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1 -= 10 Validation and Transformation Language (VTL) =
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3 3  == 10.1 Introduction ==
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5 -The [[Validation and Transformation Language>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] ([[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]]) supports the definition of Transformations, which are algorithms to calculate new data starting from already existing ones{{footnote}}The Validation and Transformation Language is a standard language designed and published under the SDMX initiative. VTL is described in the VTL User and Reference Guides available on the SDMX website https://sdmx.org.{{/footnote}}. The purpose of the [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] in the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] context is to enable the:
7 +The [[Validation and Transformation Language>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] ([[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]]) supports the definition of Transformations, which are algorithms to calculate new data starting from already existing ones{{footnote}}The Validation and Transformation Language is a standard language designed and published under the SDMX initiative. VTL is described in the VTL User and Reference Guides available on the SDMX website [[https://sdmx.org]].{{/footnote}}. The purpose of the [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] in the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] context is to enable the:
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7 7  * definition of validation and transformation algorithms, in order to specify how to calculate new data from existing ones;
8 8  * exchange of the definition of [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] algorithms, also together the definition of the data structures of the involved data (for example, exchange the data structures of a reporting framework together with the validation rules to be applied, exchange the input and output data structures of a calculation task together with the [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] Transformations describing the calculation algorithms);
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540 540  The [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] data types are sub-divided in scalar types (like integers, strings, etc.), which are the types of the scalar values, and compound types (like [[data sets>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Data set.WebHome]], [[components>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Component.WebHome]], rulesets, etc.), which are the types of the compound structures. See below the diagram of the [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] data types, taken from the [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] User Manual:
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544 544  **Figure 12 – VTL Data Types**
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548 548  The [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] basic scalar types are listed below and follow a hierarchical structure in terms of supersets/subsets (e.g. “scalar” is the superset of all the basic scalar types):
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552 552  **Figure 13 – VTL Basic Scalar Types**
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