All Schema files in the OTA specification are made available according to the terms defined by the OTA License Agreement at http://www.opentravel.org/ota_downloads_form.cfm Identifies the alternate language for a customer or message. The human language is identified by ISO 639 codes. Used in place of a property code to retrieve availability across multiple properties in a hotel reservation system defined area. This attribute does not map to a code list, it maps to a hotel reservation system defined value. Used to provide a date of birth. Indicates the date of birth as indicated in the document, in ISO 8601 prescribed format. Used to specify a code and its associated attributes; meaning is derived from actual use. Any code used to specify an item, for example, type of traveler, service code, room amenity, etc. Identifies the source authority for the code. Identifies the location of the code table Specifies the number of items that are identified by the Code (e.g., 2 adults, 5 first class seats). Provides meaning to a company code. Used to provide the company common name. Refer to OTA Code List Travel Sector (TVS). Identifies a company by the company code. Identifies the context of the identifying code, such as DUNS, IATA or internal code, etc. Provides a monetary amount and the currency code to reflect the currency in which this amount is expressed. Provides a currency code to reflect the currency in which an amount may be expressed. The code specifying a monetary unit. Use ISO 4217, three alpha code. Indicates the number of decimal places for a particular currency. This is equivalent to the ISO 4217 standard "minor unit". Typically used when the amount provided includes the minor unit of currency without a decimal point (e.g., USD 8500 needs DecimalPlaces="2" to represent $85). If a day(s) of the week is set to true then the associated item is available on that day of the week (e.g. if Mon="T" then a flight operates on Mondays or a certain rate is available on Mondays). When true, apply to Monday. When true, apply to Tuesday. When true, apply to Wednesday. When true, apply to Thursday. When true, apply to Friday. When true, apply to Saturday. When true, apply to Sunday. The attributes of the OTA DateTimeSpan data type are based on the W3C base data types of timeInstant and timeDuration. The lexical representation for timeDuration is the [ISO 8601] extended format PnYn MnDTnH nMnS, where nY represents the number of years, nM the number of months, nD the number of days, 'T' is the date/time separator, nH the number of hours, nM the number of minutes and nS the number of seconds. The number of seconds can include decimal digits to arbitrary precision. As an example, 7 months, 2 days, 2hours and 30 minutes would be expressed as P0Y7M2DT2H30M0S. Truncated representations are allowed provided they conform to ISO 8601 format. Time periods, i.e. specific durations of time, can be represented by supplying two items of information: a start instant and a duration or a start instant and an end instant or an end instant and a duration. The OTA standards use the XML mapping that provides for two elements to represent the specific period of time; a startInstant and a duration. The starting value of the time span. The duration datatype represents a combination of year, month, day and time values representing a single duration of time, encoded as a single string. The ending value of the time span. Creation date time, Creator Id, last modification date time and last Modifier Id. Time stamp of the creation. ID of creator. The creator could be a software system identifier or an identifier of an employee resposible for the creation. Time stamp of last modification. Identifies the last software system or person to modify a record. Indicates that the receiving system should assume the default value if the user specifies no overriding value or action. Used to determine the level of detail in the response. To indicate whether full details should be returned in the response. "True" indicates details should be included and "false" means details are not required. Used to provide distance and direction information. An optional attribute indicating the distance to/from a reference point. When the Distance attribute contains a value, (presumably a numerical value), the unit of measure is a string value that indicate what units are used for the value. An optional string value used to indicate the compass point(s) direction, e.g.: S, SE (South, Southeast), FROM the Reference Point TO the hotel location if the search is not a full circumference from the reference point. Used to send the effective date and/or expiration date. Indicates the starting date. Indicates the ending date. Used to identify an application error by either text, code, or by an online description and also to give the status, tag, and/or identification of the record that may have caused the error. If present, this refers to a table of coded values exchanged between applications to identify errors or warnings. Refer to OTA Code List Error Codes (ERR). If present, this URL refers to an online description of the error that occurred. If present, recommended values are those enumerated in the OTA_ErrorRS, (NotProcessed | Incomplete | Complete | Unknown) however, the data type is designated as string data, recognizing that trading partners may identify additional status conditions not included in the