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In a FIXatdl 1.1 file, the field 'providerID' within the Stategy element is defined as follows: Identifies the firm providing the algorithm. As I understand the spec, it is up to the FIXatdl file author to make up something appropriate, but this means that there is every chance of clashes of providerID between different providers. This might not seem like a big deal, except for the fact that it makes sense for OMS/EMS implementations to use the combination (Strategy/@providerID, Strategy/@name) to uniquely identify a given strategy for a given provider. I would like to propose that we establish a register of providerIDs to be used within FIXatdl files (e.g., 'CITI' for Citigroup, 'BARC' for Barclays Capital, 'GSET' for Goldman Sachs, etc). What do others feel about this proposal? [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.
