Interoperability describes the ability of systems to share services and resources with other systems. It is used in many fields - in the law, in communications and payments systems, in healthcare systems and in military alliances, to name a few - and describes a large number of characteristics...

The aim of this book is to provide an objective vendor independent assessment of the Market Data Definition Language (MDDL), the eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML) standard for market data. Assuming little previous knowledge of the standard, or of systems networking, the book identifies the...