The global information about the catalogue is saved in the HEADER area. Most of the HEADER information is not processed further in the Mercateo Unite system. Nevertheless, the mandatory fields defined in the BMEcat 1.2 specification must be present in catalogue.
Extract from BMEcat:
| <HEADER> <GENERATOR_INFO>name of used BMEcat generator</GENERATOR_INFO> <CATALOG> <LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE> <CATALOG_ID>B1234</CATALOG_ID> <CATALOG_VERSION>1</CATALOG_VERSION> <CATALOG_NAME>calender range 2017</CATALOG_NAME> <DATETIME type=“generation_date“> <DATE>2021-03-30</DATE> <TIME>01:06:12</TIME> </DATETIME> <CURRENCY>EUR</CURRENCY> </CATALOG> <BUYER> <BUYER_NAME>customer’s name</BUYER_NAME> </BUYER> <SUPPLIER> <SUPPLIER_NAME>supplier’s name</SUPPLIER_NAME> </SUPPLIER> </HEADER> |
The content of the following fields is relevant to the Mercateo system:
| BMEcat element | Requirement |
| GENERATOR_INFO | → You can save the name of your BMEcat generator here → This information is helpful during error analysis |
| LANGUAGE | → Mandatory field → Please select from the following list: ISO 639-2 |
| CURRENCY | → Please select from the following list: ISO 4217 → If you specify the currency on the product level, the currency must not appear additionally in the HEADER. |