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5 == 11.1 Scope ==
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Elena 10.3 7 The scope of this section is to define both best practices and mandatory behaviour for specific aspects of transformation between different versions of [[SDMX>>doc:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]].
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9 == 11.2 Compatibility and new DSD features ==
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Artur 10.1 11 The following table provides an overview of the backwards compatibility between [[SDMX>>doc:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] 3.0 and 2.1.
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Helena 2.4 13 (% style="width:1165.29px" %)
14 |(% style="width:218px" %)**SDMX 3.0 feature**|(% style="width:417px" %)**SDMX 2.1 compatibility**|(% style="width:526px" %)**Comments**
Artur 10.1 15 |(% style="width:218px" %)Multiple [[Measures>>doc:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]]|(% style="width:417px" %)(((
16 Create a [[Measure>>doc:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]] [[Dimension>>doc:Glossary.Dimension.WebHome]] Or
17 Model [[Measures>>doc:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]] as [[Attributes>>doc:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]]
Elena 10.3 18 )))|(% style="width:526px" %)For a [[Measure>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]] [[Dimensions>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Dimension.WebHome]], all (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)[[Concepts>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Concept.WebHome]](%%) must reside in the same (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)[[Concept>>doc:Glossary.Concept scheme.WebHome]](%%) Scheme
Helena 2.4 19 |(% style="width:218px" %)Arrays for values|(% style="width:417px" %)Cannot be supported|(% style="width:526px" %)Arrays are always reported in a verbose format, even if one value is reported
Artur 10.1 20 |(% style="width:218px" %)[[Measure>>doc:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]] Relationship|(% style="width:417px" %)Can be ignored, as it does not affect [[dataset>>doc:Glossary.Data set.WebHome]] format|(% style="width:526px" %)
21 |(% style="width:218px" %)Metadata [[Attributes>>doc:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]]|(% style="width:417px" %)Can be created as Data [[Attributes>>doc:Glossary.Attribute.WebHome]]|(% style="width:526px" %)Not for extended facets
22 |(% style="width:218px" %)Multilingual [[Components>>doc:Glossary.Component.WebHome]]|(% style="width:417px" %)Cannot be supported|(% style="width:526px" %)
23 |(% style="width:218px" %)No [[Measure>>doc:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]]|(% style="width:417px" %)Can only be emulated by ignoring the Primary [[Measure>>doc:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]] value|(% style="width:526px" %)
24 |(% style="width:218px" %)Use extended Codelist|(% style="width:417px" %)A new Codelist with all [[Codes>>doc:Glossary.Code.WebHome]] must be created|(% style="width:526px" %)
25 |(% style="width:218px" %)Sentinel values|(% style="width:417px" %)Cannot be supported in the [[DSD>>doc:Glossary.Data structure definition.WebHome]]|(% style="width:526px" %)Rules may be supported outside the [[DSD>>doc:Glossary.Data structure definition.WebHome]], in bilateral agreements
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Artur 10.1 27 The following table illustrates forward compatibility issues from [[SDMX>>doc:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] 2.1 to 3.0.
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Helena 2.4 29 (% style="width:1175.29px" %)
30 |**SDMX 2.1 feature**|(% style="width:320px" %)**SDMX 3.0 compatibility**|(% style="width:634px" %)**Comments**
Artur 10.1 31 |[[Measure>>doc:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]] [[Dimension>>doc:Glossary.Dimension.WebHome]]|(% style="width:320px" %)(((
32 Create a [[Dimension>>doc:Glossary.Dimension.WebHome]] with role ‘[[MEASURE>>doc:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]]’
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Elena 10.3 34 Create multiple [[Measures>>doc:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]] from the [[Measure>>doc:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]] [[Dimension>>doc:Glossary.Dimension.WebHome]] [[Concept Scheme>>doc:Glossary.Concept scheme.WebHome]]
Artur 10.1 35 )))|(% style="width:634px" %)If the [[dataset>>doc:Glossary.Data set.WebHome]] has to resemble that of [[SDMX>>doc:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] 2.1 Structure Specific, then the first option must be used
36 |Primary [[Measure>>doc:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]]|(% style="width:320px" %)(((
37 Create one [[Measure>>doc:Glossary.Measure.WebHome]] with role
Helena 2.1 38 ‘PRIMARY’; use id=”OBS_VALUE”
Helena 4.1 39 )))
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41 (% style="width:1175.29px" %)
42 |(% style="width:634px" %)