While XML itself is not specifically typed, the API does expect certain formats for it's inputs. The page below contains a brief description for each of the 'types' that the API recognizes, as well as some example values for some of the enumerated types.
boolean
True or false. Accepts many different boolean values:
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1, t, truetrue
0, f, falsefalse
currency
An eBay currency ID. Used in the Currency tag of the GetResearchResults call. The most popular valid values are as follows:
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1U.S. Dollar
2Canadian Dollar
3Pound Sterling
5Australian Dollar
7Euro
8French Franc
date
Expected format: yyyy-mm-dd.
date range
A string value describing a range of dates. Valid values are as follows:
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dayA single day
weekSeven days starting on the most recent Sunday
monthAn entire month
sevendaysSeven days. Can roll over multiple weeks
thirtydaysThirty days. Can roll over multiple months.
day of week
A number between 0 and 6, or the words 'sunday' through 'saturday'
float
A decimal number, with up to 14 digits of precision.
hour
A number between 0 and 23, based on a 24 hour clock.
integer
A whole number between -2147483647 and 2147483648.
internets
A series of tubes.
site id
An eBay site ID. Used in the SiteID tag of GetResearchResult as well as returned in the Item tags of that call. Valid values are as follows:
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0United States (.com)
2Canada (.ca)
3United Kingdom (.co.uk)
15Australia (.com.au)
71France (.fr)
77Germany (.de)
string
A series of alphanumeric characters and/or punctuation.
time
Expected format: hh:mm:ss.
timestamp
The date and time. Expected format: yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.

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