Connector fundamentals

The canonical schema, the mapping matrix, drift and reconciliation.

Module 1 — Concepts

We start with the canonical inventory schema at the heart of BookNLink Distribution. Every module reads and writes into this canonical shape, so understanding it is the single most valuable investment you can make in an hour of your day.

Module 2 — Mapping

Vendor-specific room-type and rate-plan taxonomies never match perfectly. We walk through the mapping matrix, versioning, dependency rules and how the auto-mapper suggests high-confidence pairings.

Module 3 — Reconciliation

Webhooks drop packets. Networks partition. Rate-limits throttle. Reconciliation is the boring background job that repairs everything anyway. We explain the fifteen-minute cadence, the drift ledger and the twelve-state rollback.

Module 4 — Observability

Every push and every response is journalled for ninety days. We show how to filter by property, module, endpoint and status class; how to correlate a customer-reported overbooking with the exact millisecond it happened; and how to write custom alerts.