Architecture Specifications 2.1 Trial Recommendation

The Trial Recommendation is available in the specifications page on the FpML website at: http://www.fpml.org/spec/2007/tr-fpml-arch-2-1-2007-09-17/

The changes in Architecture Specification 2.1 compared with version 2.0 are:

• The URI structure for coding schemes has been changed. See section 4.4.2 URIs for FpML Schemes.
• Added guidelines for modeling boolean values. See section 2.3.10. Boolean Values.
• Added validation section. See section 2.3.9.6. Validation.
• Added additional comments on date and dateTime data types.
• Added additional comments on the use of nillable elements.
• Updated section on naming conventions.
• Added rule not allowing circular includes. See section 2.3.2.1.
• Updated Annotation section, making definitions for all global types and elements required.
• Added section on deprecated structures. See section 2.3.12.
• Added section on object identification. See section 5.7