enumeration. If present, this attribute may identify an unknown or misspelled tag that caused an error in processing. It is recommended that the Tag attribute use XPath notation to identify the location of a tag in the event that more than one tag of the same name is present in the document. Alternatively, the tag name alone can be used to identify missing data [Type=ReqFieldMissing]. If present, this attribute allows for batch processing and the identification of the record that failed amongst a group of records. Defines the fees and/or taxes associated with a charge (e.g. taxes associated with a hotel rate). An enumerated type that defines the type of fees applied to a rate. Values: Inclusive, Exclusive, Cumulative. Note: If FeeType= Cumulative, fees are accumulated on all previous fees in this ordered list. For example, if this collection contains 5 different fees and the 4th fee is cumulative, the fee is based on an accumulation of the rate amount plus fees 1 through 3. Code identifying the fee (e.g.,agency fee, municipality fee). Refer to OTA Code List Fee Tax Type (FTT). Fee percentage; if zero, assume use of the Amount attribute (Amount or Percent must be a zero value). Identifies if the associated data is formatted into its individual pieces, or exists as a single entity. Specifies if the associated data is formatted or not. If true, then it is formatted, if false, then not formatted. Used to indicate the gender of a person, if known. HotelReference: The hotel reference identifies a specific hotel by using the Chain Code, the Brand Code, and the Hotel Code. The codes used are agreed upon by trading partners. The code that identifies a hotel chain or management group. The hotel chain code is decided between vendors. This attribute is optional if the hotel is an independent property that can be identified by the HotelCode attribute. A code that identifies the brand or flag of a hotel, often used for independently-owned or franchised properties who are known by a specific brand. The code that uniquely identifies a single hotel property. The hotel code is decided between vendors. The IATA city code; for example DCA, ORD. A text field used to communicate the proper name of the hotel. A text field used to communicate the context (or source of - ex Sabre, Galileo, Worldspan, Amadeus) the HotelReferenceGroup codes. Used to provide a required unique identifier. A unique identifying value assigned by the creating system. The ID attribute may be used to reference a primary-key value within a database or in a particular implementation. Provides employee information. Identifier assigned to the employee. Level in employer organization (e.g. seniority) that conveys privileges. Title of employee in the employer company that conveys rank or privileges. Used to provide an optional unique identifier. A unique identifying value assigned by the creating system. The ID attribute may be used to reference a primary-key value within a database or in a particular implementation. Identifies language. Language identification. Provides the level within a loyalty program. Indicates special privileges in program assigned to individual. Used to specify the maximum number of responses to a request. A positive integer value that indicates the maximum number of responses desired in the return. An attribute group to be used when the associated item has a required name and an optional code. If the length of the name could exceed 64 characters the complexType LongNameoptionalCodeType should be used. The name of an item. Provides the code identifying the item. The OTA_PayloadStdAttributes defines the standard attributes that appear on the root element for all OTA payloads. A reference for additional message identification, assigned by the requesting host system. When a request message includes an echo token the corresponding response message MUST include an echo token with an identical value. Indicates the creation date and time of the message in UTC using the following format specified by ISO 8601; YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ with time values using the 24 hour clock (e.g. 20 November 2003, 1:59:38 pm UTC becomes 2003-11-20T13:59:38Z). Used to indicate whether the request is for the Test or Production system. For all OTA versioned messages, the version of the message is indicated by a decimal value. A unique identifier to relate all messages within a transaction (e.g. this would be sent in all request and response messages that are part of an on-going transaction). Used to identify the sequence number of the transaction as assigned by the sending system; allows for an application to process messages in a certain order or to request a resynchronization of messages in the event that a system has been off-line and needs to retrieve messages that were missed. This indicates where this message falls within a sequence of messages. This is the first message within a transaction. This is the last message within a transaction. This indicates that all messages within the current transaction must be ignored. This is any message that is not the first or last message within a transaction. Specifies that this is a followup request asking for more of what was requested in the previous request. Designates the office category within an organization. Indicates main office, field office, or division of the organization. An attribute group to be used when the