ETIM (standard)

ETIM Germany eV ( Electrical Engineering Information Model ) is an initiative to standardize the electronic exchange of product data in the Department of Electrical Engineering ( electrical installation products, home appliances and consumer electronics ) to enable electronic trading of these products. The standard is specifically geared to the needs of the electrical industry and allows the uniform, technical writing of electrical goods as well as the assignment to a product class. Products are recorded in two hierarchical levels:

  • Of product, and
  • Article class.

The article summarizes the group products together thematically. In the article class then comparable products are classified. The name of the item class can be find also assigned synonyms that refer to the class. Each class is associated with a list of characteristics that uniquely describes the product. This is how the ETIM classification

The standardization allows suppliers to find independent electrical goods on the basis of class or of technical features. ETIM is common especially in the creation of product catalogs.

The transfer of catalog data is in an extended BMEcat format. BMEcat is short for BME Catalog and refers to a standardized data format for electronic product data exchange. Here, the BMEcat standard is used by the ETIM initiative to transfer complete product catalogs. There are two formats:

ETIM versions

  • The " ETIM Clearing Center - Specification Product Data Exchange Format Version 1.02 " uses BMEcat 1:01 as a base.
  • ETIM BMEcat 1.2 includes the ETIM 2.0 specification and is adapted to BMEcat 1.2.
  • ETIM version 3.0 is available in the languages ​​German and English since 30 May 2005.
  • ETIM version 4.0 is since January 15, 2008 available in the languages ​​German, English and Dutch.
  • On 27 March 2008 a revised version was published. The changes relate only to some units.
  • ETIM version 5.0 since June 6, 2011 complete in the languages ​​German, English ( British English), Dutch, Belgian Dutch ( Flemish ) Belgian French, Swiss French, Spanish, Polish and Swedish. The data model and all its contents are exactly the same in all countries.

Internationalization

On 24 October 2008 organizations from Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, the international association " ETIM International" was founded in Barcelona at a meeting of the national ETIM. The new organization has its headquarters in Brussels. Each member in Germany is also automatically a member of the international organizations. November 6, 2012 Poland joined as an additional member ETIM International.

Cooperation with other organizations

Since 1 January 2006, ETIM member of eCl @ ss and vice versa. eCl @ ss is a cross-industry product data standard for the classification and description of products and services. Both organizations have set themselves the goal of unifying the classification and shall cooperate, inter alia, with the VDMA, ZVEI, and the DIN organization.

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