Introduction

Overview

This service description defines one service with a set of operations to set baggage oriented data. All baggage related data elements are defined by the Airport Data Dictionary.

The service is primarily designed to meet the need of airport partners, but availability is the decision of the service provider.

There are a set of use cases that can be realized using the operations and data available, for example:

• • • Set baggage data captured when a bag is checked in, manually or at a self service baggage drop (SBD). The SetBagCheckinData operation is meant to cover this.
    • Set baggage data from a baggage handling system (BHS). The SetBhsEventData suited for this.
    • Set data when a bag tag is scanned at some location, possibly as part of a baggage reconciliation system (BRS). The SetBagScanData cover this.
    • Data about any baggage event can be set using the SetBagEventData operation.

.The  SetBagEventData operation covers data in all the other operations. The reason to have multiple operations is:

• • • It makes it simpler for developers as the data model is restricted to what is (readily) available.
    • It makes for more stable data definitions as the restricted entities for baggage related data are expected to change much less frequently than the all inclusive one.

Implementation considerations

Any implementation of this service MUST use the WSDL and XSD files provided here: WSDL and XSDs

It is however up to the service provider to decide which data elements to actually update. And as clients vary wildly in their capabilities most elements are optional

Any service provider should make available documentation about the actual implementation, including:

• • • the address of the service.
    • any limitations in the implementation.
    • any limitations on how often a client can use the service.

Purpose of this service description

This service description has the following purpose:

• • • Describe of service in enough detail for a service provider to implement it.
    • Describe the service so that a client (of this service) developer can use it.
    • Make available the WSDL and XSD files necessary to implement and use the service.
    • Make it possible for relevant people at airports, airlines, handlers and other aviation partners to understand the available functionality and then to decide if to implement/use it or not.

Intended readership

• • IT architects
  • Developers
  • Business architects
  • Interested parties in the aviation community

Service overview

The figure below shows the available operations on the BaggageInformationExchangeService. The operations are described in detail in Service operations.

Service operations

Data entities

XML Usage

WSDL and XSDs