Open Catalog Interface (OCI) is an open standard for a
software interface developed by
SAP
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for punch-out catalogs that connect buyers' procurement systems with suppliers' eCommerce systems.
OCI is an alternative to
cXML.
It is used by SAP
Supplier Relationship Management,
Microsoft Dynamics AX and other
Enterprise resource planning and purchasing systems when connecting to external punch-out catalogs. In the open catalogue project
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, a separate OCI is defined for the exchange of multimedia data between multilingual product catalogs.
The OCI format is used to define the field mapping between the supplier's catalog and the SAP SRM
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, to ensure that the data is transferred accurately and completely between source and receiver.
References
External links
Catalog Interface (OCI - Open Catalog Interface)from the SAP Help Portal
SAP SE
Interfaces
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