associated item has an optional code and an optional name. Provides the code identifying the item. The name of an item. Indicates the start and end date for a payment card. Indicates the starting date. Indicates the ending date. Used to specify the geographic coordinates of a location. The measure of the angular distance on a meridian north or south of the equator. The measure of the angular distance on a meridian east or west of the prime meridian. The height of an item, typically above sea level. Used to indicate a level of prefernce for an associated item, only, unacceptable, preferred. Used to indicate a level of prefernce for an associated item. Identifes the primary language preference for the message. Identifes the primary language preference for the message. The human language is identified by ISO 639 codes. The two Privacy attributes allow for control of the sharing of data between parties. value="Inherit" Permission for sharing data for synchronization of information held by other travel service providers. value="Inherit" Permission for sharing data for marketing purposes. Used to specify a profile type. Code to specify a profile such as Customer, Tour Operator, Corporation, etc. Refer to OTA Code List Profile Type (PRT). Used to provide a promotion code. Promotion code is the identifier used by the host to link directly with a specific named advertising campaign. By including the required code, the client is able to gain access to special offers which may have been created for a specifically targeted group via a CRM system or for a wider advertising campaign using Television or press adverts. Used to define a quantity. Used to define a quantity of an associated element or attribute. This is used to indicate that an item is obsolete. If true, this item is obsolete and should be removed from the receiving system. Used to request the version of the payload message desired for the response. Used to request the version of the payload message desired for the response. Attributes for seat request. Note: you can choose a specific seat or just a general preference Used to provide the seat number. Refer to OTA Code List Seat Preference (STP). Used to indicate whether information can be shared. Permission for sharing all data in profile for synchronization of profiles held by other travel service providers. Permission for sharing all data in profile for marketing purposes. Provides the date of registration for a loyalty program. Indicates when the member signed up for the loyalty program. Indicates the alliance status of a program. Indicates if program is affiliated with a group of related offers accumulating credits. Indicates the program is not part of an alliance. Indicates the program is part of an alliance. Identifies a position with regard to the smoking of cigarettes, either Allowed or NotAllowed. This may be of use when expressing a preference (I prefer a room that allows smoking) or when stating the attributes of an item (smoking in this rental car is not allowed). Indicates smoking is allowed when true and is not allowed when false. Provides telephone information details. Refer to OTA Code List Phone Location Type (PLT). Indicates type of technology associated with this telephone number, such as Voice, Data, Fax, Pager, Mobile, TTY, etc. Refer to OTA Code List Phone Technology Type (PTT). Code assigned by telecommunications authorities for international country access identifier. Code assigned for telephones in a specific region, city, or area. Telephone number assigned to a single location. Extension to reach a specific party at the phone number. Additional codes used for pager or telephone access rights. Provides times related to a travel segment. The day of week of travel segment. The check in time and date of travel segment. The departure time and date of the travel segment The arrival time and date of the travel segment. Provides unique identification information. URL that identifies the location associated with the record identified by the UniqueID. A reference to the type of object defined by the UniqueID element. Refer to OTA Code List Unique ID Type (UIT). The identification of a record as it exists at a point in time. An instance is used in update messages where the sender must assure the server that the update sent refers to the most recent modification level of the object being updated. Used to identify the source of the identifier (e.g., IATA, ABTA). Provides measurement information. This is the numeric value associated with the measurement. This is the standard unit of measure in the message unless otherwise stated (e.g. it could be generic such as metric or imperial or specific such as inches, feet, yards, miles, millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers- according to usage). This complex type defines the information needed to describe a type of payment card that is acceptable as a form of payment. A usage fee (amount or percentage) may also be stated for this particular card type. A code used to identify this payment card. Refer to OTA Code List Card Type (CDT). The name used to describe this type of payment card, for example, American Express If applicable, defines the percentage of the total amount that is incurred as a usage fee. If applicable, defines the additonal amount that is incurred as a usage fee. This complex type identifies payment cards that are acceptable for a specific form of