WebSphere Transformation Extender Pack for FIX delivers prebuilt data transformation content for the FIX Protocol. FIX is a set of message specifications for automated trading of financial instruments and is used as a standard format in straight-through-processing and collaboration scenarios by banks, brokers, dealers, and market makers, including the foreign exchange markets. Originally conceived in 1992, FIX formats are available in both older tag=value, and XML (FIXML), both DTD and XML Schema based. The Pack supports version 4.0 through 4.4, and 5.0 of these formats.