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Hi Russ, Jim, I would recomend the new message we are planning for MIME content over a FIX Session be declared as an Application message. Regards, K. Mahesh > 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.
