Endeca - Attribute

About

An Attribute in Endeca is a fundamental units of a record.

For:

• a data_record, an attribute provides information about that record.
• a schema_record, an attribute provides configuration information

An attribute is the basic unit of a record. Each attribute is identified by a unique name.

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Type

The term attribute collectively refers to both standard attributes and managed attributes.

Attribute can refer to :

• standard attribute: An attribute whose value is not included in an enumerated list or hierarchy.
• managed attribute: An attribute for which a hierarchy of attribute values is attached. Managed attributes are used to support hierarchical navigation.

Standard and managed attributes are both described by system records.

Example

Data Record

The following XML represents a two single data record (Bike) with (standard) attributes (Name, ProductID, BikeType, Color, …).

<Record>
  <Name type="mdex:string">Road-450</Name>
  <ProductID type="mdex:int">4038</ProductID>
  <BikeType type="mdex:string">Road Bikes</BikeType>
  <SizeRange type="mdex:string">42-46 CM</SizeRange>
  <Color type="mdex:string">Red</Color>
  <ReviewScore type="mdex:int">35</ReviewScore>
  <ReviewScore type="mdex:int">45</ReviewScore>
  <ReviewScore type="mdex:int">60</ReviewScore>
  <Price type="mdex:double">1457.99</Price>
</Record>
<Record>
  <Name type="mdex:string">Touring-3000</Name>
  <ProductID type="mdex:int">4035</ProductID>
  <BikeType type="mdex:string">Mountain Bikes</BikeType>
  <SizeRange type="mdex:string">48-52 CM</SizeRange>
  <Color type="mdex:string">Yellow</Color>
  <Price type="mdex:double">742.35</Price>
</Record>

Schema Record

A schema record represents an attribute of a data record and each attribute in that schema record controls an (aspect|configuration) of that data record attribute.