Open Standards

Selfe is the lead contributor to open specifications for AI-era hospitality. The specs define how venues are represented, discovered, and booked by AI agents.

Why open?

Interoperability

Open specs mean systems can work together. Venues aren't locked into one platform.

Trust

Open standards can be audited. No black boxes.

Longevity

Open standards outlast any single company.

Innovation

Anyone can build on the specs.

The specifications

The specs cover the core concepts:

Bookable - Base patterns for bookable entities
Venue - How hospitality venues are represented
Curator - Discovery and recommendation layer
Stay - Booking lifecycle
Folio - Payment semantics
Identity - DID-based venue identity

Plus protocol specs for agent communication and payments.

Full specifications at agenticbooking.org

Selfe's role

Selfe contributes to the specs and runs infrastructure that implements them at scale. The specs define the standards. Selfe makes them work.

Learn about Echo → — Selfe's implementation of these standards.