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Imported from previous forum

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Hi,
Please could anyone tell me where is all the documentation to download for FIXML.

Is the specification for FIX 5.0 SP2 same as for FIXML ?

Thanks.

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[ original email was from Dave Arter - dave.arter@eds.com ]
> Hi,

Please could anyone tell me where is all the documentation to download for FIXML.

Is the specification for FIX 5.0 SP2 same as for FIXML ?

Thanks.

Here’s the link to the FIX 5.0 SP2 specifcations. There is a downloadable PDF file on the site with detail level information.

http://www.fixprotocol.org/fix5.0sp2drafts

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Thanks a lot Dave.
So this does mean that the Fix5.0 SP2 specification is same as FIXML.

Jayashree

Hi,
Please could anyone tell me where is all the documentation to download for FIXML.

Is the specification for FIX 5.0 SP2 same as for FIXML ?

Thanks.

Here’s the link to the FIX 5.0 SP2 specifcations. There is a downloadable PDF file on the site with detail level information.

http://www.fixprotocol.org/fix5.0sp2drafts

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So this does mean that the Fix5.0 SP2 specification is same as FIXML.

It is better to think of this the other-way-around. The FIX specification (eg 4.2, 4.4, 5.0, 5.0SP2, etc) defines the capabilities and rules of the FIX Protocol. The FIX Protocol supports two syntaxes: (classic) tag=value and FIXML. Thus, anything that can be represented in tag=value can be represented (albeit differently) in FIXML, and vice-versa.

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Great Thanks a lot.
Much appreciated.

So this does mean that the Fix5.0 SP2 specification is same as FIXML.

It is better to think of this the other-way-around. The FIX specification (eg 4.2, 4.4, 5.0, 5.0SP2, etc) defines the capabilities and rules of the FIX Protocol. The FIX Protocol supports two syntaxes: (classic) tag=value and FIXML. Thus, anything that can be represented in tag=value can be represented (albeit differently) in FIXML, and vice-versa.