Product Inventory: Release notes

Release Irene:

Readiness status: A MEF 116.1 revision work in progress, subject to change. CfC#1 ready.

Summary

• New Address Model introduced by MEF 150 implemented.
• Product can refer not only to a Site but also to an Address.
• Mandated throwing Error422 in case of too many matching items are found

List of changes in the API:

productInventoryManagement.api.yaml:

• GET /product
  • fields - removed query parameter
  • geographicAddressId - added
  • geographicalSiteId - renamed to geographicSiteId
• ContactInformation - added
• Duration:
  • amount - added minimum:0
• FieldedAddress - replaced with FieldedAddressRepresentation
  • allOf with GeographicAddress - removed
  • buildingName - added
  • country - removed
  • countryCode - added
  • geographicSubAddress - removed
  • language - added
  • poBox - added
  • privateStreetName - added
  • privateStreetNumber - added
  • streetPreDirection - added
  • streetPostDirection - added
  • streetSuffix - removed
  • no attribute is required anymore
• FormattedAddressRepresentation - added
• GeographicAddressRef - added
• GeographicAddress_Query - added
• GeographicPointRepresentation - added
• GeographicSiteRef - added
• GeographicSubAddress - removed
• LabelRepresentation - added
• MEFChargePeriod - removed
• MEFGeographicPoint - added
• MEFItemTerm:
  • name - marked as required
  • duration - marked as required
  • endOfTermAction - marked as required
• MEFProduct:
  • @type - removed
  • agreementName - added
  • relatedSite - replaced with place
  • statusChange - made required
• MEFProduct_Find:
  • relatedSite - replaced with place
• MEFSubUnit - renamed to SubUnit
• PlaceRefOrQuery - added
• ProductPrice:
  • recurringChargePeriod - changed ref type to Duration
• RelatedGeographicSite - removed
• RelatedContactInformation:
  • postalAddress - changed ref type to FieldedAddressRepresentation
• RelatedPlaceRefOrQuery - added
• TimeUnit:
  • added:
    • seconds
    • minutes
    • months
    • years
  • removed:
    • calendarMinutes
    • businessMinutes
    • calendarMonths

Release Haley:

Readiness status: MEF Published Standard

No changes.

Release Grace:

Readiness status: MEF Published Standard

No changes.

Release Fergie:

Readiness status: MEF Published Standard

No changes.

Release Ella:

Readiness status: MEF Published Standard

No changes.

Release Dolly:

Readiness status: MEF Published Standard

List of changes in the API:

• Price:
  • dutyFreeAmount - made required
• MEFBillingAccount replaced with MEFBillingAccountRef

Release Celine:

Readiness status: Requested Letter Ballot. It will be most likely published as a standard in this form.

List of changes in the API:

None

Release Billie:

List of changes in the API:

• get '/product/'
  • query params:
    • status - updated list
    • geographicalSiteId - renamed to relatedSiteId
• Product:
  • renamed to MEFProduct
  • removed:
    • agreement
  • MEFProductConfiguration - renamed to productConfiguration
  • buyerProductId - renamed to externalId
• MEFProductSummary
  • renamed to MEFProduct_Find
  • lastUpdateDate - added
  • productSpecification - changed type to ProductSpecificationRef
• AgreementRef - removed
• ProductSpecificationRef
  • aligned across all APIs
  • removed:
    • name
    • targetProductSchema
    • @schemaLocation
    • @type
• MEFProductSpecificationSummary - removed
• ProductOfferingRef
  • href - added
• ProductRelationship
  • removed:
    • buyerProductId
    • name
• MEFProductStatusType:
  • added:
    • cancelled
    • activePendingChange
  • renamed:
    • activePendingTerminate to pendingTerminate
• ProductPrice
  • recurringChargePeriod => changed to enum: MEFChargePeriod
  • priceType => changed to enum: MEFPriceType
• TargetProductSchema - removed
• ProductTerm replaced with MEFItemTerm
• MEFEndOfTermAction - added
• MEFProductOrderItemRef
  • id - renamed to productOrderId
  • href - renamed to productOrderHref
  • orderItemId - renamed to productOrderItemId
• MEFProductConfiguration
  • @schemaLocation - removed
• Error
  • status - removed
• BillingAccountRef
  • replaced with MEFBillingAccount
  • changed from array to single ref

Release Aretha:

List of changes in the API:

• GET /product
  • sellerId added to query
• Quantity unified to Duration and TimeUnit
• RelatedGeographicSite:
  • removed @type
• Product
  • relatedParty => relatedContactInformation
  • @schemaLocation = removed
  • @BaseType - removed
• RelatedParty
  • refactored to RelatedContactInformation
  • added:
    • organization
    • postalAddress
• FieldedAddress - added
• GeographicSubAddress - added
• MEFSubUnit - added
• Price:
  • removed @type
• ProductPrice:
  • removed @type

Developer Guide document

There is no Developer Guide document at his moment. A project is running to deliver one for the next Billie release.

Readiness status: Work in progress and is subject to change