About the data model

Records
Records are the fundamental units of data in the Oracle Endeca Server. Almost all information that is consumed by the Oracle Endeca Server, including raw data and the data schema, is represented by records.

Attributes
An attribute is the basic unit of a record schema. Assignments on attributes (also known as key-value pairs) describe records in the Oracle Endeca Server.

XML representation of records and attributes
In XML, each record is represented as a collection of attribute value assignments (key-value pairs).

Examples of records and standard attributes
The following examples of records demonstrate different configurations of standard attributes and their values (key-value pairs).

Managed attributes
Managed attributes are similar to standard attributes in that they describe the records in your data set.