1 Purpose and Structure

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1.1 Purpose

The intention of Section 6 is to document certain aspects of SDMX that are important to understand and will aid implementation decisions. The explanations here supplement the information documented in the SDMX XML/JSON schemas and the Information Model.

1.2 Structure

This document is organized into the following major parts:

• A
• guide to the SDMX Information Model relating to Data Structure Definitions and Data Sets, statement of differences in functionality supported by the different formats and syntaxes for Data Structure Definitions and Data Sets, and best practices for use of SDMX formats, including the representation for time period.
• A guide to the SDMX Information Model relating to Metadata Structure Definitions, and Metadata Sets.
• Other structural artefacts of interest: Agencies, Concept Role, Constraint, Codelist.