what hte difference between FIX and FIXML?

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[vllv_x]

Hi all!

Can anyone tell me what hte difference between FIX and FIXML? And can the server working upon the FIX recieve FIXML data?

For example, please, write a login and logout messages.
Thanks!

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[ original email was from Marcondes Farias - mfarias@bmf.com.br ]
Hi,

the difference between them are 2 letters!!

Talking seriously now, the main difference is that FIX is represented as a set of tag-value parts inside one stream of bytes. FIXML is a XML representation of the tag-value stream of bytes. For instance you could have a FIX message like:

8=FIX.4.4
9=81
35=A
34=1
49=SOMEONE … etc…

represented in FIXML as something like this (not
FIX.4.4
81
35=A
1
SOMEONE …

hope this can help…

Marcondes

Hi all!

Can anyone tell me what hte difference between FIX and FIXML? And can
the server working upon the FIX recieve FIXML data?

For example, please, write a login and logout messages. Thanks!