Library Versions and Access

SWIFT periodically revises their message types, adding to or subtracting from the total set of Message Types, and modifying the definitions of individual message types. New sets are identified with the year they are issued, such as 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 or 2008.

Sun releases a new SWIFT Message Library corresponding to each revised set of SWIFT message types. The current release includes templates supporting the 2001 through 2008 message type sets.

You must install each year’s version via a separate sar file. However, the MT Funds, Validation, and BICDirService (see SWIFT Message Library JAR Files) features can only be used with the 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 Libraries.