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> > I've communicated this to the GTC some months back, but as firms > > convert to 4.4 the question comes up again and again. In the new > > Confirmation message there are two repeating groups marked "required' > > in the spec in error: NoUnderlyings(711) and NoCapacities(862) are > > inappropriate or understood respectively in most vanilla trades and > > should be treated as "optional". > > I would like to rise this issue in light of best practices. > NoUnderlyings (tag 711) and NoLegs (555) should be treated as optional. > We have a choice of either specifying value zero to stay compliant or > omit the field. The later means risking non compliance with FIX specs. > Please comment. The GTC has recognized this error. It is an error in the specification for 4.4 and above. With the up coming 5.0 SP2 release this will be remedied. An errata of the Repository will be issued for earlier release after release of 5.0 SP2. [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:[email protected]] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/FIX-Protocol?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
