Content management in a travel management system

An apparatus for managing content in a travel management system, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor and including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
• receive, from one or more content providers, a data element comprising the content;
• receive, from the one or more content providers, a first XSD structure description file, wherein one or more first XML tags complying with the first XSD structure description file describe an attribute structure of the data element and one or more second XML tags complying with the first XSD structure description file describe one or more auxiliary constraints associated with the data element;
• create a first data container for the data element in an extended record data structure;
• apply, based at least in part on the one or more second XML tags, the one or more auxiliary constraints to the first data container;
• transform, through XSLT transformation, the first XSD structure description file into a second XSD structure description file using predefined mapping rules, wherein the first XSD structure description file and the second XSD structure description file define corresponding attributes;
• and
• create, based at least in part on the second XSD structure description file, a second data container for the data element.

A computer program product for managing content in a travel management system, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
• and
• instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
• receive, from one or more content providers, a data element comprising the content;
• receive, from the one or more content providers, a first XSD structure description file, wherein one or more first XML tags complying with the first XSD structure description file describe an attribute structure of the data element and one or more second XML tags complying with the first XSD structure description file describe one or more auxiliary constraints associated with the data element;
• create a first data container for the data element in an extended record data structure;
• apply, based at least in part on the one or more second XML tags, the one or more auxiliary constraints to the first data container;
• transform, through XSLT transformation, the first XSD structure description file into a second XSD structure description file using predefined mapping rules, wherein the first XSD structure description file and the second XSD structure description file define corresponding attributes;
• and
• create, based at least in part on the second XSD structure description file, a second data container for the data element.