United Nations Directories for Electronic Data Interchange for
Administration, Commerce and Transport
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Message Type : RESREQ
Version : D
Release : 01C
Contr. Agency: UN
Revision : 7
Date : 2001-11-07
SOURCE: D10 Travel, Tourism and Leisure (SWG)
CONTENTS
Reservation request - interactive message
0. INTRODUCTION
1. SCOPE
1.1 Functional definition
1.2 Field of application
1.3 Principles
2. REFERENCES
3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
3.1 Standard terms and definitions
4. MESSAGE DEFINITION
4.1 Segment clarification
4.2 Segment index (alphabetical sequence by tag)
4.3 Message structure
4.3.1 Segment table
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For general information on UN standard message types see UN Trade Data
Interchange Directory, UNTDID, Part 4, Section 2.3, UN/ECE UNSM
General Introduction
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0. INTRODUCTION
This specification provides the definition of the Reservation
request - interactive message (RESREQ) to be used in Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in
administration, commerce and transport.
1. SCOPE
1.1 Functional definition
An interactive Travel, Tourism and Leisure Reservations Request
is sent by a customer or his agent, to a service provider to
reserve, modify or cancel a Travel, Tourism and Leisure
service. The Travel, Tourism and Leisure Reservation Response
- Interactive message (RESRSP) is utilised to provide an
interactive response to the interactive service request.
1.2 Field of application
The Reservation request - interactive message may be used for
both national and international applications. It is based on
universal practice related to administration, commerce and
transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or
industry.
1.3 Principles
RESREQ may be used for the following functions within the
Interactive Scenario for Travel, Tourism and Leisure:
(1) To request an initial reservation for a hotel, rental car,
train trip, airline flight, or tour.
(2) To cancel the entire reservation or parts of the
reservation.
(3) To request a display of a reservation.
(4) To ignore all or part of current changes to the
reservation.
(5) To modify an existing reservation.
See Travel, Tourism and Leisure Interactive Reservations
Scenario.
2. REFERENCES
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General
Introduction, Section 1.
3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
3.1 Standard terms and definitions
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General
Introduction, Section 2.
4. MESSAGE DEFINITION
4.1 Segment clarification
This section should be read in conjunction with the segment
table which indicates mandatory, conditional and repeating
requirements.
0010 UIH, Interactive message header
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.
The message type code for the Reservation request - interactive
message is RESREQ.
Note: Reservation request - interactive messages conforming to
this document must contain the following data in segment UIH,
composite S306:
Data element 0065 RESREQ
0052 D
0054 01C
0051 UN
0020 MSD, Message action details
A segment identifying the industry type (i.e. Air, Car, Train,
Accommodations, etc.) and business function of the message.
0030 ORG, Originator of request details
A segment providing data pertaining to the originator of the
interactive processing request (i.e. travel agent identity and
location and the commercial computer reservations system
delivering the message).
0040 RCI, Reservation control information
Information providing a specific reference to a Travel, Tourism
and Leisure (TT&L) reservation for a travel product.
0050 NUN, Number of units
Number and identifying qualifier pertaining to the entire TT&L
reservation request (i.e. number and type of passengers, [4
adults]).
0060 FTI, Frequent traveller information
Frequent Traveller Program information relating to the entire
TT&L reservation request (frequent flier number).
0070 CRI, Consumer reference information
Consumer reference information relating to the entire TT&L
reservation request (corporate discount number, personal
profile number).
0080 CLT, Clear terminate information
Instructions pertaining to a Clear Terminate request related to
the entire TT&L reservation request (i.e. ignore all
transactions during this interactive business transaction).
0090 ATI, Tour information
Additional information relating to a tour (tour code or name).
0100 CON, Contact information
Information providing contact numbers relevant to the TT&L
reservation request (i.e. booking travel agent, tour company).
0110 ITM, Item number
Numbers assigned to information in the previous response which
may be used to make a request without repeating all the
information.
0120 HDI, Hardware device information
Information specifying terminal equipment addresses and device
types that may be used for tracing and security purposes.
0130 TFF, Tariff information
Tariff information relating to the entire TT&L reservation
request.
0140 POS, Point of sale information
To specify the point of sale to determine the rate to provide.
0150 CMN, Commission information
A segment to indicate the commission details that are to be
paid for making the reservation.
0160 IFT, Interactive free text
Free form text data pertaining to the entire TT&L reservation
request.
0170 TDI, Traveller document information
Information relating to documents associated with the TT&L
reservation request (i.e. passport number, tour package
identifier, etc.).