payment, along with the ability to provide free text information regarding payment cards. A collection of payment cards that are acceptable as a form of payment. Specific information of one payment card that is acceptable as a form of payment. General information regarding the use of payment cards. Information about an address that identifies a location for a specific purposes. Describes the use of the address (e.g. mailing, delivery, billing, etc.). Refer to OTA Code List Address Use Type (AUT). Provides address information. May contain the street number and optionally the street name. Usually a letter right after the street number (A in 66-A, B in 123-B etc). Street direction of an address (e.g., N, E, S, NW, SW). Numerical equivalent of a rural township as defined within a given area (e.g., 12, 99). Building name, room, apartment, or suite number. When the address is unformatted (FormattedInd="false") these lines will contain free form address details. When the address is formatted and street number and street name must be sent independently, the street number will be sent using StreetNmbr, and the street name will be sent in the first AddressLine occurrence. City (e.g., Dublin), town, or postal station (i.e., a postal service territory, often used in a military address). Post Office Code number. County or Region Name (e.g., Fairfax). State or Province name (e.g., Texas). Country name (e.g., Ireland). Defines the type of address (e.g. home, business, other). Refer to OTA Code List Communication Location Type (CLT). Airport location includes 3 letter code, terminal and gate. Location code used to identify a specific airport. Identifies the context of the identifying code, such as IATA, ARC, or internal code, etc. Arrival or departure terminal (e.g., Concourse A) Arrival or departure gate (e.g., B12) Customer bank accounts for payments, either for paper checks or electronic funds transfer. The name the account is held under. Code assigned by authorities to financial institutions; sometimes called bank routing number. Describes the bank account used for financing travel (e.g., checking, savings, investment). Identifier for the account assigned by the bank. Provides blackout date information. Indicates black-out dates for the travel product/service. Specifies the booking channel types and whether it is the primary means of connectivity of the source. The type of booking channel (e.g. Global Distribution System (GDS), Alternative Distribution System (ADS), Sales and Catering System (SCS), Property Management System (PMS), Central Reservation System (CRS), Tour Operator System (TOS), Internet and ALL). Refer to OTA Code List Booking Channel Type (BCT). Indicates whether the enumerated booking channel is the primary means of connectivity used by the source. Identifies the common, or core, information associated with the request for cancellation of a reservation or other type of record. Sending own UniqueID and partner UniqueID - the receiving system needs to know which one - UniqueID acts as a reference for each system The person's name in a reservation. Used to specify if this is to initiate a cancellation or to commit the cancellation. May contain rules associated with canceling a reservation as well as the supplier's cancellation number. Contains the supplier's cancellation number. Provides the cancellation amount due according to the time before the booking date that the cancellation occurs. The amount may be either an amount or a percentage (e.g. 50% within 30 days or $100 outside 30 days). Name of the (self-professed) country that is claimed for citizenship Provides a code along with the preferred usage of this information. Contains details pertaining to commissions. Identifies the recipient of the commission. The amount on which commission is calculated. The amount of commission paid to the agency prior to the service being rendered. A fixed commission amount. The amount of commission to be paid. Text related to the commission. Indicates the status of the commission payment itself (e.g. no-show indicates that a different commission may be applied if the reservation is not fulfilled). Indicates full commission. Indicates partial commission. Indicates no commission. Indicates customer did not use the reserved product or service and did not cancel. This "no show" may impact commission. Indicates the commission is being adjusted. The percent applied to the commissionable amount to determine the commission payable amount. Indicates the currency to be applied to the amounts located in the child elements. Identifies the reason why a commission is not paid or not paid in full. Identifies who should be billed for the commission amount. Identifies a company by name. To specify connection locations, preference level for each, min connection time, and whether location is specified for stopping or changing. The preference level for the connection point - only, unacceptable, preferred. Number of minutes between connections. Name of an individual and appropriate contact information. May be contact information for the customer or someone affiliated with the customer. Type of contact in the context of use for the travel experience; such as permanent, temporary, affiliation, travel arranger, etc. Indicates the type of relationship with the person or company in the profile, such as Spouse, Child, Family, Business Associate, Interest