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In FIXimate / FIX specifications, presently the required column just says yes 
or no. I  think this should be changed to have the words

Reqd - The field has to be present in the message - there are no ifs and buts

Cond - The field is conditionally required based on presence or absence of 
other fields or values in other fields

Opt - The field is optional

I have come accross many people interpreting the Required = N without looking 
at the comments column. For example 

http://www.fixprotocol.org/discuss/read/4119c0a8

Having value Cond would make these folks look further towards conditions in 
which the field is required.


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