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The
latest version of the Standard Product Data Exchange
Format is now available for all PROFILE® Users.
Version 4.0 is an "Import Ready"
file format that makes it easy to import PROFILE®
data into commercial software applications through
their import facilities. Version 4.0 introduces a
NEW multi-file, field delimited format, and supercedes
the single-file, single field format that was characteristic
of all previous versions of the Standard Product Data
Exchange Format.
As
of February 2003, all PROFILE® information
will be distributed in version 4.0 of the Standard
Product Data Exchange Format. This "Import
Ready" format is easy to implement and PROFILE®
users should experience an easy transition to this
new file format. Subscribers to PROFILE®
may request their data files in this new format by
visiting the Members Area.
As
of February 2003, all PROFILE® Manufacturers
are asked to make plans to submit their product information
in Version 4.0 format. The sunset date for version
3.01 is August 2003, at which time they should have
in place a method to submit their product information
in the 4.0 format.
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