0180 ADS, Address
Addresses related to the entire TT&L reservation.
0190 Segment group 1: NME-ADS
This segment group provides names and related addresses that
pertain to the entire TT&L reservation.
0200 NME, Name
Name(s) pertaining to the entire TT&L reservation.
0210 ADS, Address
Addresses associated with the preceding names.
0220 Segment group 2: SSR-IFT
This segment group provides details pertaining to special
services information and associated free text information.
0230 SSR, Special requirement details
Details pertaining to special services or special requests
relating to the entire TT&L request.
0240 IFT, Interactive free text
Free form text data pertaining to the special services.
0250 Segment group 3: PMT-CON-ADS-NME
This data group allows for the provision of payment information
and associated contact information for the entire TT&L
reservation request.
0260 PMT, Payment information
Payment instructions for the TT&L reservation request.
0270 CON, Contact information
Contact numbers associated with the preceding payment
information.
0280 ADS, Address
Address information associated with the payment information.
0290 NME, Name
Name(s) associated with the payment information.
0300 Segment group 4: TIF-FTI-CRI-CON-IFT-TDI-DIS-ADS-SG5-SG6
This segment group provides information pertaining to an
individual traveller or traveller group associated with the
TT&L reservation request.
0310 TIF, Traveller information
Personal details pertaining to a unique traveller (surname,
given name, indication that traveller is accompanied by non
ticketed infant, etc.).
0320 FTI, Frequent traveller information
Frequent traveller program information relating to a
specific traveller.
0330 CRI, Consumer reference information
Consumer reference information pertaining to a specific
traveller.
0340 CON, Contact information
Contact numbers associated with a traveller or group.
0350 IFT, Interactive free text
Free form text data pertaining to a traveller or group.
0360 TDI, Traveller document information
Information relating to documents associated with a
traveller or group.
0370 DIS, Discount information
Information pertaining to discounts concerning the
traveller.
0380 ADS, Address
Address information for a traveller or group.
0390 Segment group 5: SSR-IFT
A group of segments to provide details concerning special
service requests for a traveller or group.
0400 SSR, Special requirement details
Details pertaining to special services or special
requests pertaining to a traveller or group.
0410 IFT, Interactive free text
Free text information associated with the special service
request.
0420 Segment group 6: PMT-CON-ADS-NME
This data group allows for the provision of payment
information and associated contact information for a
traveller or group.
0430 PMT, Payment information
Payment instructions for a traveller or group.
0440 CON, Contact information
Contact numbers associated with the preceding payment
information.
0450 ADS, Address
Address information associated with the preceding
payment.
0460 NME, Name
Name(s) information associated with the preceding
payment.
0470 Segment group 7: TVL-MSD-RCI-RPI-MOV-CNX-DIS-ASD-CON-ADS-NME-
PLI-AAI-IFT-TDI-TFF-SG8-SG9-SG10-SG11-SG12
This segment group provides information pertaining to a Travel,
Tourism and Leisure (TT&L) product or service.
0480 TVL, Travel product information
Information identifying the TT&L product or service (service
provider, service location, date of service, service
description, etc.).
0490 MSD, Message action details
A segment identifying the industry type (i.e. air, car,
train, accommodations, etc.) and business function relating
to the product or service.
0500 RCI, Reservation control information
Information providing a specific reference to the product or
service.
0510 RPI, Quantity and action details
Details relating to quantity and action required associated
with the product or service.
0520 MOV, Car delivery instruction
Information pertaining to the delivery of an automobile or
chauffeur instructions.
0530 CNX, Connection details
Information specifying the stopover cities requested with
the product or service.
0540 DIS, Discount information
Information pertaining to discounts for the product or
service.
0550 ASD, Service details
Additional date, time and location information related to a
product or service.
0560 CON, Contact information
Contact numbers for a product or service.
0570 ADS, Address
Address information for a product or service.
0580 NME, Name
Name(s) information for a product or service.
0590 PLI, Product location information
To specify locations where a rental car should be exchange.
0600 AAI, Accommodation allocation information
A segment to precise the accommodation number in the case of
a designated or adjacent request.
0610 IFT, Interactive free text
Free form text data pertaining to the product or service.
0620 TDI, Traveller document information
Information relating to documents associated with a product
or service (voucher number, ticket number, etc.).
0630 TFF, Tariff information
Tariff information relating to the product or service (car
rental rate, coach fare, hotel rate, etc.).
0640 Segment group 8: VEH-PDT
A group of segments to convey specific details and related
information concerning a vehicle to be transported on a
product or service.
