Auto Products

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 vehicle niche features.

Auto

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

<offer ...>
    ...
	<auto>
        ...
	</auto>
    ...
</offer>

Product Compatibility with Different Car Brands and Models

Mandatory parameter <compatibility>. Placed inside the <offer> section, within the <auto> subsection.

Contains one to few notes of product compatibility with certain car brands and models.


Consider the following example of use:

 ...
<offer ...>
    ...
	<auto>
		...
		<!-- using brand without specific model automatically makes the product compatible with any model within this brand -->
		<compatibility brand="BMW" />
		<!-- using brand and model specifies product compatibility with defined model and brand -->
		<compatibility brand="Mini" model="Cooper S" />
		<!-- note that it is possible to list more than just one model -->
		<compatibility brand="Mini" model="Cooper One" />
	</auto>
</offer>
...

Frequently purchased product

Optional parameter <periodic>.  Placed inside the <offer> section, within the <auto> subsection.

Consider the following table of possible attributes:

Consider the following example of use:

 ...
<offer ...>
    ...
	<auto>
	    ...
		<periodic>1</periodic>
	</auto>
</offer>
...

Car identifier VIN (part of <vds>)

Optional parameter <vds>. Placed inside the <offer> section, within the <auto> subsection.

Contains one to few VDS notes - from the VIN section that describes car configuration details;

Consider the following example of use:

 ...
<offer ...>
    ...
	<auto>
		...
		<vds>BP8AN5</vds>
		<vds>HH5820</vds>
	</auto>
</offer>
...