trade item is recyclable. used for end consumer (RECYCLEBAR) Trade item is reusable, conditions apply (MEHRWEG) Security data sheet is present for Trade item (SICHERHEITSDATENBLATT) Trade item is a dietary product. (LEBENSMITTELKZ) Trade item has a "best before" date. (FRISCHEDATUM) GLOBALERARTIKEL GEFAHRSTOFFE BESITZT_SERIENNUMMER NONPUBLIC Trade item underlies the austrian ARA regulation (ARAPFLICHT) Trade item does not underly the austrian ARA regulation (ARAENTPFLICHTET) Trade item underlies a copyright regulation (URA) GRUNDPREIS Trade item is certified with the green dot (GRUENERPUNKT) Trade item is certified as ecological product (OEKOPRODUKT) language/locale Availability dates of teh product. e.g. general availability, seasonal availablility start date end date minimum order quantity countries involed in the supply chain. e.g. contry of origin, country of assembly, country of availability... product is deliverable delivery time with unit of time VERGRIFFEN packaging type packaging material list Marketing related Details brand name sub brand design details. design name, designer, description and copyright name of the design, e.g. "spring" name of the designer, e.g. "Jon Doe" description of the design Year of copyright list of key-words local dependent keyword - keywords separated by comma or as multiple elements language/locale listof media files (images, videos, pdf, other documents including multilingual descriptive text per media media asset with additional details. One element per media asset including subelements for further details. list of text to be used in different media such as catalog, ecommerce, ... local dependent marketing text vendors product groups. can be flat (a single product group per product) or hierarchical, indicated by the level (e.g. 1, 2, 3) level of the hierarchy. numeric value language/locale locale dependend descritpion list of unique selling propositions local dependent USP of the product. language/locale reference to the manufacturers catalog/page. multiple catalogs are possible. catalog reference of the manufacturers catalog for this product catalog name page, multiple pages can be given with separators sequence details per media list of descriptive text for the particular media what is pictured in the Media. Descriptive text element, including a language and type definition. Type MUST be narrative list of countries the media usage is granted / licensed list of countries the media is licensed for true if the audiance of the media is not restricted by country list of locales the media contains. e.g. a manual in 6 languages / locales list of languages/locals the media contains start-end of the media usage time, only use if the media has a resticted lifetime or license sequence category of media type of media checksum of binary type of checksum reference to the binary media true when image is the main image where can this feed be used catalog name and validity details about the assortment in this message unique ID, GUID recommended, a subsequent number is ok. timestamp the message was generated GLN or other ID of the sender GLN or other ID of the receiver true if this message is a test message. language/locale text type of the string Name of the OEM, e.g. "PBS Network GmbH" GLN of the oem packaging material quantity of the packaging material UOM for quantity PALETTENKZ PALETTENEINHEITENUNTERLAGEN PALETTENEINHEITENLAGEN PALETTENSTAPELFAKTOR PALETTENHANDLING the hirarchy references product packages containing n quantities of the base product. All packaging-hirarchy packages shall have individual product codes (GTINs) EA=Base unit or EACH PK=Pack or inner pack CA=Case PL=Pallet DS=DisplayShipper identifies how many base products are contained in this product package (e.g. 10 times base GTIN) identifies unit code of base products contained in this product package (e.g. PCE) identifies the packaging type Party detail information. A party can be of type vendor or supplier. A vendor can be either a manufacturer or a re-seller. In case of a combined feed multiple vendors can be in one message. In case of a manufacturer feed the vendor = manufacturer. In that case there is only one entry in the list. If the feed is a combined feed with multiple assortments and vendors a vendor detail record per each vendor in the feed is mandatory. Supplier detail information. List of suppliers referenced in this message for various purposes. this includes GHS relevant contact details which must be provided if a product is GHS relevant List of contacts of the particular party unique ID (in this message) for the party details Name of the party, e.g. "PBS Network GmbH" type of the party price for the product. With all attributes this element defines e.g. 2€ for the price of type recommended selling price (RSP) valid from 1.1.2013 per 1 piece (PCE) LISTBP=listprice excluding VAT, RSP=recommended selling price excl VAT, RSPVAT=recommended selling price including VAT FSPVAT=fixed selling price including VAT (e.g. books) The PriceBase indicates for how many products the price is calculated. In many cases the priceBase is 1. Other common values are 10, 100, ... This is used in particular for low priced products to prevent rounding issues in smaller quantities Unit of the