2.0 Model Build Project

The OpenTravel 2.0 project has now moved beyond the simple prototyping stage. It is now necessary to build out all the components of the model in order to allow the community to consume the specifications. Several companies (Marriott, Sabre and Amtrak) have already prototyped many of the messages and determined best practices. These best practices need to be reflected in the model that will allow the first generation of new message specifications to be generated.

The model is a small series of related XML documents that are consumed by an XML compiler that will render the specification into the publishable XML schema and WSDLs that may be consumed by a developer. It is not necessary for a developer to work with or modify the model documents in order to implement the OpenTravel specifications; however in the event that an organization does wish to extend the specification to reflect non-OpenTravel content this may be achieved by editing the model and their extensions will be dynamically and correctly integrated with the OpenTravel specification allowing developers to continue to work seamlessly with a single unified specification.