5. DRV GlobalTypes
● describe properties of touristic goods and
services
● “standard” introduced by DRV
● tackles the problem of comparing offers
and prices in tourism
9. Examples
GT03-MASS ⇒ Massage
ST03-THMA ⇒ Thai-Massage
GT03-MASS ⇒ Massage
ST03-THMA ⇒ Thai-Massage
AT03-EXCO ⇒ Fee required
← GlobalType, “base Type”
← SubType, more specific
than GlobalType
(can not be used alone)
^ AdditionalType, can augment GlobalType OR SubType
16. OTDS
● open and non-proprietary
● supports DRV GlobalTypes
● supports incremental updates
17. OTDS
● accomodation
● flight
● package prices
● transfer, rental car, insurance,
parking information, ...
● includes all product and price
rules
18. OTDS
● OTDS schema definition
> 8000 lines of XSD
● Example definition from an
OTDS presentation [0]
One hotel
24.000 lines of XML
19. Touristic Data Formats
before 2003
INFX (flat structure, only adult prices)
AICP (flat structure, only adult prices)
INFX2 (flat structure, total prices buggy)
2003
KATI (complex structure, only adult prices, specific to local promoter)
2010
EDF (complex structure, total prices, proprietary)
2011
OTDS (complex structure, total prices, open and free)
20. Conclusion
● DRV GlobalTypes uniform codes
⇒ What about global compatibility?
● EDF, closed XML data format by peakworks
● OTDS, open XML data standard developed
collaboratively by the OTDS group
