Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator Concepts and Terminology
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Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator
The Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator is a prebuilt solution for integrating your commerce backend platform with Bloomreach Content and Bloomreach Discovery. It enables commerce-enabled experiences with reduced development effort.
Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator Maven Plugin
The Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator Maven plugin installs the Commerce Accelerator modules into an existing Bloomreach Content project.
Run the Maven plugin from the command line to add the necessary modules.
Info: Starting with version 14.2, the Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator Maven plugin replaces the deprecated Boot Projects.
Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator Boot Projects
Warning: Boot Projects have been deprecated since version 14.2. Use the Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator Maven plugin to install modules in your existing Bloomreach Content project.
Boot Projects are ready-to-use Maven projects that provide a starting point for building commerce-enabled digital experience applications with Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator. These projects are preconfigured for supported commerce backend platforms and include a website built with components from the component library. The look and feel can be customized using templates from the template library.
Boot Projects are available in both B2C and B2B versions.
BRIEF
BRIEF stands for BloomReach Integration & Enrichment Framework. It is a framework for developing commerce-enabled applications in Bloomreach Content. BRIEF provides integration and content enrichment with various commerce backend platforms in a transparent and extensible way.
Commerce Backend Platform
A commerce backend platform is an e-commerce system that provides core commerce functionality to the Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator.
Commerce Connector SDK
The Commerce Connector SDK is a set of standardized APIs that define interfaces and abstractions. A commerce connector module must implement these interfaces to integrate with the Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator.
Commerce Connector Module
A commerce connector module is a software package that provides configuration and implementations for the interfaces defined in the Commerce Connector SDK. Each module targets a specific commerce backend platform.
Connector Set Model
A connector set model contains the configuration required for delivery applications to communicate with services provided by the commerce backend platform. In Bloomreach Content, a connector set model is managed as a document in the CMS.
Mapping Model Resource Bundle
Mapping model resource bundles are deprecated as of Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator v2. Use the Commerce Connector SDK-based connector modules instead.
A mapping model resource bundle defines how data structures from a commerce backend platform map to the generic Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator data model. These mapping models are managed as resource bundles in the CMS.
Component Library
The Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator component library provides prebuilt delivery components for common commerce features and content enrichment.
Template Library
The Bloomreach Commerce Accelerator template library contains Freemarker frontend templates for the components in the component library and for pages in the default Commerce Accelerator website. Templates can be customized and updated in a running instance without downtime.