Administering domain values maps and cross-references

Domain Value Maps (DVMs) are simply mapping objects. They are used in composites to map data that may be stored in one application in one format, to that of the target application in another format. For example, the contents of a CountryCodes.dvm file can be as follows:

<?xml version = '1.0'?>
<dvm name="CountryCodes" xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/dvm">
  <description>DVM description</description>
  <columns>
    <column name="CountryCode"/>
    <column name="CountryName"/>
  </columns>
  <rows>
    <row>
      <cell>US</cell>
      <cell>United States</cell>
    </row>
    <row>
      <cell>UK</cell>
      <cell>United Kingdom</cell>
    </row>
    <row>
      <cell>ZA</cell>
      <cell>South Africa</cell>
    </row>
  </rows>
</dvm>

In this example, country code...