WebSphere commerce V5.4 catalog design and content management / [John Ganci ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ganci, John.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Center.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic commerce--Computer programs.

Electronic commerce.

Web servers.

Business enterprises--Computer programs.

Business enterprises.

WebSphere.

Physical Description:

xviii, 508 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Comments welcome

Part 1 Introduction to catalog and content management

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 Overview

1.1.1 Target audience and prerequisite knowledge

1.1.2 Defining asset types

1.1.3 Information aggregation, transformation and load

1.1.4 Catalog management

1.1.5 Content management

1.1.6 Catalog data propagation

1.1.7 Exchanging data with other systems and industry standards

1.1.8 Big picture architecture for catalog and content management

1.2 Patterns for e-business

1.2.1 Information Aggregation business pattern overview

1.2.2 Information Aggregation business general guidelines

1.3 Structure of the redbook

Chapter 2. WebSphere Commerce store and data architecture

2.1 WebSphere Commerce store architecture

2.1.1 Store assets

2.1.2 Store architecture

2.1.3 Store models

2.1.4 Store packaging

2.1.5 Store data assets

2.1.6 Tools and store data

2.1.7 Customizing a store

2.2 Store data architecture

2.2.1 Store data architecture overview

2.2.2 WebSphere Commerce instance data (site data)

2.2.3 Core data

2.2.4 Configuration data

2.2.5 Managed data

2.2.6 Operational data

Chapter 3. Methods and tools for managing catalog data

3.1 WebSphere Commerce Accelerator

3.1.1 Overview of the Accelerator for managing catalogs

3.1.2 Pros and cons of using the Accelerator

3.1.3 Where to find more information

3.2 WebSphere Commerce Catalog Manager

3.2.1 Overview of Catalog Manager

3.2.2 Pros and cons of using the Catalog Manager

3.2.3 Where to find more information

3.3 WebSphere Commerce catalog commands

3.3.1 Catalog commands

3.3.2 Where to find more information

3.4 WebSphere Commerce search.

3.5 IBM MQSeries integration

3.5.1 MQSeries runtime implementation

3.5.2 MQSeries basic flow

3.5.3 MQSeries MQProductCreate example

3.5.4 Where to find more information

3.6 ISV Partner Solutions

Chapter 4. WebSphere Commerce and content management

4.1 Content management overview

4.1.1 What is content?

4.1.2 How is content used with WebSphere Commerce?

4.1.3 What value does a content management system provide?

4.1.4 Content management life cycle

4.2 CMS integration with WebSphere Commerce

4.2.1 Common integration questions

4.2.2 Store archive (SAR) deployment using Stores Services

4.2.3 Serving static content using the Web server

4.2.4 File system content included in WebSphere Commerce JSPs

4.2.5 Database content retrieved from CMS and included in WebSphere Commerce JSPs

4.3 Where to find more Information

Chapter 5. ISV Partner Solutions for catalog and content management

5.1 divine Inc. Content Server

5.2 A2i xCat

5.2.1 A2i xCat value proposition

5.2.2 A2i xCat components

5.2.3 A2i xCat integration with WebSphere Commerce

5.2.4 A2i and IBM contact information

5.3 Trigo Product Center for eCommerce

5.3.1 Trigo Product Center for eCommerce value proposition

5.3.2 Trigo Product Center for eCommerce components

5.3.3 Trigo integration with WebSphere Commerce

5.3.4 Trigo and IBM contact information

5.4 Interwoven TeamSite

5.4.1 Interwoven TeamSite components

5.4.2 Interwoven TeamSite integration with WebSphere Commerce

5.4.3 Where to find more information

Chapter 6. IBM WebSphere Commerce for Digital Media

6.1 Overview and key concepts

6.2 Solution components and software packaging

6.2.1 Supported operating systems

6.2.2 Prerequisite software

6.2.3 WebSphere Commerce for Digital Media software components

6.3 Features and functionality.

6.4 Architecture

6.4.1 Components and subsystems

6.4.2 Runtime patterns and product mapping

6.5 Customization

6.5.1 WebSphere Commerce for Digital Media store

6.5.2 Customization skills

6.5.3 Common customizations

6.6 Where to find more information

Part 2 Architecture, design and development guidelines

Chapter 7. Catalog architecture and design guidelines

7.1 Target audience and skills

7.2 XML representation in the catalog

7.3 Tools for managing reference identifiers

7.3.1 KEYS and SUBKEYS database tables

7.3.2 WebSphere Commerce catalog documents and the ID Resolver

7.3.3 Enterprise Java Beans and the ECKeyManager class

7.4 WebSphere Commerce catalog assets

7.4.1 Catalog (CATALOG)

7.4.2 Catalog description (CATALOGDSC)

7.4.3 Catalog group (CATGROUP)

