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Price and promotion rule
EM-RTL-03 · em-rtl-03
Keep prices and promotion rules explicit and versioned, so that every displayed and charged price can be explained and checked.
Enterprise profiles Enterprise subject EnterpriseRTL
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
2 bundles · 2 layers · 4 findings · 8 questions
Prices Regular prices and markdowns.
Regular prices and markdowns
Prices by item, location and channel over time.
Regular price
The regular price and the prior price.
- What regular price applies to this item at this selling location and channel on this date, and in which currency?
- What prior price was recorded for this item before this reduction, and over which period?
Markdowns
Approved reductions with validity.
- Which markdown applies to this item, who approved it and until when?
Promotions Promotion rules and how they were applied.
Rules and application
Rule content, stacking and applied adjustments.
Rule
Mechanics, eligibility, validity and stacking.
- What mechanics, eligibility conditions and validity does this promotion rule have?
- Which promotions can stack with this promotion rule, and in which order?
Application
Adjustments on sales lines and price checks.
- Which rules produced the adjustments on this sales line?
- Did the charged price match the displayed price for this item at this time?
- Which approval covers the budget of this promotion or its funding by a supplier?
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Enterprise profiles
- Category
- Enterprise subject
- Entry kind
- subject
- Domain
- EnterpriseRTL
- Industry
- Retail and e-commerce
- Tags
- EM-RTL-03W-INDsubjectPriceListItemPriceMarkdownPromotionRulePromotionEligibility
What it is Filled
Regular prices, markdowns and promotion rules by item, location, channel and customer group, with validity, mechanics, eligibility and the price actually charged. Campaign planning and attribution belong to the sales and marketing contour.
Why it exists Filled
Keep prices and promotion rules explicit and versioned, so that every displayed and charged price can be explained and checked.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Regular price, markdown and promotion are separate records.
- Each charged adjustment references the rule that produced it.
- Prior prices are kept for price reduction claims.
- Campaigns are planned in the sales and marketing contour, and this contour holds the price rules.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Set or change prices or promotions.
- Apply discounts not covered by a rule.
- Target prices at individuals using sensitive personal data.
Only with a human decision
- Prices, markdowns and promotions are approved by authorized pricing staff.
- Promotions funded by suppliers need a commercial agreement.
May
- Explain how a charged price was computed.
- Flag differences between displayed and charged prices.
- Simulate promotion outcomes for review.
Moral aspects Filled
- Misleading price reduction claims harm consumers.
- Personalized pricing can discriminate between groups of customers.
Who is affected
- Customers
- Store staff
- Suppliers who fund promotions
Owners Filled
Steward
The head of pricing who answers for price and promotion rules.
Master systems
- ERP
- Pricing engine
- Point of sale system
- E-commerce platform
Links to other meta-models Filled
neighbor
- EM-COM-02
- EM-RTL-02
- EM-RTL-04
- EM-RTL-06
- EM-FIN-07
- EM-LEG-02
references
- WM-ECO-002 - conceptual-candidate
- WM-ECO-028 - conceptual-candidate
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- A price is identified by item, location or channel, customer group and validity start.
- A promotion rule has an identifier unique within the company.
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Enterprise record contour: physical properties belong to referenced world models.
Recognition required Filled
- Records show amounts with currency, validity, mechanics and eligibility.
- A price rule must be distinguished from an invoice line, a campaign and a loyalty reward.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- The contour supports price display, checkout pricing, markdown planning and price compliance checks.
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Expired rules left active cause revenue loss or overcharging.
- Wrong reference prices create legal exposure for misleading claims.
Standards and interfaces optional Filled
- Schema.org defines the PriceSpecification and Offer types for publishing prices online.
- UN/CEFACT publishes trade facilitation standards that include price and allowance elements.
Context of use required Filled
- The contour is used in stores and online channels.
- Price indication and price reduction rules differ by jurisdiction.
Sources Filled
- schema.org: PriceSpecification and Offer
- UN/CEFACT: price and allowance elements in trade documents
- Consumer price indication and price reduction rules
- Schema.org PriceSpecification type - Checked live (HTTP 200) on 2026-10-21.
- Schema.org Offer type - Checked live (HTTP 200) on 2026-10-21.
Open questions
- How is the shelf or displayed price reconciled with the price charged at checkout?
- Which promotions may stack, and in which order are they applied?
- How is a prior reference price kept for price reduction claims?
- Settle the boundary and the reuse, extend or new decision against the current specifications.
- Confirm the semantic crosswalk, rights and source mastership.
- Choose immutable references and run fixture checks before claiming publication readiness.
Machine files
Provenance
enterprise research programme · published-partial
Built from: enterprise/models/em-rtl-03/brief.json, ver-cy/world-models/card-supplements/em-rtl-03.json