Variant
A characteristic of a product, that have a discrete number of possibility, is called variant.
A variant can be imagined as a table where are saved all possible values for that characteristic.
Each possible value of a variant is called option and choice is the couple of information variant and option currently selected for that variant.
Example
Variants for a door:
- material
- handle type
- lock type
- ...
Variants for a car:
- colour
- traction
- gearbox
- ...
Options for material variant are:
- wood
- aluminium
- steel
- ...
Options for traction variant are:
- standard
- four-wheel drive
- ...
Choices for a car:
- colour = white
- traction = four-wheel drive
- gearbox = manual
- ...
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