7.4.4 Catalog group attribute (CATGRPATTR_ID)

7.4.5 Catalog group description (CATGRPDESC)

7.4.6 Catalog catalog group relation (CATTOGRP)

7.4.7 Catalog group relation (CATGRPREL)

7.4.8 Catalog entry (CATENTRY)

7.4.9 Catalog entry attribute (CATENTATTR)

7.4.10 Catalog entry description (CATENTDESC)

7.4.11 Attribute (ATTRIBUTE)

7.4.12 Attribute value (ATTRVALUE)

7.4.13 Catalog entry relation (CATENTREL)

7.4.14 Catalog group catalog entry relation (CATGPENREL)

7.5 Catalog assets and offering assets (prices)

7.5.1 Trading position container (TRADEPOSCN)

7.5.2 Catalog group trading position relation (CATGRPTPC)

7.5.3 Offer (OFFER)

7.5.4 Offer description (OFFERDESC)

7.5.5 Offer price (OFFERPRICE)

7.6 Catalog assets and store assets

7.6.1 Store catalog (STORECAT)

7.6.2 Store catalog group (STORECGRP)

7.6.3 Store catalog entry (STOREENT)

7.6.4 Display catalog group relation (DISPCGPREL)

7.6.5 Display catalog entry relation (DISPENTREL)

7.7 Catalog assets and inventory assets.

7.8 Catalog assets and merchandising associations

7.8.1 Merchandising association (MASSOC)

7.8.2 Merchandising association type (MASSOCTYPE)

7.8.3 Related catalog group (MASSOCGPGP)

7.8.4 Related catalog entry (MASSOCCECE)

7.9 Catalog subsystem controller commands

7.9.1 Commands that display catalog assets

7.9.2 Commands for catalog objects

7.9.3 Commands for catalog groups

7.9.4 Commands for catalog entries

7.9.5 Commands for offers (prices)

7.9.6 Commands for relations

7.10 Integrating catalogs with other business systems

7.10.1 Integration of reference identifiers

7.10.2 Integration of catalog asset management

Chapter 8. Aggregate and transform data for commerce catalogs

8.1 Overview

8.2 Aggregating data

8.2.1 Design guidelines

8.2.2 Aggregating the ITSO data

8.3 Converting data

8.3.1 Converting the CSV data

8.3.2 Transforming XML data

8.3.3 Transformation principles

8.3.4 Transforming ITSO sample elements: Example 1

8.3.5 Transforming ITSO sample elements: Example 2

8.3.6 Transformed file sizes

8.4 Catalogs and product sets

8.4.1 Product sets

8.5 Exchanging data with other systems

8.5.1 UCCnet

8.5.2 UCCnet and WebSphere Commerce

8.5.3 RosettaNet

Chapter 9. Resolving and loading data

9.1 Overview

9.2 Generating a DTD and schema

9.2.1 Extending the commerce database schema

9.2.2 The DTDgen tool

9.2.3 DTDgen tool connection configuration

9.2.4 DTDgen tool source table specification

9.2.5 Running the DTDgen tool

9.3 Resolving reference numbers

9.3.1 Creating and using aliases

9.3.2 Methods of resolving reference numbers

9.3.3 The ID Resolver tool

9.3.4 ID Resolver tool connection configuration

9.3.5 Using a properties file to modify resolution technique

9.3.6 Optimizing the resolution process.

9.3.7 Running the ID Resolver tool

9.3.8 Issues with the generated reference numbers

9.3.9 Checking the result

9.4 Loading data

9.4.1 Product Advisor search space synchronization

9.4.2 Configuring the MassLoader tool

9.4.3 Running the MassLoader tool

9.4.4 MassLoader performance considerations

Chapter 10. Data propagation

10.1 WebSphere Commerce staging utilities

10.1.1 WebSphere Commerce staging server components

10.1.2 How the staging server works

10.1.3 Configuring a staging server

10.1.4 Examples using staging server commands

10.2 Native database data propagation utilities

Chapter 11. Manage content and catalog data using the divine Inc. Content Server

11.1 Introduction

11.1.1 Definitions and conventions

11.1.2 Target audience

11.2 Environment and architecture

11.2.1 Staging environment

11.2.2 Production environment

11.3 Integration features and assumptions

11.3.1 Single enterprise application - who is driving?

11.3.2 Replicated catalog content

11.3.3 Initial load extracted from WebSphere Commerce

11.3.4 Content Server holds the master catalog

11.3.5 Real-time catalog replication

11.3.6 Synchronized reference identifiers

11.4 Development tasks

11.5 Installing the divine Content Server in a WebSphere Commerce enterprise application

11.6 Customizing WebSphere Commerce

11.6.1 Developing scripts to deploy commands and views

11.6.2 Extracting a catalog from WebSphere Commerce

11.6.3 Updating the registry and access control tables

11.6.4 Copying class files into WebSphere Commerce

11.6.5 Copying JSPs into WebSphere Commerce

11.6.6 Restarting the WebSphere Commerce instance

11.6.7 WebSphere Commerce JSP template modifications

11.6.8 Post-update processing

11.7 WebSphere Commerce integration components.

11.7.1 ExtractContentServerCatalogCmd.

Notes:

"WebSphere software"--Cover.

"January 2003."

"SG24-6855-00."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

137342243