Reference metadata

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Reference metadata

Metadata describing the contents and the quality of the statistical data.

Preferably, reference metadata should include all of the following: a) "conceptual" metadata, describing the concepts used and their practical implementation, allowing users to understand what the statistics are measuring and, thus, their fitness for use; b) "methodological" metadata, describing methods used for the generation of the data (e.g. sampling, collection methods, editing processes); and c) "quality" metadata, describing the different quality dimensions of the resulting statistics (e.g. timeliness, accuracy).

Note that (a) does not define the actual structure of a Data Set in terms of concepts used, their representation, and role (Dimensions, Attributes, Measures) in a data structure. These metadata are referred to as Structural Metadata.

Dimension, Timeliness, Data Set, Representation, Attribute, Measure, Structural metadata

urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.conceptscheme.Concept=SDMX:CROSS_DOMAIN_CONCEPTS(2.0).REF_METADATA

SDMX, "SDMX Glossary Version 1.0", February 2016

Cross-domain concept
Concept Scheme, Cross-domain Concept, Metadata Set, Metadata Structure Definition, Structural metadata, Structural validation

Used in the following terms: Concept Scheme, Constraint, Cross-domain Concept, Data Consumer, Data Provider Scheme

More (15)Data Provider, Geographical coverage, Hub (dissemination architecture), Metadata Key Set, Metadata Key, Metadata Set, Metadata Structure Definition, Metadata repository, Metadata update - last update, Metadataflow, Pull (reporting method), Push (reporting method), SDMX-ML, Structural metadata, Structural validation



Backlinks: 1 Introduction, 10 Constraints , 13 Data Provisioning, 14 Process, 2 Actors and Use Cases

More (16)4 General Notes for Implementers, 4 Specific Item Schemes, 5 Data Structure Definition and Dataset, 5 Reference Metadata, 7 Metadata Structure Definition and Metadata Set, 8 Maintenance Agencies and Metadata Providers , Change History, Part I. Message Namespace, Part II.Common Namespace, Part III. Structure Namespace, Part IV. Data and Reference Metadata Namespaces, Part V. Registry Namespace, SDMX 3.1 Standards. Section 1. Framework, SDMX 3.1 Standards. Section 1. Summary of Major Changes and New Functionality, SDMX 3.1 Standards. Section 5. Registry Specification: Logical Interfaces, Schema and Documentation


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