Once you have created all the files for the variant, you need to package them into a ZIP file to be imported into a master index application.
In the working directory, select the folder and file at the top level and add them to a ZIP file.
Name the ZIP file the same name as the variant. This is the value you entered for the variantType parameter in Defining the Service Instance.
The ZIP file structure should be similar to the following. Note that this variant includes several normalization and lexicon files. Your variant might not contain any.
Import the file into a master index application as described in Importing Standardization Data Types and Variants in Configuring Sun Master Indexes .