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Message Type : PASREQ Version : D Release : 11A Contr. Agency: UN Revision : 2 Date : 2011-06-29 SOURCE: TBG9 Travel, Tourism and Leisure CONTENTS Travel, tourism and leisure product application status 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. INTRODUCTION This specification provides the definition of the Travel, tourism and leisure product application status request - interactive message (PASREQ) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport. 1. SCOPE 1.1 Functional definition The Travel, tourism and leisure product application status request message is sent by either a service supplier to a product supplier to ask if the application or product is available for request or by a product supplier to a service supplier to notify them that they will not be receiving requests during a specified time period. 1.2 Field of application The Travel, tourism and leisure product application status 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 PASREQ may be used for the following functions that facilitate the operation of the interactive scenario for travel, tourism and leisure: (1) to ask the supplier of a service or product if the application is available for requests. The request may specify an application, a message type, a scenario, and a dialogue type. (2) to notify a service supplier, such as a travel agent system, that they will not be taking requests for a specific application(s), message type, scenario, or dialogue type, or from specific agents based on location. (3) to ask the service supplier, such as a travel agent system, if they can send a message to update their data base. 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 Travel, tourism and leisure product application status request - interactive message is PASREQ. Note: Travel, tourism and leisure product application status request - interactive messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UIH, composite S306: Data element 0065 PASREQ 0052 D 0054 11A 0051 UN 0020 ORG, Originator of request details A segment providing data pertaining to the originator of the interactive request (e.g., travel agent identity and location and the commercial computer reservations system delivering the message). 0030 Segment group 1: MAP-DTI-NUN-SG2-SG3 A group of segments to specify the message application information and effective dates and times. 0040 MAP, Message application product information A segment to specify the action to be taken, the message, scenario, and dialogue affected, and the supplier of the product. 0050 DTI, Date and time information A segment to specify start and stop dates and times for the action. 0060 NUN, Number of units A segment to indicate the number of records or messages that a supplier has to send in a data base update message. 0070 Segment group 2: TVL-DTI A group of segments to specify the products that are affected by the action and the related effective dates and times. 0080 TVL, Travel product information A segment to identify the products or services that are affected. 0090 DTI, Date and time information A segment to specify the start and stop dates and times for the action. 0100 Segment group 3: POS-DTI-SG4 A group of segments to specify the travel agencies and locations that might be affected by the action and the effective dates. 0110 POS, Point of sale information A segment to specify the travel agencies by identification numbers and the locations that are affected. 0120 DTI, Date and time information A segment to specify the start and stop dates and times for the action for specific agencies and locations. 0130 Segment group 4: TVL-DTI A group of segments to identify the product or service and the start and stop date and time. 0140 TVL, Travel product information A segment to identify the product or service that is affected for the point of sale information. 0150 DTI, Date and time information A segment to specify the start and stop dates and times. 0160 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) DTI Date and time information MAP Message application product information NUN Number of units ORG Originator of request details POS Point of sale information TVL Travel product information UIH Interactive message header UIT Interactive message trailer
4.3 Message structure 4.3.1 Segment table Pos Tag Name S R 0010 UIH Interactive message header M 1 0020 ORG Originator of request details C 1 0030 ----- Segment group 1 ------------------ M 2----------------+ 0040 MAP Message application product information M 1 | 0050 DTI Date and time information C 1 | 0060 NUN Number of units C 1 | | 0070 ----- Segment group 2 ------------------ C 999-------------+| 0080 TVL Travel product information M 1 || 0090 DTI Date and time information C 1---------------+| | 0100 ----- Segment group 3 ------------------ C 999-------------+| 0110 POS Point of sale information M 1 || 0120 DTI Date and time information C 1 || || 0130 ----- Segment group 4 ------------------ C 999------------+|| 0140 TVL Travel product information M 1 ||| 0150 DTI Date and time information C 1--------------+++ 0160 UIT Interactive message trailer M 1