Group, Medical, Security,Other, etc. Indicates if this contact should be used in the case of an emergency. The name or code of a country (e.g. as used in an address or to specify citizenship of a traveller). ISO 3166 code for a country. Provides a monetary amount and the code of the currency in which this amount is expressed. Program rewarding frequent use by accumulating credits for services provided by vendors. Identifier to indicate the company owner of the loyalty program. Unique identifier of the member in the program (membership number, account number, etc.). Identifies the travel sector. Refer to OTA Code List Travel Sector (TVS). Indicate the partner(s)/vendor(s) for which the customer loyalty number is valid. Contains basic data on the customer's identity, location, relationships, finances, memberships, etc. The first and last dates between which this telephone number is in effect. The first and last dates between which this address is in effect. Identifies the customer's employer. Indicates reason for locking out record, such as Emergency, Incident, etc. Type of funds preferred for reviewing monetary values, in ISO 4217 codes. If true, indicates a very important person. Provides a pattern by day of week. Used to specify a time window range by either specifying an earliest and latest date for the start date and end date or by giving a date with a time period that can be applied before and/or after the start date. Company name and location for sending invoice for remittances for travel services. Company name to whom remittance should be directed. This may be used to pass the name of the contact at the company for which the direct bill applies. Address where remittance should be directed. Identifier for the organization to be billed directly for travel services. Used to provide distance and direction information. Provides information on a specific documents The name of the document holder in unformatted text (Mr. Sam Jones). The name of document holder in formatted text. Used to indicate any limitations on the document (e.g. as a person may only be allowed to spend a max of 30 days in country on a visitor's visa). A container for additional person names. The name of an additional person listed on this document. Indicates the group or association that granted the document. Indicates the location where the document was issued. Unique number assigned by authorities to document. Indicates the type of document (e.g. Passport, Military ID, Drivers License, national ID, Vaccination Certificate). Refer to OTA Code List Document Type (DOC). State or Province where the document was issued. Country where the document was issued. Electronic email addresses, in IETF specified format. Defines the purpose of the e-mail address (e.g. personal, business, listserve). Refer to OTA Code List Email Address Type (EAT). Employment identification; using an employee ID number, title, level within the company, and an indication of their status, i.e.: active, retired, on leave, or terminated from employment. Additional information about an employee can be entered into the element, including the name of the employee, if it differs from the person name identified as a customer or contact. Identifier assigned to the employee. Level in employer organization (e.g. seniority) that coveys privileges. Title of employee in the employer company that conveys rank or privileges. Status of employment. Refer to OTA Code List Employee Status (EMP). Specifies the aircraft equipment type. This is the 3 character IATA code. Indicates there is an equipment change. Standard way to indicate that an error occurred during the processing of an OTA message The Error element MUST contain the Type attribute that uses a recommended set of values to indicate the error type. The validating XSD can expect to accept values that it has NOT been explicitly coded for and process them by using Type ="Unknown". Refer to OTA Code List Error Warning Type (EWT). An XPath expression that selects all the nodes whose data caused this error. Further, this expression should have an additional contraint which contains the data of the node. This will provide the offending data back to systems that cannot maintain the original message. A collection of errors that occurred during the processing of a message. May be used for non tax amounts (e.g service charges). Text description of the fees in a given language. Indicates whether taxes are included when figuring the fees. This is the unit for which the charge applies (e.g. hourly, daily, half-day). Refer to OTA Code List Charge Type (CHG). A collection of fees. Fee Amount that is applied to the rate. Fees are used for non tax amounts like service charges. Construct for holding a flight segment availability object. Departure point of flight segment. Arrival point of flight segment. The operating airline of the flight if it is a codeshare flight. The type of equipment used for the flight.. The number of stops the flight makes Used to provide subsection formatted text information. This attribute may be used to provide a title for a sub-section of the formatted free text. A sub-section may have multiple related paragraphs of information. For example, if used to provide driving directions there may be multiple paragraphs, and these paragraphs may be grouped into a sub-section called "Driving from the North". A second subsection may be titled "Driving from the South", and may