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Membership in IFX Forum can bring benefits to your organization for the entire product/service-delivery value chain. Based on the needs of your organization, your participation can be broad or it can be narrowly-targeted.

Regardless of your level of direct involvement, you can expect to see benefits in many areas but members who contribute to the standard get the most out of it.

IFX Forum Benefit Guest Subscriber Member

On-line access to the IFX Specification including all text, every Object Description, every Message and every Tag Description

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Hyperlinks in the on-line specification facilitates easy navigation between tags and various elements

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Tag name listings to see a complete list of tags and access details via hyperlink

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Tag name lookup for quick access to specific element details. The tag name “IFX” itemizes all IFX Standard messages.

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Access to the IFX Community Forum bulletin board where users and developers share experience and answer questions regarding usage, best practices, etc.

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IFX Implementation Guide (Version 2.x) 

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IFX Implementation Guide Web Services Supplement (Version 2.x)

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IFX Schema Generator (Versions 1.x and 2.x)

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IFX Message Merge Utility (Version 2.x)

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The ability to download off-line versions of the standard as PDF, Microsoft Help files and HTML files

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Access to Work-in-progress versions of the database

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Direct input to improve the standard

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Access to members-only collaboration

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Unlimited participation in Work Groups

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