OpenTravel 2.0 Lab to Be Held for First Time At 2011 Advisory Forum in Las Vegas
OpenTravel Alliance (OpenTravel), the travel industry’s leading distribution specification and standards development organization, announces the addition of a working lab during this year’s Advisory Forum, being held in Las Vegas Nevada April 25 – 27, 2011.
As the travel industry adopts modern messaging frameworks, OpenTravel is focused on advancing schema standards from a message-centric view to a common set of “standard vocabulary-based” components from which all messages are constructed. Join us for this three-hour lab event, led by OpenTravel experts; Bonnie Lowell, Specifications Manager, OpenTravel, David Morley, Senior Architect, Marriott International, Dave Hollander, Enterprise Service Architecture, Sabre Holdings.
“In today’s global, internet-ready marketplace, we have seen the maturing of travel industry applications and tools in parallel with the commoditization of XML use. OpenTravel is creating a consistent XML vocabulary that allows the travel industry to exchange information while supporting the new generation of service frameworks such as REST and Web Services,” stated Bonnie Lowell, Specifications Manager, OpenTravel Alliance.
Participants will have an opportunity to learn how to create "best practice-based" OpenTravel 2.0 Types for inclusion in OpenTravel 2.0 Type Libraries. The new OpenTravel 2.0 code-oriented schema design provides increased support for web services and other modern messaging frameworks and supports OpenTravel schema binding in different tools & languages. During this session, the XML schema and business objects required to create a generic "Tour Availability" message will be created.
Host city Las Vegas and the Aria Resort & Casino at City Center will welcome OpenTravel attendees from April 25 – 27, 2011. For the full agenda, visit the Advisory Forum web site. This event is open to member and non-member companies and organizations.
About OpenTravel Alliance
OpenTravel's mission is to engineer specifications to ensure traveler and supplier information flow smoothly throughout travel, tourism and hospitality. OpenTravel creates, expands and drives adoption of open specifications, including but not limited to the use of XML, for the electronic exchange of business information among all sectors of the travel industry. OpenTravel is comprised of companies representing airlines, car rental firms, hotels, cruise lines, railways, leisure suppliers, service providers, tour operators, travel agencies, solutions providers, technology companies and distributors. Tens of thousands of OpenTravel message structures are in use, carrying tens of millions of messages between trading partners every day. To learn more about OpenTravel visit www.opentravel.org.
