A class specifying a set of non-monetary terms for the Credit Derivative Transaction, including the buyer and seller and selected items from the ISDA 2014 Credit Definition article II, such as the reference obligation and related terms. The CDM GeneralTerms class corresponds to the FpML GeneralTerms complex type, except that the effectiveDate and scheduledTerminationDate have been positioned as part of the InterestRatePayout class in the CDM instead of in GeneralTerms.