New Tool Provides Collaborative Environment to FISD Member Community
and Financial Information Industry Overall
WASHINGTON, June 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Financial Information
Services Division of the Software & Information Industry Association (FISD)
is pleased to announce the launch of its Data Modeling Wiki, providing
constituents with a long-awaited and highly collaborative tool. The wiki,
accessible via http://www.fisd.net, will serve as a central repository for code,
definitions, and data models.
According to FISD Managing Director Tom Davin, "Our goal in creating
the new wiki is to provide a cross reference point for data modeling
information and dictionaries among our members and within the financial
industry - a place where technical and operations professionals can come
together to contribute their industry knowledge. Financial services
professionals of all types can certainly benefit from this type of ongoing
communication and collaboration."
The tool, built on wiki technology to enable robust
information-gathering while also enabling simplicity of use, is easy to use
for both technologists and non-technologists, according to Bill Nichols,
FISD Program Director for Securities Systems, who drove the project's
development.
FISD is actively soliciting editors from within the financial services
industry to contribute their information to the new tool and environment.
"There is so much industry-wide discussion about standards, reference
implementations and ways to model data, that we wanted to ensure everyone
could use our tool in ways that are very beneficial to their needs and to
the financial services arena overall," noted Nichols.
Also according to Nichols, "We want to enable everyone within FISD's
membership base to contribute data modeling information, as well as for
them to benefit from what other representatives have contributed. This new
tool should enable a lot of sharing within our industry."
The wiki will be officially presented by Nichols at FISD's June meeting
in New York City, on June 12.
To schedule an interview with Bill Nichols, or to request press pass
credentialing, please contact Eileen Bramlet at ebramlet@siia.net.
About FISD
The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the Software and
Information Industry Association provides a neutral business forum for
exchanges, market data vendors, specialist data providers, brokerage firms,
investment managers and banks to address and resolve business and technical
issues related to the distribution, management, administration and use of
market data. Participants use the forum to exchange ideas, build business
relationships and improve the business climate associated with the
worldwide flow of financial information. For more information, visit
http://www.fisd.net.
About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal
trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA
provides global services in government relations, business development,
corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 550
leading software and information companies. For further information, visit
http://www.siia.net.
SOURCE Software & Information Industry Association
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Related links:
http://www.fisd.net
http://www.siia.net
CONTACT:
Tom Davin, FISD Contact of SIIA,
+1-202-789-4465, tdavin@siia.net; or Eileen Bramlet of SIIA
Communications, +1-703-927-2022, ebramlet@siia.net
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