Standard Naming Conventions

The naming convention for top-level business objects is as follows:

FIX <FIX_version>_<message_type_description>

For example: FIX43_ExecutionReport is the name of a version 4.3 FIX message.

Note:
A business object name cannot exceed 80-characters in length.

Each attribute name within a FIX business object definition must be unique. More specific attribute and child business object naming conventions are discussed in the sections below.

Note:
Business object names and attribute names follow the same naming conventions as Java variable names. For example, only a-z, A-Z, _ , 0-9 characters are allowed. For more on naming conventions, see Naming IBM CrossWorlds Components.

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