Terms used in the context
of Product Data Management

PIM, SKU, DQ, CSV, TMS or XML. In the world of Product Information Management, there are countless abbreviations and technical terms. If you are unsure about any of these terms and you need an explanation or definition, you will find the answer to your question in our PIM glossary.

A

Article

Assortment

Attribute

API – Application Programming Interface

Audit Trail

B

Best-of-breed

BMEcat

C

Catalogue

Catalogue format

Classification

CMP – Cross-Media-Publishing

CMS – Content-Management-System

CRM – Customer-Relationship-Management

CSV File Format

Cloud

CDN – Content Delivery Network

D

DAM – Digital-Asset-Management

DBP – Database Publishing

Dashboard

DATANORM

Data field

Data source

Data type

Dealer

DMS – Document Management System

DTP-Document

DQM – Data Quality Management

E

eClass / eCl@ss

Entity

E-Procurement

ERP – Enterprise-Ressource-Planning

ESB – Enterprise Service Bus

ETIM – (European) Technical Information Model

Evaluation

F

Fallback

G

GLN – Global Location Number

Golden Record

L

Longlist

M

MAM – Media Asset Management

Manufacturer

MDM – Master Data Management

Media-neutral

O

On-Premise

P

PaaS – Platform-as-a-Service

PDM – Product Data Management

PIM – Product Information Management

PLM – Product Lifecycle Management

Product

proficl@ss

R

REST – Representational State Transfer

S

Segmentation

Shortlist

SPP – Supplier Portal

Structure system

SOAP – Simple Object Access Protocol

SaaS – Software-as-a-Service

T

TM – Translation Memory

TMS – Translation Management System

Terminology Management

U

User Story

UNSPSC

W

Workflow

Web2Print – Web-to-Print

X

XML – Extensible Markup Language