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Hi,
I would like to know whether passing all tests documented in the ‘FIX Session-level Test Cases and Expected Behaviours’ document would qualify a FIX engine to be FIX 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 & 4.3 session compliant?
Is there any certification provided by fixprotocol.org for this purpose? I know of some vendors that provide such certification, why not fixprotocol.org? Who certifies the certifier?
Thanks in advance,
Ranjit
FIX Protocol Ltd attempted to establish a protocol certification service a couple of years ago, however, ultimately decided against it.
The FIX Technical Committee leveraged some of its work during that process and produced the "FIX Session-level Test Cases and Expected Behaviors" document for the benefit of the industry. This has been incorporated into Volume 2 of the specification as of FIX 4.3. The FIX session layer has been pretty static since FIX 4.0. One could certainly consider those test cases as the basis for "session-level compliance".
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know whether passing all tests documented in the ‘FIX Session-level Test Cases and Expected Behaviours’ document would qualify a FIX engine to be FIX 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 & 4.3 session compliant?
>
> Is there any certification provided by fixprotocol.org for this purpose? I know of some vendors that provide such certification, why not fixprotocol.org? Who certifies the certifier?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ranjit
>
>
Hi,
Kind of seems natural for fixprotocol.org to have some sort of role to play in the various certification services being provided by a growing number of vendors.
Regarding the test case doc, shouldnt both the Buyside and Sellside -oriented test cases include tests targeted at 24 hour connectivity. For instance, shouldnt there be a test for ResetSeqNumFlag handling in a Logon message?
Dont you think that FIX is being implemented using different models now than it was before? Especially, after adding FIXML functionality? It would be real nice if some of these scenarios also were reflected in the test case document.
Ranjit
> FIX Protocol Ltd attempted to establish a protocol certification service a couple of years ago, however, ultimately decided against it.
>
> see: http://www.fixprotocol.org/cgi-bin/PrintPage.cgi?file=press_releases/FixProtocolLtdPressRelease20001024.htm
>
> The FIX Technical Committee leveraged some of its work during that process and produced the “FIX Session-level Test Cases and Expected Behaviors” document for the benefit of the industry. This has been incorporated into Volume 2 of the specification as of FIX 4.3. The FIX session layer has been pretty static since FIX 4.0. One could certainly consider those test cases as the basis for “session-level compliance”.
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to know whether passing all tests documented in the ‘FIX Session-level Test Cases and Expected Behaviours’ document would qualify a FIX engine to be FIX 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 & 4.3 session compliant?
> >
> > Is there any certification provided by fixprotocol.org for this purpose? I know of some vendors that provide such certification, why not fixprotocol.org? Who certifies the certifier?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Ranjit
> >
> >
>
If you or someone else would like to take a first-cut and drafting the revisions, the FIX Technical Committee would be happy to review and ideally incorporate.
> Hi,
>
> Kind of seems natural for fixprotocol.org to have some sort of role to play in the various certification services being provided by a growing number of vendors.
>
> Regarding the test case doc, shouldnt both the Buyside and Sellside -oriented test cases include tests targeted at 24 hour connectivity. For instance, shouldnt there be a test for ResetSeqNumFlag handling in a Logon message?
>
> Dont you think that FIX is being implemented using different models now than it was before? Especially, after adding FIXML functionality? It would be real nice if some of these scenarios also were reflected in the test case document.
>
> Ranjit
>
> > FIX Protocol Ltd attempted to establish a protocol certification service a couple of years ago, however, ultimately decided against it.
> >
> > see: http://www.fixprotocol.org/cgi-bin/PrintPage.cgi?file=press_releases/FixProtocolLtdPressRelease20001024.htm
> >
> > The FIX Technical Committee leveraged some of its work during that process and produced the “FIX Session-level Test Cases and Expected Behaviors” document for the benefit of the industry. This has been incorporated into Volume 2 of the specification as of FIX 4.3. The FIX session layer has been pretty static since FIX 4.0. One could certainly consider those test cases as the basis for “session-level compliance”.
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would like to know whether passing all tests documented in the ‘FIX Session-level Test Cases and Expected Behaviours’ document would qualify a FIX engine to be FIX 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 & 4.3 session compliant?
> > >
> > > Is there any certification provided by fixprotocol.org for this purpose? I know of some vendors that provide such certification, why not fixprotocol.org? Who certifies the certifier?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Ranjit
> > >
> > >
> >
>