FpML 5.1 Recommendation, 3 March 2011 Errata

2 How this document is organized

Each erratum entry below has the following information:

A unique entry number.
The date that it was added to the errata page.
Whether the entry is considered an important error, a minor typographical error, a clarification, or a known problem with the document itself.
The document version and section referred to.
The location of the error.
A description of the problem and correction if applicable.
When the error is going to be fixed and whether it affects the build number.

The document publishes the build number.

3 Issues

The following issues are known in the FpML 5.1 Recommendation, 3 March 2011:

3.1 fpml-fx.xsd within 'DualCurrencyFeature' complex type, the element 'strike' should have type.

ID: 1
Date Added: 2011-05-27
Severity: Major
Version: FpML-5-1-2-WD-2 (published on 2010-11-10) -> FX section
Location: "http://www.fpml.org/FpML-5/confirmation" and "http://www.fpml.org/FpML-5/reporting" -> fpml-fx.xsd schema file -> DualCurrencyFeature ->strike element
Description: In the confirmation and reporting views, the dualCurrency/strike element has no type. This prevents Dual Currency Feature from being fully functional (for details see http://www.fpml.org/issues/view.php?id=1054).
Disposition: The FpML FX working group is in the process of discussing an appropriate solution for the issue. As soon as the solution is agreed, a new version of 5.1 Recommendation will be published.

3.2 fpml-shared.xsd within 'Frequency' complex type, the element 'periodMultiplier' should be 'xsd:positiveInteger'.

ID: 2
Date Added: 2011-06-17
Severity: Minor
Version: FpML-4-7-1-WD-1 (published on 2009-09-23) -> shared section
Location: "http://www.fpml.org/FpML-5/confirmation" and "http://www.fpml.org/FpML-5/reporting" -> fpml-shared.xsd schema file -> Frequency -> periodMultiplier element
Description: In the confirmation and reporting views, The type of Frequency/periodMultiplier is 'xsd:integer'. There is no a legitimate use-case for a negative period multiplier in the Frequency context (for details see http://www.fpml.org/issues/view.php?id=1055). The type of Frequency/periodMultiplier will be changed from 'xsd:integer' to 'xsd:positiveInteger'.
Disposition: This will be corrected in versions FpML-4-10-1-WD-1 and FpML-5-2-2-WD-2

4 Build Number

The current build number for FpML 5.1 Recommendation, 3 March 2011. is: 6

Every time there is a change on the schema, validation rules, or examples within a version the actual build number is incremented. If no changes have been made between releases within a version (i.e. from Trial Recommendation to Recommendation) the actual build number stays the same. The build number is published at:

This errata page
First page of the specification
FpML Schema: actualBuild attribute within fpml-doc subschema file.