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77 77  * **Consistency between the [[SDMX-ML>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-ML.WebHome]] and the [[SDMX Information Model>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX Information Model.WebHome]]: **Certain aspects of the XML schemas and UML model have been more closely aligned, to allow for easier comprehension of the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] model.
78 78  * **Technical Bugs:** Some minor technical bugs have been identified in the registry interfaces and elsewhere. These bugs have been addressed.
79 79  * **Support for Non-Time-[[Series>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Series.WebHome]] Data in the Generic Format: **One area which has been extended is the ability to express non-time-[[series>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Series.WebHome]] data as part of the generic data message.
80 -* **Simplification of the [[data structure definition>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data structure definition.WebHome]] - specific message types: **Both [[time series>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Series.WebHome]] ((% style="color:#e74c3c" %)version(%%) 2.0 Compact) and non-[[time series>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Series.WebHome]] [[data sets>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data set.WebHome]] ((% style="color:#e74c3c" %)version(%%) 2.0 Cross Sectional) use the same underlying structure for a structure-specific formatted message, which is specific to the [[Data Structure Definition>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data structure definition.WebHome]] of the [[data set>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data set.WebHome]].
80 +* **Simplification of the [[data structure definition>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data structure definition.WebHome]] - specific message types: **Both [[time series>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Series.WebHome]] (version 2.0 Compact) and non-[[time series>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Series.WebHome]] [[data sets>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data set.WebHome]] (version 2.0 Cross Sectional) use the same underlying structure for a structure-specific formatted message, which is specific to the [[Data Structure Definition>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data structure definition.WebHome]] of the [[data set>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data set.WebHome]].
81 81  * **Simplification and better support for the metadata structure: **New use cases have been reported and these are now supported by a re-modelled [[metadata structure definition>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Metadata structure definition.WebHome]].
82 -* **Support for partial [[item schemes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Item scheme.WebHome]] such as a [[code>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code.WebHome]] list: **The (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)concept(%%) of a partial (subset) [[item scheme>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Item scheme.WebHome]] such as a partial [[code>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code.WebHome]] list for use in exchange scenarios has been introduced**.**
82 +* **Support for partial [[item schemes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Item scheme.WebHome]] such as a [[code>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code.WebHome]] list: **The concept of a partial (subset) [[item scheme>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Item scheme.WebHome]] such as a partial [[code>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code.WebHome]] list for use in exchange scenarios has been introduced**.**
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84 84  == 2.3 Major Changes from 2.1 to 3.0 ==
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87 -[[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)version(%%) 3.0 introduces new features, improvements and changes to the Standard in the following key areas:
87 +[[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] version 3.0 introduces new features, improvements and changes to the Standard in the following key areas:
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89 89  (% class="wikigeneratedid" id="HInformationModel" %)
90 90  **Information Model**
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95 95  * Support for [[code>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code.WebHome]] list extension and discriminated union of [[code>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code.WebHome]] lists
96 96  * Improvements to structure mapping
97 97  * Improvements to [[code>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code.WebHome]] [[hierarchies>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Hierarchy.WebHome]] for data discovery
98 -* Improvements to (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)constraints
98 +* Improvements to constraints
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100 100  (% class="wikigeneratedid" id="HVersioningofStructuralMetadataArtefacts" %)
101 -**Versioning of [[Structural Metadata>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Structural metadata.WebHome]] [[Artefacts>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Artefact.WebHome]]**
101 +**Versioning of Structural Metadata Artefacts**
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103 103  Adoption of the three-number semantic versioning standard for [[structural metadata>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Structural metadata.WebHome]] [[artefacts>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Artefact.WebHome]] ([[__https:~~/~~/semver.org__>>https://https:semver.org]])
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113 113  (% class="wikigeneratedid" id="HSOAPWebServicesAPI" %)
114 114  **SOAP Web Services API**
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116 -* The SOAP web services API has been deprecated with (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)version(%%) 3.0 standardising on REST
116 +* The SOAP web services API has been deprecated with version 3.0 standardising on REST
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118 118  (% class="wikigeneratedid" id="HXML2CJSON2CCSVandEDITransmissionformats" %)
119 119  **XML, JSON, CSV and EDI Transmission formats**
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121 -The [[SDMX-ML>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-ML.WebHome]], [[SDMX-JSON>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-JSON.WebHome]] and [[SDMX-CSV>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-CSV.WebHome]] specifications have been extended and modified where needed to support the new features and changes such as [[reference metadata>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Reference metadata.WebHome]] and microdata Obsolete [[SDMX-ML>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-ML.WebHome]] data message variants including Generic, Compact, Utility and Cross-sectional have been deprecated standardising on Structure Specific Data as the sole XML format for [[data exchange>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data exchange.WebHome]] The [[SDMX-EDI>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-EDI.WebHome]] transmission format for structures and data has been deprecated The organisation of structures into ‘collections’ in [[SDMX-ML>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-ML.WebHome]] and [[SDMX-JSON>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-JSON.WebHome]] structure messages has been flattened and simplified The option to reference structures in [[SDMX-ML>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-ML.WebHome]] and [[SDMX-JSON>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-JSON.WebHome]] messages using Agency, ID and (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)Version(%%) has been deprecated with URN now exclusively used for all non-local referencing purpose
121 +The [[SDMX-ML>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-ML.WebHome]], [[SDMX-JSON>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-JSON.WebHome]] and [[SDMX-CSV>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-CSV.WebHome]] specifications have been extended and modified where needed to support the new features and changes such as [[reference metadata>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Reference metadata.WebHome]] and microdata Obsolete [[SDMX-ML>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-ML.WebHome]] data message variants including Generic, Compact, Utility and Cross-sectional have been deprecated standardising on Structure Specific Data as the sole XML format for [[data exchange>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data exchange.WebHome]] The [[SDMX-EDI>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-EDI.WebHome]] transmission format for structures and data has been deprecated The organisation of structures into ‘collections’ in [[SDMX-ML>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-ML.WebHome]] and [[SDMX-JSON>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-JSON.WebHome]] structure messages has been flattened and simplified The option to reference structures in [[SDMX-ML>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-ML.WebHome]] and [[SDMX-JSON>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-JSON.WebHome]] messages using Agency, ID and Version has been deprecated with URN now exclusively used for all non-local referencing purpose
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123 -Several of the changes are ‘breaking’ meaning that, in specific cases, the (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)version(%%) 3.0 specification is not backwardly compatible with earlier (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)versions(%%) of the Standard.
123 +Several of the changes are ‘breaking’ meaning that, in specific cases, the version 3.0 specification is not backwardly compatible with earlier versions of the Standard.
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125 125  The principle breaking changes are:
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