The Passenger and Airport Data Interchange Standards (PADIS) Board was established in 1990 to develop Electronic Data Interchange message standards for passenger travel and airport related passenger service activities. The PADIS Board is governed by the Passenger Services Conference Resolution 783 and is mandated to develop and approve standard messages based on the UN/EDIFACT syntax rules.
User sub-groups under the direction of the Board, meet concurrently and develop messages in the Reservations, Electronic Ticketing, and Airport Resource Management functional areas. Development has also been accomplished in the Check-in, Baggage Services, and Weight & Balance areas.
PADIS workgroup functioning
The concurrent sessions maintain a unique structure and method of operation which differs from that of other IATA working groups. The individual user groups, (Reservations, and Airport services), possess the task of agreeing and documenting business requirements according to needs in their various areas.
These requirements are then passed to a technical assessment group (TAG) which translates the requirements into EDIFACT messages. The messages are then presented back to the user group for clarification, modification or approval. Once a message has been finalised it is then submitted to the PADIS Board for approval. In addition, the PADIS Board has in their capacity to guide and monitor the progress and workplans of its sub-groups as well as deal with policy issues which may arise.
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