Using CDL

• One would use CDL

  • To reduce the cost of implementing Services by ensuring conformance to expected behaviour described in the CDL. This in turn can be used to guide and structure testing and so reduce the overall time to deployment of a Service.
  • To formally encode agreed multi-party business protocols such as fpML, FIX, SWIFT and TWIST so that those parties that use these protocols can be sure of conformance and interoperability across parties. This in turn ensures that collaborative development can delivery.