Apparel & Accessories

Additional Properties

Additional niches properties of products allow studying user preferences and calculating recommendations more accurately. This section describes allowing filling the product feed with niche features of apparel and accessories.

Fashion

The "fashion" element must be inside the "offer" element.

<offer ...>
    ...
    <fashion>
        ...
    </fashion>
    ...
</offer>

Gender

The "gender" element must be inside the "fashion" element and can have one of the following values:

Value	Description
m	For men's products
f	For women's products

If the product is equally suitable for either gender, there is no need to add this element.

<offer ...>
    ...
	<fashion>
	    <gender>f</gender>
	</fashion>
    ...
</offer>

Type

The "type" element must be inside the "fashion" element and can have one of the following values:

Value	Description
shoe	Any products are shoes in one way or another
shirt	Any products that are somehow a shirt, blouse, dress, etc.
tshirt	Any products that are somehow a T-shirt, etc.
underwear	Any products are underwear in one way or another
trouser	Any products that are somehow pants, jeans, shorts, skirts, etc.
jacket	Any products that are somehow jackets, coats, fur coats, etc.
blazer	Any products that are somehow blazers, vests, pullovers, cardigans, etc.
sock	Any products are socks in one way or another
belt	Any products are belts in one way or another
hat	Any products are hats in one way or another
glove	Any products that are somehow gloves, mittens, etc.

There is no need to add this element if the product sizes aren't available. See the "size" element below.

<offer ...>
	...
	<fashion>
		<type>shoe</type>
	</fashion>
</offer>

Size

The "size" element must be inside the "sizes" element of the "fashion" element and can have one of the following values:

Sizing system	Prefix formatting	Example
European sizing system	e	e38
U.S. / international sizing system	u (or no need if only the letters are used)	XS, u30
British sizing system	b	b6
Russian sizing system	r (or no need)	r44, 44
Height (for baby and children apparel)	h	h89-95

There is no need to set the sizes if there is no "type" element (see above). All available product sizes must be listed, each size in a separate "size" element.

<offer ...>
	...
	<fashion>
		<type>shoe</type>
		<sizes>
			<size>e40</size>
			<size>e42</size>
			<size>e44</size>
			<size>e48</size>
		</sizes>
	</fashion>
</offer>

Color

The "color" element must be inside the "fashion" element and can have the following attribute:

Name	Requirement	Description
picture	optionally	Link to the product image in the matching color

If the product has several color variants, each should be set in a separate "color" element.

<offer ...>
	...
	<fashion>
        <color>red></color>
        <color picture="https://examplestore.com/product/100500/pictures/yellow.jpg">yellow</color>
        <color picture="https://examplestore.com/product/100500/pictures/green.jpg">green</color>
	</fashion>
</offer>

Feature

The "feature" element must be inside the "fashion" element and can have one of the following attribute:

Value	Description
pregnant	Maternity clothing
child	Children's clothing
adult	Clothing for adults (default value)

<offer ...>
    ...
	<fashion>
		<feature>pregnant</feature>
	</fashion>
</offer>