SDMX

An initiative aiming at fostering standards on Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX). The SDMX sponsoring institutions include the Bank for International Settlements, the European Central Bank, the Statistical Office of European Communities (Eurostat), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations (Statistics Division) and the World Bank. The SDMX message formats have two basic expressions, SDMX-ML(using XML syntax) and 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 SDMX standards have been recognised as an ISO standard (ISO/Technical Specification 17369:2005).

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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 tools section of the SDMX web site.