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Add a mechanism to cancel or request the cancellation of a message. JPMC has a proposal put to the AWG as a result of the pilot work in the CUG. This should liaise with existing SW and DTCC implementations.

3. Issue: identification of ‘primary’ contract-id In fact, based on fpml principles the need for this is irrelevant but incremental version-ids are still needed to ensure that messages are processed in the right order. Action: SWIFT & FpML to provide a clear explanation of these basis principles : can you please provide a proposal as … Continued

What is the intended purpose of, and differences between these types ? As an example, consider AssetReference vs AnyAssetReference AssetReference extends type Empty for some reason, whereas AnyAssetReference extends the abstract type Reference as I would expect All Reference types which extend Empty should be removed

fpml-cd.xsd fpml-option-shared.xsd

Add the time offset to all time and date examples because use of the time offset is recommended best practise in FpML, and we should be setting a good example. Add a rule to the build system to check this.

The existing party ID values in the examples in many cases have some meaning (e.g. partyA). This can create the impression that, for example, the id values in an FpML document should be based on some external identifier. It would be better to have non-meaningful identifiers (e.g. “party1”) to avoid this confusion.

Replace the choices of tradeSide or Party with a mandatory tradeSide. Leave this until version 5 because it is not backwards compatible.

In the schema there is confusion between an instance of a FpML Bus and The FpML Bus specification. For example, under MessageAccepted, we have “Message Accepted notification message for the exclusive use of the Message Bus, used to provide notification that the bus has accepted a message for routing to consumers”. “the Message Bus” should … Continued

AdditionalData is undefined. It should be defined. Add a definition. How can I tell what is AddationalData and what is non-additional data? How do I know whether my data is additional or not? NB I am not asking about the elements that use additional data, but about which elements should have a type of additional … Continued

Add a definition for MessageHeader.model in fpml-msg.xsd What makes something part of the header rather than the content? Please add a guiding definition. The unique identifier (within its coding scheme) for the originator of a message instance. A unique identifier (within its coding scheme) indicating an intended recipent of a message. A unique identifier (within … Continued