FINOS Certified FDC3 Practitioner (FCFP)

The FINOS Certified FDC3 Practitioner (FCFP) exam demonstrates a user’s understanding of the key design considerations and rationale of the FDC3 standard. They have a broad knowledge of the FDC3 ecosystem and the implementation details required to work in the field.

FCFP will demonstrate a candidate’s firm conceptual understanding of the key design considerations and rationale of the FDC3 standard and the limitations of FDC3 and where it is not relevant.

The FCFP is a professional certification designed for technical business analysts, software developers and FDC3 implementers in the finance, insurance, banking, and investment industries.

Fundamentals - 20%

• FDC3 and the Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS)
• The FDC3 Charter
• FDC3 Personas
• Compliance and Conformance Testing
• Publishing Your Application

FDC3 Components - 20%

• Desktop Agents
• Context Data
• Standard Contexts
• Intents
• Apps, App Directory, Records, and Endpoints

FDC3 Standard API - 34%

• Channels
• Finding and Raising Intents
• Results
• Opening Apps
• Metadata
• Error Handling
• API Access
• App Instances

Security - 10%

• Trust Between Components
• 3rd Party App Directories
• Data Loss Prevention

Interoperability Design - 16%

• Use Case Scenarios for FDC3
• Good Interop Design Theory
• Unsupported Use Cases

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