0650 VEH, Vehicle
Details concerning a vehicle to be transported on a
product or service.
0660 PDT, Product information
Product information related to the vehicle to be
transported.
0670 Segment group 9: PMT-CON-ADS-NME
This data group allows for the provision of payment
information and associated contact information for the
specific product or service.
0680 PMT, Payment information
Payment instructions for a product or service.
0690 CON, Contact information
Contact numbers associated with the preceding payment
information.
0700 ADS, Address
Address information related to the preceding payment.
0710 NME, Name
Name(s) information related to the preceding payment.
0720 Segment group 10: NUN-CRI
This data group allows for indicating traveller types and
consumer reference information for those types.
0730 NUN, Number of units
Traveller types for the associated product or service.
0740 CRI, Consumer reference information
Consumer reference information for the preceding
traveller type.
0750 Segment group 11: SSR-PMT-CON-ADS-NME-IFT
This data group allows for special requests and the payment
information for the special requests that relate to the
product or service.
0760 SSR, Special requirement details
Details of special services or special requests
pertaining to the product or service.
0770 PMT, Payment information
Payment information related to a special service or
requests.
0780 CON, Contact information
Contact numbers related to the payment information.
0790 ADS, Address
Address information related to the payment.
0800 NME, Name
Name(s) information related to the payment.
0810 IFT, Interactive free text
Free text information related to the special service.
0820 Segment group 12: TIF-FTI-CRI-CON-IFT-ASD-ADS-TFF-SG13-SG14
This segment group provides information pertaining to an
individual traveller or traveller group associated with the
preceding product or service information.
0830 TIF, Traveller information
Personal details pertaining to a unique traveller and
associated to the preceding product or service
information (i.e. surname, given name, indication that
traveller is accompanied by non ticketed infant, etc.).
0840 FTI, Frequent traveller information
Frequent traveller program information relating to a
specific traveller and associated to the preceding
product or service information.
0850 CRI, Consumer reference information
Consumer reference information relating to a specific
traveller and associated to the preceding product or
service information.
0860 CON, Contact information
Contact numbers associated with a traveller or group and
associated to the preceding product or service
information.
0870 IFT, Interactive free text
Free form text data pertaining to a traveller or group
and associated to the preceding product or service
information.
0880 ASD, Service details
Date, time and location information related to a service
for a specific traveller.
0890 ADS, Address
Address information pertaining to a traveller or group
and associated to the preceding product or service
information.
0900 TFF, Tariff information
Tariff information relating to the service (green fees,
tennis lessons) for a specific traveller.
0910 Segment group 13: SSR-IFT
Special service information and related free text
pertaining to traveller or group and associated to the
preceding product or service information.
0920 SSR, Special requirement details
Details pertaining to special services or special
requests pertaining to a traveller or group and
associated to the preceding product or service
information.
0930 IFT, Interactive free text
Free text information pertaining to the special
service.
0940 Segment group 14: PMT-CON-ADS-NME
This data group allows for the provision of payment
information and associated contact information for a
traveller or group.
0950 PMT, Payment information
Payment instructions for a traveller or group.
0960 CON, Contact information
Contact numbers associated with the preceding payment
information.
0970 ADS, Address
Address information associated with the preceding
payment information.
0980 NME, Name
Name(s) information associated with the preceding
payment information.
0990 Segment group 15: ODI-MSD-SG16
Like Segment Group 7, this segment group provides information
pertaining to Travel, Tourism and Leisure (TT&L) product or
service. However, in certain situations product or service data
must be grouped as part of an overall TT&L journey. Segment
group 15 provides that grouping capability.
1000 ODI, Origin and destination details
A segment providing the origin and destination of a TT&L
journey.
1010 MSD, Message action details
A segment identifying the industry type (i.e. air, car,
train, accommodations, etc.) and business function relating
to the associated TT&L journey.
1020 Segment group 16: TVL-APD-RPI-NUN-FTI-TFF-RCI-DIS-ASD-IFT-
SG17-SG18-SG19-SG20
This segment group provides information pertaining to a
Travel, Tourism and Leisure (TT&L) product or service which
is related to the preceding journey information.
1030 TVL, Travel product information
Information identifying the TT&L product or service
pertaining to a journey. (service provider, service
location, date of service, service description, etc.).
1040 APD, Additional transport details
A segment providing additional data (i.e. aircraft type,
number of stops, on time performance, gate description,
etc.) relating to the product or service.
