# XML Schema Documentation

### Complex Type: ContractHeader

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Super-types: | None
Sub-types: | None

Name | ContractHeader
Used by (from the same schema document) | Complex Type Contract
Abstract | no
Documentation | Contract header containing identification and other information which is independent of the type of financial product.

XML Instance Representation
<...>
<identifier> ContractIdentifier </identifier> [1..*]

'Identification of the Contract. Each party to the contract may assign multiple identifiers.'

<information> ContractInformation </information> [0..*]

'Information regarding the Contract from the perspective of the party referenced.'

<contractDate> IdentifiedDate </contractDate> [1]

'Corresponds to the trade date. This element will be renamed tradeDate in the next major version (5.0) of FpML.'

</...>
Diagram
Schema Component Representation
<xsd:complexType name="ContractHeader">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="identifier" type=" ContractIdentifier " maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xsd:element name="information" type=" ContractInformation " minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xsd:element name="contractDate" type=" IdentifiedDate "/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>