BIC WEB SERVICES STANDARDS
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- Price and Availability Request and Response Web service
- Order Cancellation Request and Response Web Service
- ONIX Product Information Request and Response Web service
- MARC Product Information Request and Response Web service
- Order Request and Response Web Service
- Request Financial Document List Web Service
- Request Financial Document Web Service
- Post Financial Document Web Service
- Request Backorder Summary Web Service
- Request Backorder Release Web Service
Specifications ready for full implementation
Price and Availability Request and Response Web Service
The formats have been designed to handle the supply of price and availability information as a value-added service offered by wholesalers and distributors. The typical user of this service will generally be a bookseller, but occasionally a wholesaler referring a bookseller’s enquiry on to the distributor.
New version 1.1 (August 06, updated May 07) available below
Price and Availability Request and Response Web Service specification
- a WSDL Definition for the SOAP protocol version of the web service
- an XML Schema for Requests and Response payloads in XML format
Implementation information
Implemented by Bertrams Books
SOAP: http://panda1.bertrams.com/Panda/services/portSOAP
REST: http://panda1.bertrams.com/Panda/PandaHTTP
Contact:
helpdesk@bertrams.com (first level)
John.Garrould@bertrams.com (escalation route)
Order Cancellation Request and Response Web service
The formats have been designed to enable a customer to request cancellation of order items that have been placed on back-order by a supplier and to enable the supplier to response by accepting or rejecting the request and, if the latter, providing a reason for rejecting it. A typical implementation will be as a value-added service offered by wholesalers and distributors. The typical user will be a bookseller, but occasionally a wholesaler.
New version 1.0 (June 2007)
Order Cancellation Request and Response Web service
- a WSDL Definition for the SOAP protocol version of the web service
- an XML Schema for Requests and Response payloads in XML format
Implementation information
Implemented by Bertrams Books
SOAP: www.bertrams.com/BICWSOrderCancellation/services/portRequest
REST: www.bertrams.com/BICWSOrderCancellation/OrderCancellationHTTP
Contact:
helpdesk@bertrams.com (first level)
John.Garrould@bertrams.com (escalation route)
Specifications ready for pilot implementation and subject to revision
ONIX Product Information Request and Response Web Service
The formats have been designed to handle the supply of product information in ONIX format as a value-added service offered by wholesalers and distributors as well as by bibliographic information services. The typical user of this service will generally be a bookseller, but occasionally a wholesaler referring a bookseller's enquiry on to the distributor or to a bibliographic information service.
ONIX Product Information Request and Response Web service
- a WSDL Definition for the SOAP protocol version of the web service
- an XML Schema for Requests and Response payloads in XML format
MARC Product Information Request and Response Web Service
The formats have been designed to handle the supply of product information in MARC 21 or UK MARC format as a value-added service offered by wholesalers and distributors as well as by bibliographic information services. The typical user of this service will generally be a library or a library supplier referring a library enquiry on to the distributor or to a bibliographic information service.
MARC Product Information Request and Response Web service
- a WSDL Definition for the SOAP protocol version of the web service
- an XML Schema for Requests and Response payloads in XML format
Order Request and Response Web Service
This service will enable the use of web services for the placing of orders by retailers (or possibly, in the case of smaller retailers, their agents) with wholesalers or distributors, or possibly the placing of orders by wholesalers with distributors, where this complements existing paper-based and electronic ordering methods. Using this service, the buyer can receive an immediate response to the order and not simply a technical acknowledgement of receipt.
Order Request and Response Web service
- a WSDL Definition for the SOAP protocol version of the web service
- an XML Schema for Requests and Response payloads in XML format
Request Financial Document List Web Service
This service answers the need for buyers, including EDI users, to ensure that they are aware of all invoices and credit notes issued by a particular supplier by enabling a buyer to retrieve a list of invoices and credit notes, selected by date-of-issue range or by whether they are settled or not yet settled.
Request Financial Document List Web Service
Request Financial Document Web Service
Where a suitable trading partner agreement exists, there is a need for a buyer to be able to retrieve financial documents as digital documents from a supplier, either directly or through an aggregation service. There is a need to be able to retrieve both original documents and, where documents are missing or are altered outside the system, copies of originals.
Request Financial Document Web Service
Post Financial Document Web Service
Where a suitable trading partner agreement exists, there is a need for a supplier to be able to post invoices and credit notes as digital documents to a buyer or to an aggregation service, both as original and as copy documents. There may in future be a need to post other financial documents, such as debit notes and statements.
Post Financial Document Web Service
Retrieve Backorder Summary Web Service
This web service is designed to assist buyers in obtaining a clear up-to-date picture of the status of backorder files with their suppliers (possibly intermediated by an agent or aggregation service).
Retrieve Backorder Summary Web Service
Request Backorder Release Web Service
This web service is designed to assist buyers in requesting release of backorder file items that are being accumulated by the supplier (possibly intermediated by an agent or aggregation service).
Request Backorder Release Web Service
