OpenTravel 2.0 Prototype Project

Inception: The OpenTravel 2.0 Project began in 2010 as a study led by the Architecture Workgroup and after the prototype presented to the board of directors, the schema development work officially launched in April, 2011.

Challenge: To help our members produce high quality products—while reducing product development costs and realizing faster time-to-value—it became evident that OpenTravel schema design must be re-architected to reflect the changing way XML is designed, managed and consumed by global market distribution systems.

Project Objectives:

• Model driven open standards environment—place the emphasis on a common information exchange model that is platform and architectural style neutral and supports transformations to XML and other class-based languages such as Java or .NET.
• Canonical common information exchange model—provide data components for multiple travel sectors with summary, detail and query information that facilitate a travel industry glossary that allows business teams, development teams and trading partners to speak the same language.
• Re-architect the OpenTravel XML standard—introduce XML constructs that support robust distribution systems and thin client applications and provide organic extensions throughout the specification.
• Create the OpenTravel XML Object Suite—provide a reference XML implementation model with XML Type and Service Libraries.