London, UK — The FIX Trading Community today announced the adoption of an automated development workflow for the FIX Standard based on the Orchestra DomainSpecific Language (DSL), supported by tooling from Atomic Wire Technology.
The initiative modernises the way changes to the FIX Standard are authored, validated and published, providing a more structured and transparent approach to standards development while preserving the collaborative governance that has underpinned FIX for more than three decades.
Rather than manually maintaining repository artefacts, the Orchestra DSL enables proposed changes to be expressed in a structured, machine-readable form. These changes can then be automatically validated, combined and used to generate updated repository artefacts, providing greater consistency, traceability and confidence throughout the standards development lifecycle.
The automated workflow introduces validation throughout the build process, helping identify issues such as incompatible changes and repository inconsistencies earlier in the development cycle. It also creates a complete audit trail of how the standard evolves over time and supports parallel development, enabling multiple working groups to contribute more efficiently.
In addition to producing the authoritative repository, the build process automatically generates a range of derived artefacts, including FIXML schemas and implementation reports, ensuring consistency across all published outputs.
Jim Kaye, Executive Director of the FIX Trading Community, said:
“The FIX Standard continues to evolve alongside increasingly sophisticated global markets. By adopting an automated development workflow based on the Orchestra DSL, we are modernising the way the standard is developed and published, improving efficiency for our contributors while strengthening the quality and consistency of our releases.”
Martin Swanson, Founder of Atomic Wire, said:
“This is about applying modern software engineering principles to standards development. The Orchestra DSL provides a structured way to describe the evolution of the standard, while automation ensures those changes can be validated, managed and published consistently. It creates a stronger foundation for the future evolution of FIX and for the tooling and services that will build upon it.”
This announcement represents the first step in a broader programme to modernise the infrastructure supporting the FIX Standard. By establishing an automated standards development pipeline, the FIX Trading Community is creating a foundation for future improvements in how the standard is published, consumed and integrated into the wider financial technology ecosystem.
About the FIX Trading Community
The FIX Trading Community is the custodian of the FIX Protocol – the trading language that underpins global financial markets. An independent, non-profit, global organisation, FIX brings firms together to solve common issues and shape the evolution of financial capital markets. Through more than 40 working groups and committees in over 60 countries, FIX maintains and develops the FIX Protocol and other trading standards; helps shape regulation, and supports the industry across a wide range of global issues including digital assets implementation, AI and automation, liquidity, data quality and trading workflows.
For more information, please visit https://www.fixtrading.org/ and follow us on LinkedIn.
About Atomic Wire
Atomic Wire develops software that supports the authoring, validation and lifecycle management of fi nancial industry standards. Its products help standards organisations and financial institutions automate standards engineering, improve interoperability and prepare financial data for modern software and AI-enabled workflows.
For more information, please visit https://www.atomicwire.io/ and follow us on LinkedIn.
