LMF overview

The LMF provides a set of business messages that are independent of network message format or structure.

This allows different message formats to be mapped to each other through the LMF. When changes in the elements in those messages occur (for example, at SWIFT standards releases), changing the LMF reflects those changes and minimizes the impact on the integration maps with your host application.

The LMF is implemented as ITX type tree. The LMF is based on the ISO 15022 format, and was originally conceived as a way of assisting migration from SWIFT ISO7775 Payments, Statements and Securities messages to their ISO 15022 equivalents. For this reason, the internal structure of the LMF is similar to ISO 15022 business elements, and is described in this documentation.

Note: The LMF uses an XML-like syntax. There is no schema for the LMF, therefore, LMF instance data cannot be used in situations where the presence of a schema is required for correct operation.