SDMX

An initiative aiming at fostering standards for Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX). The SDMX sponsoring institutions are the Bank for International Settlements, the European Central Bank, Eurostat (the statistical office of the European Union), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations ( [http://unstats.un.org/ Statistics Division] ) and the World Bank. The SDMX message formats have two basic expressions, [http://www.sdmx.org/index.php?page_id=10 SDMX-ML] (using XML syntax) and [http://www.sdmx.org/docs/1_0/SDMX%201_0%20SECTION_04_SDMX-EDI.pdf SDMX-EDI] (using EDIFACT syntax and based on the GESMES/TS statistical message).The standards also include additional specifications (e.g. registry specification, web services). The [http://www.sdmx.org/index.php?page_id=10 SDMX standards] have been recognised as an ISO standard ( [http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueListPage.CatalogueList?ICS1=35&ICS2=240&ICS3=1&scopelist= ISO/Technical Specification 17369:2005] ).

See also

*Data
*Metadata
*Statistics
*Economic statistics
*ISO
*XML
*UN/EDIFACT and UN/CEFACT

Free SDMX tools

*There exist a number of free tools for conversion, visualisation and validation of SDMX, as well as free implementations of the SDMX registry. An overview of the available tools by function and source is available in the [http://www.sdmx.org/index.php?page_id=13 tools section] of the SDMX web site.

External links

* [http://www.sdmx.org/ SDMX]
* [http://www.bis.org/ Bank for International Settlements]
* [http://www.ecb.int/stats/services/sdmx/html/index.en.html European Central Bank] [http://www.ecb.int/stats/services/sdmx/html/tutorial.en.html (SDMX tutorial)]
* [http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/ Eurostat]
* [http://www.imf.org/ International Monetary Fund]
* [http://www.oecd.org/ OECD]
* [http://unstats.un.org/ United Nations, Statistics Division]
* [http://www.worldbank.org/ World Bank]