priceBase. In many cases per piece, other possible values are per squaremeter, meter, ... if country is not set the price is valid for the currency in all countires tax in percent ISO 4217 currency code list of prioes of different type for distinct validity (date, country) GTIN (EAN) for product vendor product code is a unique vendor prefix + the vendorPC. e.g. FEL123.33 (FEL=Fellowes, 123.33 = Fellowes vendorPC) international book reference This element contains all Details for all trade items in this message The scope indicates whether the message contains a full catalog or only changed items (fullCatalog, onlyUpdates) Set initialImport to delete current articles from assortmentglns definition of the full tree for navigation or other purposes branch media branchText unique ID for the branch Sequence for elements on the same level (sharing the same parent) simple name for the branch. description of the branch. More sophisticated and/or language dependent descriptive text can be assigned in the "branchText" element type of node. "root", "node" and "leaf". only 1 root element per branchList allowed. Products shall be assigned to nodes of type "leaf" only. assignment of the products to the tree. multiple assignments of products are possible, e.g. having a product in multiple branches like "new products", "trending products", "office Tools", ... trade item ID distributors trade item ID distributor distributor product code assortment identification in case multiple assortments are in the feed id of the vendor referencing to the parties list assortment uniqueID (unique in the context of the EasyCatalog) references to other trade items, e.g. successor, replacement, alternative ... Also references to other manufacturers assortments details about the oem basic trade item information flags for this tradeItem Marketing related details for the trade item, e.g. brand, marketing text, media files, keywords, ... Grundpreisrelevante Informationen. Grundpreisrelevante Füllmenge / Maßeinheit Grundpreisrelevante Füllmenge Grundpreisrelevante Maßeinheit Importklassifikation. Menge in der Besonderen Maßeinheit Menge in der Besonderen Maßeinheit Einheit in der Besonderen Maßeinheit Prices in this message are: LISTBP=listprice excluding VAT, RSP=recommended selling price excl VAT, RSPVAT=recommended selling price including VAT a product can belong to a pricingGroup which means that the quantity for levelBreakPricing can be aggregated from all products of the same pricingGroup in one order. E.g. a pen in 3 colors: 10xblack, 20xblue, 20xred would generate a price with the levelBreak 50 classification details. multiple classifications are supported details relevant to logistics packaging hierarchy. If multiple packaging hierarchies exist (e.g. 1/2 pallet + full pallet) they need to be distinguished by a separate vendor product code. vendor product code for this distinct packaging hierarchy group. Only mandatory if multiple packaging hierarchies exist. EU Food Information for Consumers Regulations (EU FIC) No. 1169/2011 Ingredients, Ingredients allergens net filling quantity additional information Nutrition information for Energy (kJ) Energy (kcal) Fat (g) Fat, of which saturated fatty acids (g) Fat, of which monounsaturated fatty acids (g) Fat, of which polyunsaturated fatty acids (g) Total carbohydrates (g) Carbohydrates, of which sugar Polyvalent alcohols (vol. %) Starch (g) Dietary fibre (g) Protein (g) Salt (g) Vitamins and minerals (g) responsible food business operator Subject to deposit type of packaging product Update mode: new, update, delete reference to external OEM assortments for heritage of product data product references to predessessor, successor, alternatives, ... List of referenced products. Each reference has a distinct type of reference. The reference key must be one of the productCode attributes. The referenced product must be part of the complete assortment. In case of delta updates the referenced product is not mandatory in the message. References will be validated on the repository for referencial integrity. Type of Reference target system for this feed. access to the system granted true/false time to deliver the product unit for the delivery time. Second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year. variant group - groups of products differing by option-1..option-3 localized description of the variant language/locale variant group - groups of products differing by option-1..option-3 List of products related to the Variant Group option-1 value option-2 value option-3 value locale of variant name of variant option-1 option-2 option-3 ID of variant group Dimensions Volume Unit of Measurement Physical dimensions of the trade item (length, width and height). Weight of the trade item Indicates that the trade item is of variable weight Volume of the trade item Area of the trade item Type of weights and Measures. UNK=unknown, GROSS=including packaging, NET=excluding packaging Dimensions Weight Unit of Measurement File-type of Document (similar to MimeType) What is shown in the Document (e.g. single image, usage image, ...) product life cycle status code String(12) String(20) String(35) String(80) String(100) String(250) Unit of Measurement Unit of Measurement Language/locale