Standardising Reference Metadata Reporting in SDMX

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Type: Standards
Name: Standardising Reference Metadata Reporting in SDMX, Version 1.0 (download_)
Bibliographic reference: SDMX, "Standardising Reference Metadata Reporting in SDMX", Version 1.0
Organization: SDMX - SDMX
Year of publication: 2019
Source (author): Standardising Reference Metadata Reporting in SDMX, Version 1.0
Annotation: The document defines a Global Metadata Concept Scheme as a standard, SDMX-based set of reference-metadata concepts, and shows how agencies should use it as a shared hub for mapping their own metadata frameworks. Instead of many bilateral mappings, each organisation maps to and from the Global MCS and derives concrete MSD or DSD structures for implementation. The guideline supplies the concept list (with IDs and usage rules), explains architectural options and mapping workflows, provides provider/collector user stories, and sets out a maintenance process linking the Global MCS to the SDMX Glossary. The outcome should be cheaper, more automated, and more comparable reference-metadata exchange across statistical domains and organisations.
Structured document: Standardising Reference Metadata Reporting in SDMX