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98 98  * As for the **maintainedobject-id**, this is essential in some cases while in other cases it can be omitted: o if the referenced [[artefact>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Artefact.WebHome]] is a [[Dataflow>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Dataflow.WebHome]], which is a maintainable class, the maintainedobject-id is the [[dataflow>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Dataflow.WebHome]]-id and obviously cannot be omitted;
99 99  ** if the referenced [[artefact>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Artefact.WebHome]] is a [[Dimension>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Dimension.WebHome]], MeasureDimension, TimeDimension, PrimaryMeasure, DataAttribute, which are not maintainable and belong to the DataStructure maintainable class, the maintainedobject-id is the dataStructure-id and can be omitted, given that these [[components>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Component.WebHome]] are always invoked within the invocation of a [[Dataflow>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Dataflow.WebHome]], whose dataStructure-id can be deduced from the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] structural definitions;
100 100  ** if the referenced [[artefa>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Artefact.WebHome]]
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102 102  *** ct is a (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)[[Concept>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Concept.WebHome]](%%), which is not maintainable and belong to the ConceptScheme maintainable class,,, ,,the maintained object is the conceptScheme-id and cannot be omitted;
103 103  *** if the referenced [[artefact>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Artefact.WebHome]] is a ConceptScheme, which is a,, ,,maintainable class,,, ,,the maintained object is the conceptScheme-id and obviously cannot be omitted;
104 104  *** if the referenced [[artefact>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Artefact.WebHome]] is a [[Codelist>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Code list.WebHome]], which is a maintainable class, the maintainedobject-id is the [[codelist>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Code list.WebHome]]-id and obviously cannot be omitted.
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106 106  *** When the maintainedobject-id is omitted, the **maintainedobject-version** is omitted too. When the maintainedobject-id is not omitted and the maintainedobject-version is omitted, the version 1.0 is assumed by default.
107 107  *** As said, the **container-object-id** does not apply to the classes that can be referenced in [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] transformations, therefore is not present in their URN
108 108  *** The **object-id** does not exist for the [[artefacts>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Artefact.WebHome]] belonging to the [[Dataflow>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Dataflow.WebHome]], ConceptScheme and [[Codelist>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Code list.WebHome]] classes, while it exists and cannot be omitted for the [[artefacts>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Artefact.WebHome]] belonging to the classes [[Dimension>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Dimension.WebHome]], MeasureDimension, TimeDimension, PrimaryMeasure, DataAttribute and [[Concept>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Concept.WebHome]], as for them the object-id is the main identifier of the [[artefact>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Artefact.WebHome]]
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164 164  === 10.2.5 References to SDMX artefacts from VTL Rulesets ===
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166 -The [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] Rulesets allow defining sets of reusable rules that can be applied by some [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] operators, like the ones for validation and hierarchical roll-up. A “rule” consists in a relationship between Values belonging to some Value Domains or taken by some Variables, for example: when the Country is USA then the [[Currency>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Currency.WebHome]] is USD; (ii) the Benelux is composed by Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands.
166 +The [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] Rulesets allow defining sets of reusable rules that can be applied by some
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168 +[[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] operators, like the ones for validation and hierarchical roll-up. A “rule” consists in a relationship between Values belonging to some Value Domains or taken by some Variables, for example: when the Country is USA then the [[Currency>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Currency.WebHome]] is USD; (ii) the Benelux is composed by Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands.
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168 168  The [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] Rulesets have a signature, in which the Value Domains or the Variables on which the Ruleset is defined are declared, and a body, which contains the rules.
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170 170  In the signature, given the mapping between [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] and [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] better described in the following paragraphs, a reference to a [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] Value Domain becomes a reference to a [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] [[Codelist>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Code list.WebHome]] or to a [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] ConceptScheme (for [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] [[measure>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]] [[dimensions>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Dimension.WebHome]]), while a reference to a [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] Represented Variable becomes a reference to a [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)[[Concept>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Concept.WebHome]](%%), assuming for it a definite representation{{footnote}}Rulesets of this kind cannot be reused when the referenced Concept has a different representation.{{/footnote}}.
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243 243  * The [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] PrimaryMeasure is not mapped to [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] as well (it disappears in the [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] Data Structure);
244 244  * A [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] DataAttribute is mapped in different ways according to its AttributeRelationship:
245 245  ** If, according to the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] AttributeRelationship, the values of the DataAttribute do not depend on the values of the MeasureDimension, the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] DataAttribute becomes a [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] [[Attribute>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]] having the same name. This happens if the AttributeRelationship is not specified (i.e. the DataAttribute does not depend on any DimensionComponent and therefore is at [[data set>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Data set.WebHome]] level), or if it refers to a set (or a group) of [[dimensions>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Dimension.WebHome]] which does not include the MeasureDimension;
246 -** Otherwise if, according to the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] AttributeRelationship, the values of the DataAttribute depend on the MeasureDimension, the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] DataAttribute is mapped to one [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] [[Attribute>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]] for each possible [[Concept>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Concept.WebHome]] of the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] MeasureDimension; by default, the names of the [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]] are obtained by concatenating the name of the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] DataAttribute and the names of the correspondent [[Concept>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Concept.WebHome]] of the MeasureDimension separated by underscore; for example, if the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] DataAttribute is named DA and the possible [[concepts>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Concept.WebHome]] of the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] MeasureDimension are named C1, C2, …, Cn, then the corresponding [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]] will be named DA_C1, DA_C2, …, DA_Cn (if different names are desired, they can be achieved afterwards by renaming the [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]] through [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] operators). o Like in the Basic mapping, the resulting [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]] are considered as dependent on all the [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] identifiers (i.e. “at data point / observation level”), because [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] does not have the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] notion of [[Attribute>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]] Relationship.
248 +** Otherwise if, according to the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] AttributeRelationship, the values of the DataAttribute depend on the MeasureDimension, the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] DataAttribute is mapped to one [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] [[Attribute>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]] for each possible [[Concept>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Concept.WebHome]] of the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] MeasureDimension; by default, the names of the [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]] are obtained by concatenating the name of the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] DataAttribute and the names of the correspondent
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250 +[[Concept>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Concept.WebHome]] of the MeasureDimension separated by underscore; for example, if the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] DataAttribute is named DA and the possible [[concepts>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Concept.WebHome]] of the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] MeasureDimension are named C1, C2, …, Cn, then the corresponding [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]] will be named DA_C1, DA_C2, …, DA_Cn (if different names are desired, they can be achieved afterwards by renaming the [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]] through [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] operators). o Like in the Basic mapping, the resulting [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]] are considered as dependent on all the [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] identifiers (i.e. “at data point / observation level”), because [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] does not have the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] notion of [[Attribute>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]] Relationship.
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248 248  The summary mapping table of the “pivot” mapping from [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] to [[VTL>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Validation and transformation language.WebHome]] for the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] data structures that contain a MeasureDimension is the following:
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