1050 RPI, Quantity and action details
Details relating to quantity and action required
associated with the product or service.
1060 NUN, Number of units
Number and identifying qualifier relating to the product
or service.
1070 FTI, Frequent traveller information
Frequent traveller program information relating to a
specific product or service.
1080 TFF, Tariff information
Tariff information relating to the product or service.
1090 RCI, Reservation control information
Information providing a specific reference to the product
or service.
1100 DIS, Discount information
Information pertaining to discounts for the product or
service.
1110 ASD, Service details
Additional date, time and location information for a
product or service.
1120 IFT, Interactive free text
Free text information related to a product or service.
1130 Segment group 17: SSR-IFT
Special service information and related free text for a
product or service.
1140 SSR, Special requirement details
Information about special services or special requests
relating to the product or service.
1150 IFT, Interactive free text
Free text information relating to the special services
for a product or service.
1160 Segment group 18: VEH-PDT
A group of segments to specify details and related
information concerning a vehicle to be transported on a
product or service.
1170 VEH, Vehicle
Details concerning a vehicle to be transported on a
product or service.
1180 PDT, Product information
Product information related to the vehicle to be
transported.
1190 Segment group 19: PMT-CON-ADS-NME
This data group allows for the payment information and
associated contact information for a product or service.
1200 PMT, Payment information
Payment instructions for a product or service.
1210 CON, Contact information
Contact numbers related to payment information for a
product or service.
1220 ADS, Address
Address information related to payment information for
a product or service.
1230 NME, Name
Name(s) information related to payment information for
a product or service.
1240 Segment group 20: TIF-FTI-SSR
This segment group provides information pertaining to an
individual traveller or traveller group associated with
the preceding product or service information.
1250 TIF, Traveller information
Personal details pertaining to a unique traveller and
associated to the preceding product or service
information.
1260 FTI, Frequent traveller information
Frequent traveller program information relating to the
preceding TIF segment.
1270 SSR, Special requirement details
Details pertaining to special services or special
requests pertaining to the preceding TIF segment.
1280 UIT, Interactive message trailer
A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of
segments in the message (including the UIH & UIT) and the
control reference number of the message.
4.2 Segment index (alphabetical sequence by tag)
AAI Accommodation allocation information
ADS Address
APD Additional transport details
ASD Service details
ATI Tour information
CLT Clear terminate information
CMN Commission information
CNX Connection details
CON Contact information
CRI Consumer reference information
DIS Discount information
FTI Frequent traveller information
HDI Hardware device information
IFT Interactive free text
ITM Item number
MOV Car delivery instruction
MSD Message action details
NME Name
NUN Number of units
ODI Origin and destination details
ORG Originator of request details
PDT Product information
PLI Product location information
PMT Payment information
POS Point of sale information
RCI Reservation control information
RPI Quantity and action details
SSR Special requirement details
TDI Traveller document information
TFF Tariff information
TIF Traveller information
TVL Travel product information
UIH Interactive message header
UIT Interactive message trailer
VEH Vehicle
4.3 Message structure
4.3.1 Segment table
Pos Tag Name S R
0010 UIH Interactive message header M 1
0020 MSD Message action details C 1
0030 ORG Originator of request details C 1
0040 RCI Reservation control information C 1
0050 NUN Number of units C 1
0060 FTI Frequent traveller information C 1
0070 CRI Consumer reference information C 1
0080 CLT Clear terminate information C 1
0090 ATI Tour information C 1
0100 CON Contact information C 1
0110 ITM Item number C 1
0120 HDI Hardware device information C 1
0130 TFF Tariff information C 9
0140 POS Point of sale information C 1
0150 CMN Commission information C 1
0160 IFT Interactive free text C 9
0170 TDI Traveller document information C 9
0180 ADS Address C 9
0190 ----- Segment group 1 ------------------ C 9-----------+
0200 NME Name M 1 |
