Attributes

Product attributes

XML tag	CSV column	Declaration	Data type	epoq Search/Advise	epoq Inspire/Connect
g:id	productId	A clear identification of the product.	Text
title	name	The name of the product.	Text
link	productUrl	The absolute URL to the product detail page.	URL
g:price	price	Current price in Euro. Set the “currency” attribute for other currencies.	Double
g:image_link	smallImage	The absolute URL to the (small) product image. Here we recommend, to provide the images all in a uniform size.	URL
description	description	The description of the product.	Text
g:product_type	category	The category of the product. Subcategories can be clarified by ”>”. How to specify multiple categories	Text
g:brand	brand	The brand of the product.	Text
e:variant_of	variantOf	Indicates whether the product is a special variant of another product. How to hand over main products and variants	Text
e:recommendable	recommendable	Indicates whether the product should appear in the epoq recommendations.	Text
g:quantity	quantity	Indicates how many copies are in stock (0 for no longer in stock).	int
g:condition	condition	The condition of the product (new, used).	Text
g:color	color	The color of the product.	Text
g:size	size	The size of the product, e.g. 36, 38, 40, XL, XXL.	Text
e:sizes_Info	sizesInfo	Size # quantity # original price # price # linkID # special price. How to transfer size availability	Text
e:large_image	largeImage	The absolute URL to a large product image.	URL
e:locakey	locaKey	Defines the language of the entry if the catalog is multilingual (e.g. en).	Text
e:currency	currency	Should be indicated if a currency other than Euro is to be used.	Text
e:deliveryTimeIn Days	deliveryTimeIn Days	Indicates delivery time in days.	int
e:newArticle	newArticle	Indicates whether the article is a novelty.	boolean
e:accessories	accessories	Compatible accessories; productIds separated by ”,”.	Text
e:crosssell	crosssell	Cross-selling products; productIds separated by ”,”.	Text
e:ean	ean	Product labeling for commercial articles.	Text
e:old_price	oldprice	Old price (if reduced, current is in price).	double
e:gender	gender	Indicates gender for which product is intended.	Text
e:season	season	Season of the product.	Text
e:sale	sale	Indicates whether the product is on sale.	boolean

Legend:

Icon	Meaning
	necessary
	epoq recommends
(blank)	optional

Content attributes

XML tag	CSV column	Declaration	Data type	epoq Search/Advise	epoq Inspire/Connect
g:id	productId	A clear identification of the content.	Text
title	name	The name of the content.	Text
link	productUrl	The absolute URL to the content detail page.	URL
description	description	The description of the content.	Text
short_description	shortDescription	The short description of the content.	Text
tags	tags	A list of compatible content, separated by ”,”.	Text
g:image_link	smallImage	The absolute URL to the (small) content image. We recommend providing the images all in a uniform size.	URL
g:product_type	category	The category of the content. Subcategories can be clarified by ”>”. How to specify multiple categories	Text
e:recommendable	recommendable	Indicates whether the content should appear in the epoq recommendations.	Text
e:large_image	largeImage	The absolute URL to a large content image.	URL
e:locakey	locaKey	Defines the language of the entry if the catalog is available in several languages. (e.g. en).	Text
published	published	Date of publication.	int
updated	updated	Time of the last update.	int
author	author	Name of the content author.	Text

Legend:

Icon	Meaning
	necessary
	epoq recommends
(blank)	optional

Additional attributes

If you need other attributes than the predefined ones, this is no problem. You can pass them yourself according to the guidelines of XML and CSV. The following points show how other attributes can be transferred.

XML

With the XML format you can simply pass them in the custom namespace “c:” in the following form:

Catalog format XML

<c:engine type="string">2.5l TDI</c:engine>

Here the data type is variable. Integers, boolean values or others can be transmitted in the same way.

CSV

With CSV format you can simply add an additional column:

Catalog format CSV

productId;name;productUrl;price;smallImage;engine3435x5;CarAB;www.epoq.de/cars?foo;14999.99;2.5l TD

The new attribute name in the header and the corresponding values in the following lines must be added.