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Process Control Elements

These elements are used to provide the Web Content Integrator with some information about how to handle the data contained within the <item>.


action

This element indicates the action to be performed on the item represented by the <item>.


Table 1. action element

Element parameters: Details for this element:
Applies to item types All
Required for item types All
Allowable Values "add", "update", or "delete".
Required Attributes None
Optional Attributes None
Required sub-elements None
Optional sub-elements None

Example:

<ibmwcm:action>update</ibmwcm:action>


itemType

The itemType element indicates the type of item represented by the feed entry. These correspond to the Web Content Management item types that can be created or updated via the feed. In some cases the value of this element is combined with the value in the <ibmwcm:path> element to determine which Web Content Management item type to create.


Table 2. itemType element

Element parameters: Details for this element:
Applies to item types All
Required for item types All
Allowable Values

"siteArea" for sites and site areas.

"content" for content items.

"component" for components.

"category" for taxonomies and categories.

Required Attributes None
Optional Attributes None
Required sub-elements None
Optional sub-elements None

Example:

Site

<ibmwcm:itemType>siteArea</ibmwcm:itemType> + <ibmwcm:path>/</ibmwcm:path>

Site Area

<ibmwcm:itemType>siteArea</ibmwcm:itemType> + any other value for <ibmwcm:path> or the lack of an <ibmwcm:path> element.

Taxonomy

<ibmwcm:itemType>category</ibmwcm:itemType> + <ibmwcm:path>/</ibmwcm:path>

Category

<ibmwcm:itemType>category</ibmwcm:itemType> + any other value for <ibmwcm:path> or the lack of an <ibmwcm:path> element.

Component

<ibmwcm:itemType>component</ibmwcm:itemType>

Content

<ibmwcm:itemType>content</ibmwcm:itemType>


Parent topic:

RSS Namespace Extension for Web content