X-Active Server Original Function and End-Use Document
(``A'' Specification)

Juan Daugherty

May, 2000, For Phase II of the Generic Catalog Design Pattern, ``AnySupplier''

• 0.1 Purpose
• 0.2 Release Notices and Amendment Records
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Using the Generic Package
  • 1 System Setup
    • 1.1 Getting the XASP Software
    • 1.2 Platform Requirements
    • 1.3 Setting up the ECatalog
      • 1.3.1 Adding Relationships and Integrity Constraints to the Base Schema
      • 1.3.2 Adding Non-Key Indices
    • 1.4 Using SiteServer Commerce
      • 1.4.1 Creating the Commerce Site
      • 1.4.2 Creating the VI Project
      • 1.4.3 Adjustments to Wizard Generated Sources
      • 1.4.4 Details of XASP-SSC Interfacing
  • 2 Developing Content using the Generic App
    • 2.1 Defining the Site Subspaces
    • 2.2 Initial Data Collection
    • 2.3 Batching - Rough Content Proofing
    • 2.4 Batching - Detailed Content Proofing and Finishing
  • 3 Building the E-Catalog database using AnyFront
    • 3.1 Defining the Outer Structures and Raw Data Paths
    • 3.2 Performing Initial Data Collection
      • 3.2.1 Using the Data Collector
      • 3.2.2 The Table Prep Worksheet
      • 3.2.3 The XASP Batcher
      • 3.2.4 The Batch Transmitter
    • 3.3 Initializing the E-Catalog Kernel
      • 3.3.1 Logging onto the E-Catalog
      • 3.3.2 Initializing the Kernel
    • 3.4 Creating the Core Hierarchy - Sending Product Groups to the Catalog
    • 3.5 Batching - Processing Content into the Defined Hierarchy
    • 3.6 Mapping General Attributes - Prices and Images
  • 4 Building the XASP Knowledgebase
    • 4.1 Grounding Attributes in Unit Spaces using AnyFront
    • 4.2 Building an English grammar using VB/ELF
  • 5 References
• Index
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