Market Data Definition Language (MDDL)
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The Financial Information Services Division of the Software & Information Industry Association
MDDL 2.5-beta : businessClass
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Index: MDDL 2.5-beta Schema Documentation
Element: businessClass
Description: Business Class - Entity Domain. Any business for general description - including those that might otherwise be referenced as issuers and/or counterparties. Note that an Issuer as well as a Counterparty are special instance of a Business. The Business Class is used for all general descriptions while the Issuer and Counterparty classes are used for specific cases and describe data related to those cases. The Business Class generally should be used for all entities that would be identified with an International Business Entity Identifier (IBEI).
Used by: entityDomain 
Attributes:  
Uses: comment  entityIdentifier  sponsor  period  replacementEntity  replacementType  creationDate  dateTime  reviewDate  entityStatusType  location  jurisdiction  sequence 
Classification: "class"
Diagram: