Series Key

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Series Key

Cross product of values of Dimensions where either the cross product or the cross product combined with a time value identifies uniquely an observation.

Most Series Keys are combined with a time value in a Data Set in order to identify uniquely an observation. There may be particular Series Keys that do not require a time value in order to achieve this, so the "Time Dimension" is not obligatory in an SDMX Data Structure Definition. In an SDMX Data Set there must be a value for all of the Dimensions specified in the Data Structure Definition when reporting data for a Series Key.

The combination of the semantic of the names of the concepts used by the Dimension (excluding time) describes a Series Key. Unless the Data Structure Definition contains multiple measures this semantic is often the semantic of the observation.

Sibling group

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

SDMX, "SDMX Glossary Version 1.0", February 2016

Dimension, Sibling group

Used in the following terms: Attribute, Constraint, Data Provider Scheme, Group Key, Metadata Key

More (1)Metadata Set



Backlinks: 10 Constraints , 13 Structure Mapping , 5 Data Structure Definition and Dataset, Change History, Part III. Structure Namespace

More (2)Part IV. Data and Reference Metadata Namespaces, SDMX 3.1 Standards. Section 5. Registry Specification: Logical Interfaces


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