MIME over FIXT?

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Hi All,

I’ve been thinking about some of the issues that have come up related to the use of the XmlDataLength and XmlData fields in the FIXT header, and was wondering what others think about the concept of simply adding MIME support to FIXT?

Considering how easy it would be to do this, and the fact that it would add a whole new dimension to FIXT’s viability as a transport protocol for financial applications, I think this would be worth doing. It would certainly create a very clean mechanism for sending just about anything over FIXT and would eliminate the need to use hacks when trying to incorporate new content, e.g. FIXML, FPLM, into FIX.

What do you all think?

Cheers,

Russ

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Russ - I think the idea of standardizing the use of the FIX session layer for non FIX users - especially XML payloads is quite valuable - as there are firms that do this today without any guidelines on how to do so.

Hi All,

I’ve been thinking about some of the issues that have come up related to
the use of the XmlDataLength and XmlData fields in the FIXT header, and
was wondering what others think about the concept of simply adding MIME
support to FIXT?

Considering how easy it would be to do this, and the fact that it would
add a whole new dimension to FIXT’s viability as a transport protocol
for financial applications, I think this would be worth doing. It would
certainly create a very clean mechanism for sending just about anything
over FIXT and would eliminate the need to use hacks when trying to
incorporate new content, e.g. FIXML, FPLM, into FIX.

What do you all think?

Cheers,

Russ

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Hi Russ, Jim,

I would recomend the new message we are planning for MIME content over a FIX Session be declared as an Application message.

Regards,
K. Mahesh

Russ - I think the idea of standardizing the use of the FIX session
layer for non FIX users - especially XML payloads is quite valuable

  • as there are firms that do this today without any guidelines on
    how to do so.

Hi All,

I’ve been thinking about some of the issues that have come up related
to the use of the XmlDataLength and XmlData fields in the FIXT header,
and was wondering what others think about the concept of simply adding
MIME support to FIXT?

Considering how easy it would be to do this, and the fact that it
would add a whole new dimension to FIXT’s viability as a transport
protocol for financial applications, I think this would be worth
doing. It would certainly create a very clean mechanism for sending
just about anything over FIXT and would eliminate the need to use
hacks when trying to incorporate new content, e.g. FIXML, FPLM,
into FIX.

What do you all think?

Cheers,

Russ

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Russ,

Based on Jim’s explanation at

http://fixprotocol.org/discuss/read/55ec07f3

I have changed my mind and now think the new message type we are planning for MIME content over a FIX Session be declared as an Session message so that users of FIXT who are not using FIX could use this new message type.

Regards,
K. Mahesh