The SWIFT Standards Developer Kit (SDK) is a library of tools that includes automated updates to XSDs and IS document types as new message standards are released annually. The library includes MT XML schema definitions (XSDs) and Java services for performing MT message conversion. The XSDs provide the ability to enforce MT standards by capitalizing on the benefits of XML, including defining and restricting the message elements, constraining field data values to SWIFT standards, and automatic validation of the message format and field data.

SWIFT Module's integrated SDK tools provide several benefits including: