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FIXwiki as repository for FIX proposal documents?
John Cameron / Cameron Edge <>
20 Aug 2010 10:27PM ET The process for changing the FIX specification involves writing a formal proposal document which describes in detail the nature of the change and why it is needed. The proposal then goes through a review process, including a public comment period, before final adoption and integration into the standard.
These proposal documents are kept and are publicly available on this website at http://www.fixprotocol.org/proposals/
These documents encapsulate the thinking behind new or modified messages, fields and values - and include a lot of valuable background information which will not end up in the specification itself.
I suggest that these documents should be stored in FIXwiki (http://fixwiki.org/) linked directly to from the messages, fields and values that relate to each proposal. FIXwiki has a separate page dedicated to each, FIX message, field or value. It would be very natural and convenient, for example, to be able to link from a FIX field's wiki page directly to the proposal(s) which describes the detailed thinking behind the introduction of that field.
John
PS: FIXwiki is currently still hosted by Cameron Edge, but an FPL hosted version is expected shortly, at which time the Cameron Edge version will be decommissioned. |
