XML Tag : instrument www.recognia.com
<instrument>

This tag contains the information for an trading instrument.

Child tags

<currency_symbol>

Currency the instrument is traded in.


<exchange_symbol>

Exchange Symbol. See Exchanges for a list of the currently supported exchanges.


<id>

The Instrument ID is a unique string that identifies the instrument. This can be used to request a specific instrument instead of passing a symbol and exchange combination in the call.


<isin>

The ISIN is an identification string that is popular with data provisioners for identifying companies. This value cannot be used as a unique instrument identifier since a company may have several types of stocks: common, preferred, etc. and they would all have the same ISIN.


<issue_type>

Each instrument is considered to be one of the following issue types.

Value Description
COM

Common Shares
PFD

Preferred Shares
UNI

Units
WRT

Warrants
DBN

Debentures
RGT

Rights
ETF

Exchange-Traded Fund
WIS

When Issue
MNY

Money (always used for currencies)
IND

Indices (always used for indices)
XXX

Unknown (default value)

<name>

Instrument Name.


<related_index_instrument_id>

Instruments may have a related index. This tag is a unique string that identifies the related index for the instrument. This can be used to request the related index for the instrument instead of passing a symbol, and an exchange, for the related index in the call.


<symbol type="">

Attributes

Name Type Value Description
type String

The symbol type, or format, of the instrument. Instrument symbols are chosen from one of 5 types:

Value Description
BELZBERG

The instrument symbol formatted to mimic the style used by Belzberg.
BLOOMBERG

The instrument symbol formatted to mimic the style used by Bloomberg.
COMMON

The instrument symbol formatted to mimic the style used by the exchange on which this instrument is traded.
ILX

The instrument symbol formatted to mimic the ILX style used by Thomson Financial.
INTERACTIVE

The instrument symbol formatted to mimic the style used by Interactive Data Corporation.
POWERDATA

The instrument symbol formatted to mimic the style used by SunGard PowerData.
REUTERS

The instrument symbol formatted to mimic the style used by Reuters.

Ticker symbol.


<type>

Instrument Type. Types currently supported are S for Security, I for Index, C for Currency, and M for Futures.


<list count="" type="sic"> (optional)

Attributes

Name Type Value Description
count integer Number of sector-industry codes.
type string sic The name of the child tags for the list.

List of industry codes for the instrument. Not all instruments have industry codes. This is an optional tag.

Child tags

<sic>

The sic tag contains the data for an sector-industry code.

Child tags

<code>

The 8 digit sector-industry code


<name>

A name for the sector-industry code.





Sample

		  <instrument>
			<currency_symbol>CAD</currency_symbol>
			<exchange_symbol>TORONTO</exchange_symbol>
			<id>222125225</id>
			<isin>CA4062161017</isin> 
			<issue_type>PFD</issue_type>
			<name>Nortel Networks</name>
			<related_index_instrument_id>222155588</related_index_instrument_id>
			<symbol type="BELZBERG">NT</symbol> 
			<symbol type="BLOOMBERG">NT</symbol> 
			<symbol type="COMMON">NTL.PR.F</symbol>
			<symbol type="ILX">NTL.F</symbol> 
			<symbol type="INTERACTIVE">NTL</symbol> 
			<symbol type="POWERDATA">NTL/PRF</symbol>
			<symbol type="REUTERS">NTL_pf</symbol>
			<type>S</type>
		  </instrument>