

They are made available by the Registration Authority which maintains them as necessary upon the request of industry participants. To address the evolving needs of the industry as they arise, the Data Field Dictionary and Catalogue of Messages have been kept outside the standard. These tools consist of a set of syntax and message design rules, a dictionary of data fields and a catalogue of messages built by the industry with the above mentioned fields and rules. ISO 15022 sets the principles necessary to provide the different communities of users with the tools to design message types to support their specific information flows.

International Standard ISO 15022 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC68, Financial Services, Sub-Committee SC9, Securities and Related Financial Instruments. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies).
