A unified and modular architecture for travel software

Abstract

Travel industry suffers from the absence of widely accepted defini- tions, software communication standards, and industry-specific data models that eventually causes inefficient software design. As a consequence, repetitive work needs to be done for new or legacy systems only to provide functionality that has already been implemented. A unified data model with clear definitions will dramatically increase the Travel systems’ interoperability and efficiency. In the era of computer networks, data interchange is very common between applications that run on various platforms and a universal model sets the foundation for a well established communication.