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OpenTravel Webinars for 2013

December 1, 2012

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OpenTravel is pleased to announce its upcoming webinar schedule.  If you'd like to receive an invitation to any of these sessions, please send an email to info@opentravel.org with your name, company name and the date and title of the webinar you'd like to attend.   You will receive a confirmation via email.  Webinars are limited to 25 participants; once a webinar session fills up, wait-listed participants will be given priority for the next scheduled webinar. 

Introduction to OpenTravel

This webinar provides an operational overview of OpenTravel for those individuals who are new to OpenTravel and unfamiliar with its processes.  This webinar is open to members and non-members.

Topics to be covered include:

  • Organizational structure
  • Work groups and project teams
  • Specification release process
  • Current and upcoming projects
  • Resources
  • How to participate

Upcoming Sessions:

  • Monday January 14 2013, 11:00am-12:00pm US eastern time
  • Monday February 11 2013, 10:00am-11:00am US eastern time
  • Monday February 18 2013, 11am-12pm US eastern time
  • Monday March 11 2013,  11am-12pm US eastern time
  • Monday April 15 2013,  11am-12pm US eastern time
  • Monday May 13 2013,  11am-12pm US eastern time

1.0 XML Message Suite Introduction

This webinar provides an introduction to the use of OpenTravel schema and architecture to developers, engineers and architects who would like to become more familiar with OpenTravel's message structure.  The content of this webinar is based on the OpenTravel Implementation Guide.  This webinar is open to members and non-members.

Topics to be covered include:

  • Schema categories & business functionality
  • Schema architecture
  • Message exchange patterns
  • File naming conventions
  • Schema versioning
  • OpenTravel namespaces
  • Common elements (payload, success/ warnings/ errors, etc.)
  • OpenTravel code lists & enumerated types
  • OpenTravel implementer tools & resources

Upcoming Sessions:

  • Friday January 18 2013, 11:00am-12:00pm US eastern time
  • Friday February 1 2013, 11am-12pm US eastern time
  • Friday February 15 2013, 11:00am-12:00pm US eastern time
  • Friday March 15 2013, 11:00am-12:00pm US eastern time
  • Friday April 19 2013, 11:00am-12:00pm US eastern time
  • Friday May 17 2013, 11:00am-12:00pm US eastern time
  • Friday June 21 2013, 11:00am-12:00pm US eastern time
If you'd like to schedule one of these webinars for multiple attendees in your company, please contact Caliene Isaacs, caliene.isaacs@opentravel.org.