File formats
Below you will find the possible standard exchange formats that 2BA supports. New formats and/or versions developed by the industry are phased in and introduced in agreement with software firms, data suppliers and data customers.
Current exchange formats:
| Format | Import | Export | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICO (SALES005) *** preferred *** |
XML-based exchange format (successor of INSBOU) developed by Ketenstandaard Bouw en Techniek. | ||
| ETIMxChange | JSON exchange format developed by ETIM International | ||
| BMECat 2005 V5.0 | Most up-to-date version 5.0 (incl. ETIM Guidelines) by BMEcat administered by ETIM International. | ||
|
|
The 2BA Webservices are basic, lightweight and fast services to integrate your systems with the 2BA database. Via web services you can search our database, retrieve product or article details and, for example, download your selection profiles automatically. |
Other exchange formats:
| Format | Import | Export | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSBOU004 | XML exchange format developed by Ketenstandaard Bouw en Techniek. | ||
| BMECat 2005 V4.0 | Version 4.0 (incl. ETIM Guideline) by BMEcat administered by ETIM International. | ||
| BMECat 2005 V3.1 | Predecessor of BMEcat 2005 ETIM 4.0 by BMEcat administered by ETIM International. | ||
| PAB 2 |
Successor of PAB 1 but no longer further developed. |
||
| AttachmentIndex |
Exchange format for attachments but no longer further developed. |
||
| Koppeltabel |
Exchange format with which to make references between products but no longer further developed. |
||
| ICC Condition message |
Exchange format to communicate discounts on item groups or net prices on items. |
2BA Database
Based on the national character, history and compatibility, the ‘ANSI’/’Latin-1’ (officially: ISO/IEC 8859-1) drawing set ISO/IEC 8859-1) set. The Latin-1 drawing set supports West European languages (so not Hebrew, Chinese etc.) Exports from the 2BA database are coded as standard according to the Latin-1 encoding (GABI, PAB1 and PAB 2).
More information:
| WikipediA ISO 8859-1 |