contain several paragraphs to describe the driving directions when driving from the south. An optional code that may be assigned to this sub-section of formatted free text. This attribute may be used when there is a need to number all of the sub-sections of information that is to be presented. Provides text and indicates whether it is formatted or not. Textual information, which may be formatted as a line of information, or unformatted, as a paragraph of text. Collection of formatted text sub sections. This attribute may be used to provide a title for the formatted free text, for example, Driving Directions. Each of the sub sections that are defined to be a part of the formatted text would provide detailed information about the subject identified by the title. Textual information to provide descriptions and/or additional information. Name of bank or organization issuing the card (e.g., alumni association, bank, fraternal organization, etc.). Code of bank issuing the card. Identifies the criterion for a search. The Position element contains three attributes, Latitude, Longitude, and Altitude, used to indicate the geographic location(s) requested by the search, expressed in notation specified by ISO standard 6709. It is likely that only the first two attributes, Latitude and Longitude, would be needed to define a geographic area. Uses any part of address information, such as street name, postal code, or country code. Telephone number(s) used in the search. The Reference Point element allows for a search by proximity to a designated reference point by name. Indicates the location of points of interest. Indicates the detail of hotel reference information. Used to search for hotels within a particular market segment. Refer to OTA Code Segment Category Code Type (SEG). The Radius element contains two attributes, Distance and DistanceMeasure, that indicate the distance from the center of the radius, combined with the unit of measure used to express the Distance. The center of the radius is specified by which ever location element is also present in this item search criterion type (e.g. position, address, hotel reference, etc.). Values of "true" or "false", indicating whether the string of the search value must be an exact match. An enumerated list, indicating the level of importance of the search criterion. Acceptable values are "Mandatory", "High", "Medium", or "Low." Indicates the item is required. Indicates a high level of importance. Indicates a medium level of importance. Indicates a low level of importance. Code and optional string to describe a location point. Code used to identify a location. Identifies the context of the identifying code (e.g., IATA, ARC, or internal code). This identifies the loyalty program. The presence of the empty Success element explicitly indicates that the OTA versioned message succeeded. Used in conjunction with the Success element to define one or more business errors. Errors is returned if the request was unable to be processed. May be used to return the unique id from the request message. This defines the information pertaining to rules and amounts associated with these rules. Refer to OTA Code List Rule Type (RUL). Refer to OTA Code List Payment Type (PMT). A complex type to be used when the associated item has a required name and an optional code. This is an extension of CompanyNameType to include a FlightNumber. A collection of OperationTimes. Provides operating times of a facility. Used to provide additional information regarding operation times (e.g., after hours operations, restricted times). Refer to OTA Codelist Additional Operation Info (OPR). The OperationSchedule class defines the dates and hours of operation. Origin and Destination location, and time information for the request. Also includes the ability to specify a connection location for the search. Travel Origin Location - for example, air uses the IATA 3 letter code. If true, other airports within this city may be considered (i.e., EWR, JFK when origin location is LGA.) Travel Destination Location - for example, air uses the IATA 3 letter code. If true, other airports within this city may be considered (i.e., EWR, JFK when origin location is LGA.) Travel Connection Location - for example, air uses the IATA 3 letter code. Point of Sale (POS) is the details identifying the party or connection channel making the request. This holds details regarding the requestor. It may be repeated to also accommodate the delivery systems. An indication of a new paragraph for a sub-section of a formatted text message. In many cases the description repeats, this will allow you to define the information that is being sent, typically used when multiple occurrences of ParagraphType are being sent. Identification about a specific credit card Indicates the type of magnetic striped card. Refer to OTA Code ListCard Type (CDT). The 2 character code of the credit card issuer. Credit card number embossed on the card. Verification digits printed on the card following the embossed number. This may also accommodate the customer identification/batch number (CID), card verification value (CVV2 ), card validation code number (CVC2) on credit card. Date the card becomes valid for use (optional) and the date the card expires (required) in ISO 8601 prescribed format. May be used to send a concealed credit card number (e.g., xxxxxxxxxxxx9922). Provides a reference pointer that