Attribute types

The attribute type identifies the type of data allowed for the standard attribute value (key-value pair).

The Oracle Endeca Server supports the following standard attribute types:

Attribute type Description
mdex:string XML-valid character strings.
mdex:int A 32-bit signed integer. mdex:int values accepted by the Oracle Endeca Server on all platforms can be up to the value of 2,147,483,647.
mdex:long A 64-bit signed integer. mdex:long values accepted by the Oracle Endeca Server on all platforms can be up to the value of 9,223,372,036,854,775,807.
mdex:double A floating point value.
mdex:time Represents the hour and minutes of an instance of time, with the optional specification of fractional seconds. The time value can be specified as a universal (UTC) date time or as a local time plus a UTC time zone offset.
mdex:dateTime Represents the year, month, day, hour, minute, and seconds of a time point, with the optional specification of fractional seconds. The dateTime value can be specified as a universal (UTC) date time or as a local time plus a UTC time zone offset.
mdex:duration Represents a duration of the days, hours, and minutes of an instance of time.
mdex:boolean A Boolean. Valid Boolean values are true (or 1, which is a synonym for true) and false (or 0, which is a synonym for false).
mdex:geocode A latitude and longitude pair. The latitude and longitude are both double-precision floating-point values, in units of degrees.