Jekyll2026-04-20T14:07:44+00:00/feed.xmlOSDMOpen Sales and Distribution Model to simplify rail distribution.OSDM Version 3.8 Released2026-03-25T09:00:00+00:002026-03-25T09:00:00+00:00/osdm/update/2026/03/25/OSDM-V3.8-releasedWe are proud to release Version 3.8 of the OSDM Specification. This increment brings a range of improvements contributed by the different parties. Highlights of this release include:

  • Promotion codes — new GET /promotion-codes endpoint and supporting objects to enable discount and voucher workflows
  • Compartment selection — PlaceSelection extended with compartment support via the new SelectedCompartment object
  • Multilingual support — translation properties added across a broad set of objects (Address, Condition, FareConnectionPoint, GeneralAttribute, Product, Zone, and more)
  • Chip card fulfillment — CardReference extended with chipCardContentFormat and chipCardContent for on-chip ticket delivery
  • Provider fee flag — Fee and AfterSalesConditionsLink gain isProviderFee to distinguish carrier fees from distributor fees
  • Exchange and refund fees — new exchangeFee on ExchangeOfferCollectionRequest and refundFee on RefundSpecification
  • Distribution mode — new DistributionMode enum on ReservationOfferPart for clearer reservation handling
  • Fulfillment document references — Fulfillment gains fulfillmentDocumentRefs alongside improved document tracking across fulfillment responses

See the Release Notes 3.8 for the full list of changes.

More to come!

Thanks to all the Team for its hard work.

]]>Andreas SchlapbachOSDM Site is now Searchable2025-11-22T09:06:00+00:002025-11-22T09:06:00+00:00/osdm/update/2025/11/22/OSDM-Site-Search-now-AvailableWe now have a site search feature available on OSDM homepage and documentation pages. Search provided by Algolia.

]]>Andreas SchlapbachOSDM Version 3.7 Released2025-10-24T09:06:00+00:002025-10-24T09:06:00+00:00/osdm/update/2025/10/24/OSDM-V3.7-releasedWe are proud to release Version 3.7 of the OSDM Specification. In scope of this increment are various improvements proposed by the different parties. Highlights of this release include:

  • Revised and improved support for return product offers - supports internal and external journey planning workflows
  • Offer part model updated - both admissions and ancillaries can have related reservations
  • Transportable specification in passenger specification fixes vehicle transport on (night) trains
  • Methods for bulk manipulation with passengers
  • Clarified workflow on activating passes and viewing remaining available usage
  • Introduced offer requests by direct product and quantity specifications for deep integrations or reference from product catalogues
  • Introduced check endpoint for two-phase commit of bookings or refunds containing offers from external providers

See the Release Notes 3.7 for more details.

Furthermore we have a successfully improved joint test and validation set ready. This helps in the adoption of OSDM as well as guarantee that the implementations are interoperable.

More to come!

Thanks to all the Team for its hard work.

]]>Andreas SchlapbachOSDM Version 3.6 Released2025-06-12T11:06:00+00:002025-06-12T11:06:00+00:00/osdm/update/2025/06/12/OSDM-V3.6-releasedWe are proud to release Version 3.6 of the OSDM Specification. In scope of this increment are various improvements proposed by the different parties as well as three publicly available OSDM sandboxes with unified master data.

Version 3.6 includes improvements for retail api implementations like the offer overview. The main focus is on improving the documentation.

See the Release Notes 3.6 for more details.

Furthermore we have a successfully improved joint test and validation set ready. This helps in the adoption of OSDM as well as guarantee that the implementations are interoperable.

More to come!

Thanks to all the Team for its hard work.

]]>Josef PetrakOSDM Version 3.5 Released2025-04-29T08:20:33+00:002025-04-29T08:20:33+00:00/osdm/update/2025/04/29/OSDM-V3.5-releasedWe are proud to release Version 3.5 of the OSDM Specification. In scope of this increment are various improvements proposed by the different parties as well as three publicly available OSDM sandboxes

The main improvements of version 3.5 are:

  • Support for on demand services documented here
  • New Products service - Search products by producttags
  • Improved coach layouts for graphical reservation

More to come!

Thanks to all the Team for its hard work.

]]>Clemens GantertOSDM Version 3.4 Released2024-10-18T07:20:33+00:002024-10-18T07:20:33+00:00/osdm/update/2024/10/18/OSDM-V3.4-releasedWe are proud to release Version 3.4 of the OSDM Specification. In scope of this increment are various improvements proposed by the different parties as well as three publicly available OSDM sandboxes with unified master data.

The sandboxes and their data were successfully used for the Dreiländerhack 2024 to build distribution apps in two days. The resulting open Open Source app is currently being polished and will be released soon.

See the Release Notes 3.4 for more details.

Furthermore we have a successfully improved joint test and validation set ready. This helps in the adoption of OSDM as well as guarantee that the implementations are interoperable.

More to come!

Thanks to all the Team for its hard work.

]]>Josef PetrakOSDM in the News - Read all about it!2024-06-14T09:20:33+00:002024-06-14T09:20:33+00:00/osdm/update/2024/06/14/OSDM-in-the-NewsOSDM is getting more and more mentions in the news, which we reference under News, Mentions & Resources. Big thank you to Petrák Josef for curating the list!

]]>Andreas SchlapbachOSDM Version 3.2 Released2024-02-16T13:20:33+00:002024-02-16T13:20:33+00:00/osdm/update/2024/02/16/OSDM-V3.2-releasedWe are proud to release Version 3.2 of the OSDM Specification. In scope of this increment are various improvements proposed by the different parties as well as two new publicly available OSDM sandboxes.

Focus is to support the Swedish Market which revamps its distribution and pricing landscape based on OSDM.

See the Release Notes 3.2 for more details.

Furthermore we have an initial joint test and validation set ready. This helps in the adoption of OSDM as well as guarantee that the implementations are interoperable.

More to come!

Thanks to all the Team for its hard work.

]]>Andreas SchlapbachOSDM Version 3.0.3 and OSDM Version 3.1 Released2023-10-17T08:47:33+00:002023-10-17T08:47:33+00:00/osdm/update/2023/10/17/OSDM-V3.1+V3.0.3-releasedWe are happy to release Version 3.0.3 and Version 3.1.0 of the OSDM Specification. This is a maintenance release for version 3.0 which also adds some features requested by the Swedish market in non-breaking way adhering to semantic versioning and a new non-breaking version 3.1.

See the Change Log for more details.

More to come!

Thanks to all the Team for its hard work.

]]>Clemens GantertOSDM Version 3.0.2 Released2023-05-30T07:12:33+00:002023-05-30T07:12:33+00:00/osdm/update/2023/05/30/OSDM-V3.0.2-releasedWe are happy to release Version 3.0.2 of the OSDM Specification. This is a maintenance release which also adds some features requested by the Swedish market in non-breaking way adhering to semantic versioning.

See the Change Log for more details.

More to come!

Thanks to all the Team for its hard work.

]]>Andreas Schlapbach