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144 144  === 3.4.1 Reporting and Dissemination Guidelines ===
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146 -==== 3.4.1.1 Central Institutions and Their Role in Statistical Data Exchanges ====
146 +**3.4.1.1 Central Institutions and Their Role in Statistical Data Exchanges **Central institutions are the organisations to which other partner institutions "report" statistics. These statistics are used by central institutions either to compile aggregates and/or they are put together and made available in a uniform manner (e.g. on-line or on a CD-ROM or through file transfers). Therefore, central institutions receive data from other institutions and, usually, they also "disseminate" data to individual and/or institutions for end-use.  Within a country, a NSI or a national central bank (NCB) plays, of course, a central institution role as it collects data from other entities and it disseminates statistical information to end users. In SDMX the role of central institution is very important: every statistical message is based on underlying structural definitions (statistical concepts, code lists, DSDs) which have been devised by a particular agency, usually a central institution. Such an institution plays the role of the reference "structural definitions maintenance agency" for the corresponding messages which are exchanged. Of course, two institutions could exchange data using/referring to structural information devised by a third institution.
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148 -Central institutions are the organisations to which other partner institutions "report" statistics. These statistics are used by central institutions either to compile aggregates and/or they are put together and made available in a uniform manner (e.g. on-line or on a CD-ROM or through file transfers). Therefore, central institutions receive data from other institutions and, usually, they also "disseminate" data to individual and/or institutions for end-use.  Within a country, a NSI or a national central bank (NCB) plays, of course, a central institution role as it collects data from other entities and it disseminates statistical information to end users. In SDMX the role of central institution is very important: every statistical message is based on underlying structural definitions (statistical concepts, code lists, DSDs) which have been devised by a particular agency, usually a central institution. Such an institution plays the role of the reference "structural definitions maintenance agency" for the corresponding messages which are exchanged. Of course, two institutions could exchange data using/referring to structural information devised by a third institution.
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150 150  Central institutions can play a double role:
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152 152  * collecting and further disseminating statistics;
153 153  * devising structural definitions for use in data exchanges.
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155 -==== 3.4.1.2 Defining Data Structure Definitions (DSDs) ====
153 +**3.4.1.2 Defining Data Structure Definitions (DSDs)**
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157 157  The following guidelines are suggested for building a DSD. However, it is expected that these guidelines will be considered by central institutions when devising new DSDs.
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160 -__Dimensions, Attributes and Code Lists__
157 +=== Dimensions, Attributes and Code Lists ===
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162 162  **//Avoid dimensions that are not appropriate for all the series in the data structure definition.//**  If some dimensions are not applicable (this is evident from the need to have a code in a code list which is marked as “not applicable”, “not relevant” or “total”) for some series then consider moving these series to a new data structure definition in which these dimensions are dropped from the key structure. This is a judgement call as it is sometimes difficult to achieve this without increasing considerably the number of DSDs.
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188 188  The same code list can be used for several statistical concepts, within a data structure definition or across DSDs. Note that SDMX has recognised that these classifications are often quite large and the usage of codes in any one DSD is only a small extract of the full code list. In this version of the standard it is possible to exchange and disseminate a **partial code list** which is extracted from the full code list and which supports the dimension values valid for a particular DSD.
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191 -__Data Structure Definition Structure__
187 +=== Data Structure Definition Structure ===
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193 193  The following items have to be specified by a structural definitions maintenance agency when defining a new data structure definition:
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218 218  * code list name
219 219  * code values and descriptions
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221 -Definition of data flow definitions. Two (or more) partners performing data exchanges in a certain context need to agree on:
217 +Definition of data flow definitions.  Two (or more) partners performing data exchanges in a certain context need to agree on:
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223 223  * the list of data set identifiers they will be using;
224 224  * for each data flow: