Technical Format Details on Mergado Knowledge Base

CDATA in Mergado

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

CDATA in Mergado#

What is CDATA and why does it matter?#

CDATA (short for Character Data) is a way to protect a portion of text in XML from being interpreted as code. In e-commerce feeds, it is mainly useful where elements contain HTML or special characters — typically in <DESCRIPTION> or <LONGDESC>. Without CDATA, HTML tags (e.g. <p>, <strong>) could be read as XML elements, which leads to an invalid feed or lost content.

JSON in Mergado

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

JSON in Mergado#

In Mergado, the most commonly used file formats are XML and CSV. However, the Editor also accepts JSON, TSV, and TXT. It may happen that a supplier provides a JSON feed and you need to upload it to Mergado. If the JSON does not load or returns an error when creating a project, the most common cause is an incorrect format or content of the feed.

What is JSON?#

JSON is a lightweight text format for data exchange. It is human-readable and at the same time easily processed by programs — a universal language for passing structured data between systems.