links the payment card to the payment card holder. Details of payment. The approval code returned as part of an authorization process. Ways of providing funds for travel by the individual. Details of a debit or credit card. Details of a bank account. Details of a direct billing arrangement. Details of a document indicating prepayment. Details of a loyalty redemption arrangement. This is normally miles or points. The quantity of loyalty units being redeemed. Details of a miscellaneous charge order (MCO). The ticket number of the miscellaneous charge order (MCO). Used to indicate payment in cash. If true, this indicates cash is being used. A reference to identify the billing department for allocating cost of travel to company account. This is used to indicate either a charge or reserve (deposit). This indicates that an actual payment has been made. This indicates that a hold for the indicated amount has been placed on a credit card or that a cash amount has been taken from the customer to guarantee final payment. One specific payment rule associated with this reservation. For example, a date by which a deposit must be received. This provides name information for a person. Salutation of honorific. (e.g., Mr. Mrs., Ms., Miss, Dr.) Given name, first name or names The middle name of the person name e.g "van der", "von", "de" Family name, last name. Hold various name suffixes and letters (e.g. Jr., Sr., III, Ret., Esq.). Degree or honors (e.g., Ph.D., M.D.) Type of name of the individual, such as former, nickname, alternate or alias name. Refer to OTA Code List Name Type (NAM). Used to identify geospatial postion of the requesting entity. Indicates a preference for an item that is referred to using a Reference Place Holder (RPH). Often an object is stored in a collection of similar objects, and a preference for use of one these objects is to be made known. This complex type can be used to specify the preference level, and to provide the indicator to the object in the collection. The RateQualifierCoreType complex type defines the rate information that is common to all transactions. Such information may include rate codes, rate type, promotional codes, etc. This information may be used to determine the rate that is made available. Used to indicate the purpose, whether for business, personal or other. Refer to OTA Code List Travel Purpose (TVP). The RateCategory attribute defines a set of valid values for the category of a rate. Typically rates are offered as either Leisure rates or Business (Corporate) rates, with a business rate usually including additional costs such as the cost of insurance, etc. This set of values defines the rate categories. Refer to OTA Code List Rate Category(RTC). This is the vendor specific code used to identify a special rate associated with a specific organization. Promotion code is the identifier used by the host to link directly with a specific named advertising campaign. By including the required code, the client is able to gain access to special offers which may have been created for a specifically targeted group via a CRM system or for a wider advertising campaign using Television or press adverts. This is the vendor specific code for rate codes (e.g. WES, 2A, DLY00). The RatePeriod attribute defines the type of rate that may be applied. For example, typically car rental rates differ based upon the duration of the rental, and the actual rate is then expressed in terms of the period of the rental. The RateQualifierType complex type describes fully rate information associated with a specific rate quotation, including the description of any promotions that may apply. This may be used to provide additional information about the promotion code. This may be used to provide any additional information about rates (e.g., must return by Monday at 8 AM). Indicates if this rate is only available to those customers who are flying to the vehicle rental location. Used to provide a reference to an object that is stored elsewhere in a collection of the same objects. Other traveler profiles associated with an specific individual. Indicates the type of relationship with the person in the profile, such as Spouse, Child, Family, Business Associate, Interest Group, Medical, Security, Other, etc. Provides information on the source of a request. An identifier of the entity making the request (e.g. ATA/IATA/ID number, Electronic Reservation Service Provider (ERSP), Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA)). Specifies the booking channel type and whether it is the primary means of connectivity of the source. Identifies the company that is associated with the booking channel. Identifies the party within the requesting entity. An identification code assigned to an office/agency by a reservation system. The country code of the requesting party. The currency code in which the reservation will be ticketed. An authority code assigned to a requestor. The IATA assigned airline code. The IATA assigned airport code. The point of first departure in a trip. Electronic Reservation Service Provider (ERSP) assigned identifier used to identify the individual using the ERSP system. This is the electronic address of the device from which information is entered. State, province, or region name or code needed to identify location. The standard code or abbreviation for the state, province, or region. Street name; number on street. Defines a Post