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Russ - I think the idea of standardizing the use of the FIX session layer for non FIX users - especially XML payloads is quite valuable - as there are firms that do this today without any guidelines on how to do so. > Hi All, > > I've been thinking about some of the issues that have come up related to > the use of the XmlDataLength and XmlData fields in the FIXT header, and > was wondering what others think about the concept of simply adding MIME > support to FIXT? > > Considering how easy it would be to do this, and the fact that it would > add a whole new dimension to FIXT's viability as a transport protocol > for financial applications, I think this would be worth doing. It would > certainly create a very clean mechanism for sending just about anything > over FIXT and would eliminate the need to use hacks when trying to > incorporate new content, e.g. FIXML, FPLM, into FIX. > > What do you all think? > > Cheers, > > Russ [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.
