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File formats<\/h1>\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n

Current exchange formats:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Format<\/th>\nImport<\/th>\nExport<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
DICO (SALES005)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\nExchange format (XML) developed and managed by Ketenstandaard Bouw en Techniek (no longer being developed).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ETIM xChange V2.0<\/a><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nExchange format (JSON) developped and managed by ETIM International<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ETIM xChange V1.0 \/ V1.1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\nExchange format (JSON) developped and managed by ETIM International.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BMECat 2005 V5.0<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n\nExchange format (XML) Guideline 5.0 developped and managed by ETIM International.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2BA Webservices<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\nThe 2BA Webservices developped by 2BA are basic, lightweight and fast services to integrate your systems with the 2BA database.\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Other exchange formats:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Format<\/th>\nImport<\/th>\nExport<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
INSBOU004<\/a><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nSuccessor of DICO (SALES005).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BMECat 2005 V4.0     <\/a><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\nSuccessor of BMEcat 2005 V5.0.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PAB 2<\/a><\/td>\nUntil may ’25<\/span><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n\n

Exchange format (ASCII) developped and managed by ETIM Nederland.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AttachmentIndex<\/a><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\nExchange format for attachments.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Koppeltabel<\/a><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\nExchange format (ASCII) to make references between products and trade items.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ICC Condition message<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nExchange format to communicate discounts or net prices on trade items.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

2BA Database<\/h3>\n

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).<\/p>\n

More information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/i> WikipediA ISO 8859-1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n