Office Box number. Standard way to indicate successful processing of an OTA message. Returning an empty element of this type indicates success. Allows extensions to be added to the OTA specification per trading partner agreement. Applicable tax element. This element allows for both percentages and flat amounts. If one field is used, the other should be zero since logically, taxes should be calculated in only one of the two ways. Text description of the taxes in a given language. This is the unit for which the charge applies (e.g. hourly, daily, half-day). Refer to OTA Code List Charge Type (CHG). A collection of taxes. Information about a telephone number, including the actual number and its usage Describes the type of telephone number, in the context of its general use (e.g. Home, Business, Emergency Contact, Travel Arranger, Day, Evening). Refer to OTA Code List Phone Use Type (PUT). Construct for holding a telephone number. When true the requested period may extend over the previous or following day. When false, the search period is restricted to the date specified. Normally used when the window duration is in hours. Total time span covered by this availability request (from the earliest arrival to the latest departure) The earliest ending date/time for the availability requested, expressed in dateTime format as prescribed by ISO 8601. The latest ending date/time for the availability requested, expressed in dateTime format as prescribed by ISO 8601. The Day of Week of the starting date for the availability requested. Enumerated values of StartDOW are the seven days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. The total amount charged for the service including additional amounts and fees. When true, amounts do not contain additional fees or charges. Date and time of trip, that allows specifying a time window before and after the given date. Defines information on the number of travelers of a specific type (e.g. a driver type can be either one of a defined set, Adult, YoungDriver, YoungerDriver, or it may be a code that is acceptable to both Trading Partners). This is used to specify age in years. Refer to OTA Code List Age Qualifying Code (AQC) or use StringLength1to8 with CodeContext to use a non-OTA code. Identifies the source authority for the code. Identifies the location of the code table Specifies the number of travelers. A container to relate individual travelers to an inventory or chargeable item. Web site address, in IETF specified format. Defines the purpose of the URL address, such as personal, business, public, etc. An identifier used to uniquely reference an object in a system (e.g. an airline reservation reference, customer profile reference, booking confirmation number, or a reference to a previous availability quote). Identifies the company that is associated with the UniqueID. Provides formatted textual information that a vendor wishes to make known. The type of information is indicated To define the type of information such as Description, Policy, Marketing, etc. Refer to OTA Code List Information Type (INF). A specific message associated with this vendor Collection of data used to ensure the correct reservation is canceled or modified (e.g. in the case of a hotel reservation modification, a CustLoyalty/ MembershipID would be verified as part of the reservation that you plan to modify to ensure the correct reservation is being modified). Vendor or Vendors associated with the Reservation The start and end day of the reservation. Quantity or Quantities that are associated with the reservation (e.g. number of seats, number of rooms, number of people, etc.). Location or Locations associated with the reservation. Location or Locations associated with the reservation. A form of payment using a voucher or coupon. The date when a voucher becomes valid for use, if applicable, and the the date when a voucher or series of coupons expires and is no longer valid. Identification of a series of coupons or vouchers identified by serial number(s). Standard way to indicate successful processing of an OTA message, but one in which warnings are generated The Warning element MUST contain the Type attribute that uses a recommended set of values to indicate the warning type. The validating XSD can expect to accept values that it has NOT been explicitly coded for and process them by using Type ="Unknown". Refer to OTA Code List Error Warning Type (EWT). SpecialRequests : SpecialRequest A collection of SpecialRequest objects. The collection of all special requests associated with any part of the reservation (the reservation in its entirety, one or more guests, or one or more room stays). Which special requests belong to which part is determined by each object's SpecialRequestRPHs collection. The SpecialRequest object indicates special requests for a particular guest, service or reservation. Each of these may be independent of any that are tied to the profile (see Profile Synchronization standard). This identifies a special request for this reservation and is typically hotel-specific. Identifies the source authority for the RequestCode. Allows you to pass the number of units that the special request is for (e.g., if 4 rooms are booked you may want 3 with double/double beds and 1 with a king). A placeholder in the schema to allow for additional elements and attributes to be included if required, per Trading Partner Agreement (TPA).