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I will volunteer to generate an initial minimally accepted lengths and 
recommended lengths for identifiers and post.


> Was wondering if the FIX community thought it a good idea for us to
> maintain a set of recommended min and max lengths for fields (primarily
> identifier fields)? Helping to build a new market - I checked around
> with some folks I knew on their practices - then I realized - why aren't
> we maintaining this as part of the spec or even a separate document.
> 
> Note the Unified Repository already supports a couple of fields that can
> be used to specify implementation min and max lengths.
> 
> No I am not saying we establish a standard for field lengths - instead I
> am recommending an industry best practice guide for identifier lengths.


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