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Oracle® Retail Functional Artifacts Guide
Release 16.0
E78846-01
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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
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Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Customer Support
Review Patch Documentation
Improved Process for Oracle Retail Documentation Corrections
Oracle Retail Documentation on the Oracle Technology Network
Conventions
1
Introduction
Overview
2
Packaging Structure and Standards
General Packaging Structure
3
Business Object Structure
Base and Custom Directories
Custom and Localization Directories and Namespaces
4
Versioning Artifacts
Common Versioning Strategies
Strict Versioning
Flexible Versioning
Loose Versioning
Comparison Chart
Oracle Retail Versioning Strategy
Reasons for Versioning an Artifact
Breaking Changes
Non-breaking Changes
Versioning Retail Business Objects Schemas (XSDs)
Versioning Approach for XSDs
XSD Version Attribute
XSD Version Attribute Usage
XSD Namespace Versioning
Parent/Child Versioning
Multiple Versioning
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XML Standards and Conventions
XML Standards and Conventions
The underscore (_) must be used for readability in naming simple elements
Names must not contain special characters
UpperCamel case must be used for naming complex types
Avoid XML schema keywords as element names
Avoid Java keywords
Avoid PLSQL keywords
Avoid having numeric characters in the name
All XSD elements should be annotated
All XSDs should use the date type, xsd:dateTime, and the XML format, 2002-05-30T09:00:00
All XSDs should use only these supported types
Non top level complex type can not be empty
Retail Business Objects Schema
Business Object (XSD) names should not contain names
Business Object (XSD) names should not contain CRUD operations
The Business Object (XSD) file must match the name of the top level element
Each Business Object (XSD) must have its own namespace
Each Business Object (XSD) namespace should not contain application identifiers
Each Business Object (XSD) root should be annotated
Avoid Business Object (XSD) to have maxOccurs="unbounded" for elements
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Customizing and Extending Business Objects
Business Object Customization Tools and Approaches
Business Object Customization Standards
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Localizing Retail Business Objects
Business Objects Localization
Localization Hooks in Base Business Objects
Region Specific Placeholders
Localization Customization
Adding Localization Fields
Adding Localization Customization Fields
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Importing Retail Business Objects
Imports in Base Business Object (XSD)
Imports in Custom Business Object (XSD)
Imports in Localized Business Object (XSD)
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References
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