Passenger Standards Conference directive
Extract from the Passenger Standards brochure pdf published on IATA Passenger Standards Conference (PSC) /... section “What is the Airline Industry Data Model?: “All data exchange standards being developed today under the governance of the PSC are required to use the Airline Industry Data Model (AIDM) and associated methodology”
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Business and technical groups work together in order to develop the necessary message schemas defining the standard.
Methodology Stages
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There are four key roles involved in data exchange standard development – the Initiator, Business Group, Technology Group and the Boards jointly approving the standards
Initiator
Any organization can request a new standard or change to an existing standard under the Conference. Note that only IATA members and strategic partners may attend the Boards and Groups developing and endorsing the standard.
Business Group
Comprised of airlines and strategic partners responsible for developing the business requirements for a standard. All data exchange standards must have a business owning group.
Technology Group
Comprised of airlines and strategic partners responsible for supporting Business Groups with the development of technical solutions (models, messages, etc.).
Boards
Joint endorsement between the business owning Board and the Architecture and Technology Strategy Board is required before any new data exchange standard or change to a data exchange standard is effective.
Key individual Roles across and within these entities are shown here
Collaboration Flow between entities
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Requests for new standards or changes to existing standards can be raised by any organization. Requests should be routed through a Board or Group secretary if known, or generally through standards@iata.org. After an internal triage, the secretary will submit the request as an agenda item on the impacted business Board or Group’s workplan to be addressed.
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