ETIM (standard)
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ETIM Deutschland e. V. is an initiative to standardize
the electronic exchange of product data
for electrical and electronic products (electrical installation products, home appliances and consumer electronics) to enable the electronic trading of these products. The standard is designed to meet the requirements of the electrical industry and allows for the uniform, technical description of electrical goods and their assignment to a class of products.
The article groups each contain a set of article classes associated by theme. An article class can only be assigned to one article group. Within the article class, comparable or "alike" products are classified together. The name of an article class can have synonyms assigned in order to specify alternative names for the article class. The same synonym can be assigned to more than one article class. Each article class is assigned a list of features that unambiguously describe the product. This creates the ETIM classification.
This standardization
allows suppliers of electrical goods to be found on the basis of class name (including synonyms) or of technical features.
ETIM is especially common in the creation of product catalogs. The transfer of catalog data is in an expanded BMEcat format. BMEcat is short for BME Catalog and refers to a standardized data format for electronic product data exchange that uses XML
. In this case, the BMEcat standard for the transfer of a complete product catalog is used.
and vice versa. eCl@ss is the equivalent of ETIM in for field machines and plant construction. Both organizations have set a goal of unifying the classifications to a standard and are working together with the organizations VDMA, ZVEI, and the DIN
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Standardization
Standardization is the process of developing and implementing technical standards.The goals of standardization can be to help with independence of single suppliers , compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality....
the electronic exchange of product data
Product Data Management
Product data management is the business function often within product lifecycle management that is responsible for the creation, management and publication of product data...
for electrical and electronic products (electrical installation products, home appliances and consumer electronics) to enable the electronic trading of these products. The standard is designed to meet the requirements of the electrical industry and allows for the uniform, technical description of electrical goods and their assignment to a class of products.
ETIM classification
Products are arranged in two hierarchical levels:- Article group
- Article class
The article groups each contain a set of article classes associated by theme. An article class can only be assigned to one article group. Within the article class, comparable or "alike" products are classified together. The name of an article class can have synonyms assigned in order to specify alternative names for the article class. The same synonym can be assigned to more than one article class. Each article class is assigned a list of features that unambiguously describe the product. This creates the ETIM classification.
This standardization
Standardization
Standardization is the process of developing and implementing technical standards.The goals of standardization can be to help with independence of single suppliers , compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality....
allows suppliers of electrical goods to be found on the basis of class name (including synonyms) or of technical features.
ETIM is especially common in the creation of product catalogs. The transfer of catalog data is in an expanded BMEcat format. BMEcat is short for BME Catalog and refers to a standardized data format for electronic product data exchange that uses XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
. In this case, the BMEcat standard for the transfer of a complete product catalog is used.
ETIM versions
- The "ETIM Clearing Center - Specification Product Data Exchange Format Version 1.02" uses BMEcat 1.01 as the basis.
- ETIM BMEcat 1.2 contains the ETIM-2.0 specification and is adapted to BMEcat 1.2.
- ETIM version 3.0, 30 May 2005, in German and English.
- ETIM version 4.0, 15 January 2008, in German, English and Dutch.
- On 27 March 2008, a corrected version was published. The changes apply only to some units.
Cooperation with other organizations
Since 1 January 2006 ETIM is a member of eCl@ssEclass
eCl@ss is a product classification and description standard for information exchange between customers and their suppliers.eCl@ss is a de facto standard within the German energy industry, but competes with UNSPSC in the United States. In 2006 eCl@ss joined forces with ETIM, which is an important...
and vice versa. eCl@ss is the equivalent of ETIM in for field machines and plant construction. Both organizations have set a goal of unifying the classifications to a standard and are working together with the organizations VDMA, ZVEI, and the DIN
Din
DIN or Din or din can have several meanings:* A din is a loud noise.* Dīn, an Arabic term meaning "religion" or "way of life".* Din is one of the ten aspects of the Ein Sof in Kabbalah ....
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Industrial products and services categorization standards
- eCl@ssEclasseCl@ss is a product classification and description standard for information exchange between customers and their suppliers.eCl@ss is a de facto standard within the German energy industry, but competes with UNSPSC in the United States. In 2006 eCl@ss joined forces with ETIM, which is an important...
- ETIM (standard)
- UNSPSCUNSPSCThe United Nations Standard Products and Services Code is a taxonomy of products and services for use in eCommerce. It is a five-level hierarchy coded as an 8-digit number.-Governance:...
- eOTDEOTDeOTD is the acronym for the ECCMA Open Technical Dictionary. The dictionary is a language-independent database of concepts with associated terms, definitions and images used to unambiguously describe individuals, organizations, locations, goods, services, processes, rules, and regulations...
- RosettaNetRosettaNetRosettaNet is a non-profit consortium aimed at establishing standard processes for the sharing of business information . RosettaNet is a consortium of major Computer and Consumer Electronics, Electronic Components, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Telecommunications and Logistics companies working to...
- TUNTUN (product standard)TUN is a Danish product standard numbering system managed by Danish Timber & Building Merchants' Trade Organization identifying building materials.. Currently more than 30,000 products are identified. TUN numbers are assigned to suppliers identifying products and therefore a product with several...