electronic catalog (eCatalog)
To facilitate and accelerate the exchange of information on products, their specifications, services and delivery information, web-compatible catalogs, so-called e-catalogs, can be placed on the Internet.
Functionally, they resemble a print catalog in which you can browse, jump from the table of contents to the relevant pages, search for the offers in the index or in search functions, make notes and enlarge and print the desired pages. E-Catalogs are built with page-oriented authoring systems that support linking of different pages.
Many functions are supported by sitemaps and imagemaps. This concerns the table of contents and product photos. Thus, one can go from the table of contents directly to the desired product or from product photos directly to the product info. Depending on the scope of functions, the prospective customer has the possibility to select his products directly via the e-catalog, to put them into the virtual shopping cart and to execute the order. The advantages of this e- service are the fast and cost-effective updating of the e-catalog and the low effort required for processing and ordering.