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I discussed your question informally with my contacts within CME. The answer is YES cme-fix/fast 2.0 (let's call it CME-2.0) is intended to work with a decoder that is compliant FIX/FAST 1.1 standard. We haven't had the time to run OpenFAST with CME-2.0 to verify this claim yet. I imagine the QuickFAST folks may have already tested with CME-2.0. You may want to check their forum. > Jim (and all the rest) Thank you for making this clear. As a customer of > CME I was having a WTF moment reading the announcement, and being a > newbie to the FIX/FAST scene I started to get realllllly stressed with > the fact I never even heard about fast 2.0. > > My question: Is my current fix/fast 1.1 decoder should work with this > "cme fix/fast 2.0"? > > Thank you, > S. > > > I looked at the document - this is just a case of confusing > > documentation and a bit of unfortunate document titling. > > > > This is "CME FIX/FAST 2.0" which I believe is based upon FIX/FAST 1.1 > > features (the documentation doesn't say) would be nice if someone from > > CME could post a clarification. > > > > It would be nice to know which versions of FIX/FAST were used to > > create CME's CME FIX/FAST 1.6 and CME FIX/FAST 2.0. > > > > For the record there is no FIX/FAST 2.0 in the plans as Rolf and > > other's stated. There isn't even a FIX/FAST 1.6 which is a good > > indicator something was amiss. > > > > And Rolf correct me if I am wrong - we don't have any enhancements > > being worked on at this time within the working group. > > > > The Market Data Optimization Working Group that oversees FAST is open > > for participation by any FIX member. We encourage you to participate > > and contribute. > > > > The FIX/FAST specification is open to anyone to use of course, > > regardless if you are a member of FIX or not. > > [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.
