Version 3.2
Description of the feed formats for JamesEdition - The world's largest luxury marketplace
For Automobiles, Motorcycles, Real estates, Vacation rentals, Yachts and Jewellery listings.
Contact us in case of questions: support@jamesedition.com
3.2 June 22, 2015 Added the new contact person tag “reference” +minor changes
3.1 January 7, 2015 Added vacation rental section along with other minor changes
3.0 October 28, 2014 Complete rewrite
2.8 October 13, 2011 Added contact persons to all categories
2.7 August 11, 2011 Minor changes throughout the document
2.5 May 17, 2011 Several new field options, some restructuring of the document New field options
2.4 March 14, 2011 Some new real estate types, minor corrections, added helicopter category
2.3 February 10, 2011 New tags for car category and watch category, new jet types for jet category
2.2 January 24, 2011 New Document, added real estate rental and minor changes to all categories
2.1 November 17, 2010 Many minor changes, added real estate.
2.0 February 2, 2010 Added two new optional Jet specific tags: serial_number and ttaf
Please thoroughly read these instructions below to minimize the risk of mistakes or unfinished listings. The usage
of a bold font represents very important information. The @ symbol followed by text explains what type of information that needs to be filled in after the equal = sign. The @ symbol must not be included in the finished feed.
These instructions are presented to visually show how the JamesEdition XML feed is built and showcases how the tags should be designed under their correct parent. his is to ensure all subtitles and optional fields are under their correct headline.
Please be advised that the image URL must be canonical and not change over time. All elements marked as required must be present in the feed, though some can be empty-closed. These include for example <price/> when <price_on_request> is set to yes.
Please name your file accordingly:
JamesEdition_feed_<YOUR DEALER ID>.xml. The filename must be static and cannot be changed over time.
XML encoded content in strings e.g. & should be &. If you choose to skip optional tags, or leave them
empty, close them e.g. <color />
Dealers with multiple offices are required to supply independent feeds (stand-alone files) for each office. These feeds will be connected with the unique JamesEdition office ID by the support or your account manager.
In the table below you can see the standard data entry options for the main feed information and the main dealership information.
<jamesedition_feed =”@version”> # Required, version has to be '3.0'
<feed_information>
<reference>REFERENCE</reverence> # Required, string (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _-), your feed reference
<title>TITLE</title> # Required, string, your feed title
<description>DESCRIPTION</description> # Required, string, your description for the feed
<created>TIMESTAMP</created> # Required, date (y-m-d h:i:s), feed creation time
<updated>TIMESTAMP</updated> # Required, date (y-m-d h:i:s), feed update time
</feed_information>
<dealer>
<reference>REFERENCE</reference> # Optional, string, dealer reference
<name>NAME</name> # Required, string, dealer name
<id>ID</id> # Required, integer, the JamesEdition if for the dealer
</dealer>
</jamesedition_feed>