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Product, offer, merchant, and inventory graph

What is sold, by whom, with which current offer and availability?

By Joseph W. Anady 149 words 1 min read

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Contents

Question§

What is sold, by whom, with which current offer and availability?

Nodes§

Product; Variant; Offer; Merchant; Inventory observation

Relationship sketch§

  • offer → item
  • offer → seller
  • inventory observation → offer/version

Evidence inputs§

Actual catalog, identifiers, landing pages, feeds, dated price and stock records.

Implementation§

Separate an enduring product identity from a seller specific, time sensitive offer. Reconcile pages and feeds. Only use variant relationships supported by the actual catalog.

Acceptance checks§

  • Offer currency and price agree with the reviewed source
  • Availability has an observation time
  • Variants are not merged solely because names resemble each other

Do not infer§

Your catalog graph is not direct control of Google Shopping Graph.

Publication boundary§

Approved catalog facts public; supplier and customer records private.

Source basis§

S30, S31. See Research/sources.json. Sources support the primitives or named technology. The organization, labels, actions, and acceptance contracts in this catalog are this library's design, not claimed provider requirements.

Sources consulted

  1. S30Product structured data. Google. Observed 2026-09-12. Product and offer information in supported search experiences. Register entry
  2. S31Shopping Graph explained. Google. Observed 2026-09-12. Documented shopping graph as a product and shopping information system. Register entry

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APA

Anady, J. W. (2026, September 12). Product, offer, merchant, and inventory graph (Graph system G06). FeedTheJoe Library, release 2026.09.12-g40. THATDEVELOPERGUY LLC. https://library.feedthejoe.com/graph-systems/g06-product-offer-merchant-and-inventory-graph/

Chicago

Anady, Joseph W. “Product, offer, merchant, and inventory graph.” Graph system G06. FeedTheJoe Library, release 2026.09.12-g40. THATDEVELOPERGUY LLC, September 12, 2026. https://library.feedthejoe.com/graph-systems/g06-product-offer-merchant-and-inventory-graph/.

MLA

Anady, Joseph W. “Product, offer, merchant, and inventory graph.” FeedTheJoe Library, release 2026.09.12-g40, THATDEVELOPERGUY LLC, 12 Sept. 2026, library.feedthejoe.com/graph-systems/g06-product-offer-merchant-and-inventory-graph/.

BibTeX

@misc{anady2026g06,
  author       = {Anady, Joseph W.},
  title        = {{Product, offer, merchant, and inventory graph}},
  howpublished = {FeedTheJoe Library, Graph system G06},
  publisher    = {THATDEVELOPERGUY LLC},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = sep,
  note         = {Release 2026.09.12-g40},
  url          = {https://library.feedthejoe.com/graph-systems/g06-product-offer-merchant-and-inventory-graph/}
}

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History

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