These Release notes cover release information for the IBM® WebSphere® Business
Integration Collaboration for Consumer Products Item Synchronization, version
4.4.0, the main component of the Item Synchronization for Suppliers solution.
Compatibility
Systems supporting the UCCnet
Document Type Definition (DTD) only (such as those using IBM WebSphere Business
Integration Collaborations V4.2.x), are not upward-compatible with systems
supporting both the UCCnet Document Type Definition (DTD) and UCCnet XML Schema
Definition (XSD) (such as those based on IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations
V4.2.1.1 and later).
The IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration
for Consumer Products Item Synchronization, version 4.4.0 is not backward
compatible with any prior versions.
Features
The IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations
for Consumer Products Item Synchronization are made up of several collaboration
templates designed to synchronize item information in compliance with UCCnet
standards. The collaboration templates maintain the consistency of the supplier's
item information in UCCnet and ensure that the information is kept current
with the most recent data in the supplier's application.
The repository
files for the WebSphere InterChange Server have been updated to the WebSphere InterChange
Server 4.2 format.
For instructions on obtaining and installing the
software, see the Installation guide in HTML
format or PDF format.
What's new
The products
have been enhanced to improve synchronization of item information between
retailers and suppliers using third party registries such as UCCnet Services,
Transora, or WorldWide Retail Exchange (WWRE). Item information includes full
descriptions such as price, color, size, and capacity of products.
Enchancements
include the following:
- WebSphere Business
Integration Connect V4.2.2 support
- Enterprise Edition
- Advanced Edition
- Express
- Compliance with UCCnet Services V2.3 (including Pricing and Price Bracket)
- Support for new UCCnet Services XSD attributes in Consumer Products Item
Sync collaborations
- Support for UCCnet Services commands:
- Initial Item Load (XSD)
- Correction (XSD)
- CIP Withdrawal (XSD)
- Business Object that now supports WWRE and Transora, in addition to UCCnet
Services-specific extensions
- Improved logging function
- Support for dynamically specifying data recipients for publications