Transcript SDMX User Guide John Allen Marco Pellegrino OECD Expert Group on

OECD Expert Group on
Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange
(10-11 May 2007)
Part 2: Update on the technical standards, guidelines and tools
SDMX User Guide
John Allen
Marco Pellegrino
[email protected]
[email protected]
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OECD Expert Group on Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange, May 2007
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What is the SDMX User Guide?
The User Guide aims at providing explanations and
guidance to users and potential users of SDMX
It includes:
• basic tutorials
• guidance on how to make use of SDMX in tipical
situations
• examples
• answers to Frequently Asked Questions
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The SDMX User Guide is not ...
• not a reference manual
• does not replace the official SDMX standards and
guidelines which are the definitive reference on
SDMX
• does not describe specific implementation
projects
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Structure of the SDMX User Guide
1.
Getting started
Takes potential users of SDMX through
the first steps in using SDMX to
structure data and metadata.
2.
Tutorial: data structure
definitions
Gives further explanations about data
structure definitions
3.
Tutorial: SDMX
registries
Explains what an SDMX Registry is and
what it does
4.
Data on the web using
SDMX
Explains the scenarios for using SDMX
to publish statistics on the Internet
5.
Common tasks for
SDMX users
Describes a set of typical tasks which
users of the SDMX standards might
wish to perform
6.
Frequently Asked
Questions
Gives answers to common questions
about SDMX
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Getting started: first steps in using SDMX
1.
Overview
2.
What is SDMX?
3.
What are the goals of SDMX?
4.
When can SDMX be used?
5.
What kinds of metadata can be exchanged with SDMX?
[Box: Structural and reference metadata]
6.
First steps in using SDMX
7.
First steps in structuring data [Box: Definitions]
8.
Understanding data structure definitions
9.
The different kinds of standard messages
[Box: push and pull]
[Box: XML technologies]
10. Deriving one SDMX-ML message from another
11. Reference metadata
[Box: Elements for Metadata Structure Definitions]
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Where can I find the SDMX User Guide?
Working draft (release 2007.1) prepared for the
SDMX Conference in January 2007 can be
downloaded from the SDMX website at:
http://sdmx.org/?p=22
Note: This page does not provide the examples which
accompany the User Guide. In the near future, the User Guide
will have its own page on the SDMX website, with examples
files and other supplementary material.
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What is the future of the SDMX User Guide?
The SDMX Advocacy Group (composed of volunteers from
SDMX sponsoring organisations) is working on the next
release of the User Guide
It will include new material contributed by organisations
working with SDMX and based on real-world experience using
SDMX
Comments on the User Guide and proposals for contributions
can be sent to the SDMX Secretariat - User Guide Contact
Point: [email protected]
When sending comments, please state which version of the
User Guide your comments refer to (e.g. 2007.1)
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