Contents


Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

About This Document

Audience
What's in This Document
Documentation Conventions
The Document Online
Related Documentation
Other Useful Documentation
Product Support

Chapter 1 Catalog Concepts

Public Master Catalog (PMC)
Defining the Catalog Structure

Defining Item Attributes
Identifying Items

Mapping Catalog Hierarchies

Attribute Normalization

Attribute Name Normalization
Renaming Attribute Units
Specifying Attribute Types

Chapter 2 Representing Catalog Information

Representing Catalogs

Creating the Seller Catalog and PMC in XML
Adding Column Structure to the CSF File

Adding, Deleting, and Updating Items
Using Column References
Creating the Seller Catalog

XML Representation Issues

Detecting Clashes

Resolving Name Clashes
Resolving Path Clashes

Defining the Ontology Mapping

Changing the Ontology Mapping

Using the Human-Readable Difference Report Generator (HRDRG)

Inputs to the HRDRG Flow
Output of the HRDRG Flow

Chapter 3 Running the Import Utility

Dependency Trees
Setting Up Your Environment
Preparing To Run the Import Utility

Specifying Output Targets
Specifying the Required Source File Names
Specifying the Optional File Names
Specifying the Ultimate Targets
Specifying the Ontology Mapping File
Specifying Optional Variables
Specifying Error Reports
Specifying Command Arguments
Specifying Internal Targets
Specifying Directory Locations

An Example of Running the Import Utility
Loading the Load File in the PMC
Exporting Catalogs

Running the Export Utility

Index