0210 ADS Address C 1-----------+
0220 ----- Segment group 2 ------------------ C 99----------+
0230 SSR Special requirement details M 1 |
0240 IFT Interactive free text C 1-----------+
0250 ----- Segment group 3 ------------------ C 9-----------+
0260 PMT Payment information M 1 |
0270 CON Contact information C 1 |
0280 ADS Address C 1 |
0290 NME Name C 1-----------+
0300 ----- Segment group 4 ------------------ C 999---------+
0310 TIF Traveller information M 1 |
0320 FTI Frequent traveller information C 1 |
0330 CRI Consumer reference information C 1 |
0340 CON Contact information C 1 |
0350 IFT Interactive free text C 1 |
0360 TDI Traveller document information C 1 |
0370 DIS Discount information C 1 |
0380 ADS Address C 9 |
|
0390 ----- Segment group 5 ------------------ C 99---------+|
0400 SSR Special requirement details M 1 ||
0410 IFT Interactive free text C 1----------+|
|
0420 ----- Segment group 6 ------------------ C 9----------+|
0430 PMT Payment information M 1 ||
0440 CON Contact information C 1 ||
0450 ADS Address C 1 ||
0460 NME Name C 1----------++
0470 ----- Segment group 7 ------------------ C 99----------+
0480 TVL Travel product information M 1 |
0490 MSD Message action details C 1 |
0500 RCI Reservation control information C 1 |
0510 RPI Quantity and action details C 1 |
0520 MOV Car delivery instruction C 1 |
0530 CNX Connection details C 1 |
0540 DIS Discount information C 1 |
0550 ASD Service details C 1 |
0560 CON Contact information C 1 |
0570 ADS Address C 1 |
0580 NME Name C 1 |
0590 PLI Product location information C 1 |
0600 AAI Accommodation allocation information C 1 |
0610 IFT Interactive free text C 9 |
0620 TDI Traveller document information C 9 |
0630 TFF Tariff information C 99 |
|
0640 ----- Segment group 8 ------------------ C 9----------+|
0650 VEH Vehicle M 1 ||
0660 PDT Product information C 1----------+|
|
0670 ----- Segment group 9 ------------------ C 9----------+|
0680 PMT Payment information M 1 ||
0690 CON Contact information C 1 ||
0700 ADS Address C 1 ||
0710 NME Name C 1----------+|
|
0720 ----- Segment group 10 ------------------ C 1----------+|
0730 NUN Number of units M 1 ||
0740 CRI Consumer reference information C 1----------+|
|
0750 ----- Segment group 11 ------------------ C 99---------+|
0760 SSR Special requirement details M 1 ||
0770 PMT Payment information C 1 ||
0780 CON Contact information C 1 ||
0790 ADS Address C 1 ||
0800 NME Name C 1 ||
0810 IFT Interactive free text C 1----------+|
|
0820 ----- Segment group 12 ------------------ C 999--------+|
0830 TIF Traveller information M 1 ||
0840 FTI Frequent traveller information C 1 ||
0850 CRI Consumer reference information C 1 ||
0860 CON Contact information C 1 ||
0870 IFT Interactive free text C 1 ||
0880 ASD Service details C 1 ||
0890 ADS Address C 9 ||
0900 TFF Tariff information C 99 ||
||
0910 ----- Segment group 13 ------------------ C 99--------+||
0920 SSR Special requirement details M 1 |||
0930 IFT Interactive free text C 1---------+||
||
0940 ----- Segment group 14 ------------------ C 9---------+||
0950 PMT Payment information M 1 |||
0960 CON Contact information C 1 |||
0970 ADS Address C 1 |||
0980 NME Name C 1---------+++
0990 ----- Segment group 15 ------------------ C 99----------+
1000 ODI Origin and destination details M 1 |
1010 MSD Message action details C 1 |
|
1020 ----- Segment group 16 ------------------ M 99---------+|
1030 TVL Travel product information M 1 ||
1040 APD Additional transport details C 1 ||
1050 RPI Quantity and action details C 1 ||
1060 NUN Number of units C 1 ||
1070 FTI Frequent traveller information C 1 ||
1080 TFF Tariff information C 1 ||
1090 RCI Reservation control information C 1 ||
1100 DIS Discount information C 1 ||
1110 ASD Service details C 1 ||
1120 IFT Interactive free text C 9 ||
||
1130 ----- Segment group 17 ------------------ C 99--------+||
1140 SSR Special requirement details M 1 |||
1150 IFT Interactive free text C 1---------+||
||
1160 ----- Segment group 18 ------------------ C 9---------+||
1170 VEH Vehicle M 1 |||
1180 PDT Product information C 1---------+||
||
1190 ----- Segment group 19 ------------------ C 9---------+||
1200 PMT Payment information M 1 |||
1210 CON Contact information C 1 |||
1220 ADS Address C 1 |||
1230 NME Name C 1---------+||
||
1240 ----- Segment group 20 ------------------ C 999-------+||
1250 TIF Traveller information M 1 |||
1260 FTI Frequent traveller information C 1 |||
1270 SSR Special requirement details C 99--------+++
1280 UIT Interactive message trailer M 1
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