Implementing WebSphere Business Integration Express for Item Synchronization

12 Implementing WebSphere BI Express for Item Synchronization

Integration Express provides an item-synchronization solution to connect these

back-end business processes with the UCCnet global repository. Thus, any item

change in these processes is automatically propagated and updated in the

UCCnet GLOBALregistry. See Figure 1-3.

Figure 1-3 Proposed Item Exchange

1.6 UCCnet messages

There are many different types of message passed between suppliers, retailers,

and UCCnet as part of the Item Synchronization process. We will briefly describe

each of them here so that you are familiar with the terms as they appear in the

solution.

1.6.1 RCIR: Register Catalogue Item Registry

򐂰 Adds products to the GLOBALregistry

򐂰 Adds products to the ITEMregistry

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򐂰 Allows for changes and corrections

򐂰 Permits performance of Data Validation before items are added

1.6.2 CI: Catalogue Item Document

򐂰 Used to further describe the trade item as defined by EAN.UCC. It includes

attributes that extend beyond the 35 attributes supported in the

GLOBALregistry

– Only GTINs that have been successfully registered in the GLOBALregistry

are eligible for inclusion on the CI document

– The CI is validated against the GLOBALregistry to ensure the CI attributes

match the RCIR

– If there is a modification to a catalogue item, UCCnet will manage the

communication to the Retailer

1.6.3 CIP: Catalogue Item Publication

򐂰 Schema-based XML document submitted to UCCnet from a Data Source

Trading Partner listing the specific GLN that should receive notification of

item-related event actions (such as changes, corrections, delete, and adds)

taken on GTINs within the global registry

1.6.4 CIN: Catalogue Item Notification

򐂰 Means for source organizations to notify recipient organizations of the status

of item information in the GLOBALregistry, as well as additional attributes

(trade item extensions and industry specifics)

1.6.5 CIC: Catalogue Item Confirmation

򐂰 Means for recipient organizations to communicate action taken to the source

organization.

1.6.6 Query messages

򐂰 Worklist Retrieval

Only place to collect the elements other than the 35 in the GLOBALregistry