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28 28  [[image:1750062059071-852.png]]
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30 -**Figure 2: The high-(% style="color:#e74c3c" %)level(%%) view of the [[MSD>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Metadata structure definition.WebHome]] containing one Metadata [[Attribute>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]] Descriptor**
30 +**Figure 2: The high-(% style="color:#e74c3c" %)level(%%) view of the MSD containing one Metadata Attribute Descriptor**
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32 32  [[image:1750062042204-714.png]]
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34 -**Figure 3: Wildcarded Target Objects as specified in a [[Metadataflow>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Metadataflow.WebHome]]**
34 +**Figure 3: Wildcarded Target Objects as specified in a Metadataflow**
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36 36  [[image:1750062017456-979.png]]
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38 -**Figure 4: Specific Target Objects as specified in a Metadata [[Provision Agreement>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Provision agreement.WebHome]]**
38 +**Figure 4: Specific Target Objects as specified in a Metadata Provision Agreement**
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40 -Note that the [[SDMX-ML>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-ML.WebHome]] schemas have specific XML elements for each identifiable object type because identifying, for instance, a Maintainable Object has different properties from an Identifiable Object which must also include the agency, Id, (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)version(%%), and id of the Maintainable Object in which it resides.
40 +Note that the [[SDMX-ML>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-ML.WebHome]] schemas have specific XML elements for each identifiable object type because identifying, for instance, a Maintainable Object has different properties from an Identifiable Object which must also include the agency, Id, [[version>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Version.WebHome]], and id of the Maintainable Object in which it resides.
41 41  
42 42  == 5.3 Metadata Structure Definition ==
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46 46  [[image:1750061909163-858.png]]
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48 -**Figure 5: Example [[MSD>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Metadata structure definition.WebHome]] showing specification of some Metadata [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]]**
48 +**Figure 5: Example MSD showing specification of some Metadata Attributes**
49 49  
50 50  This example shows the following [[hierarchy>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Hierarchy.WebHome]] of Metadata [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]]:
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52 -* (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)Contact(%%) – this is presentational; no metadata is expected to be reported at this (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)level
52 +* [[Contact>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Contact.WebHome]] – this is presentational; no metadata is expected to be reported at this level
53 53  * [[Contact Name>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Contact name.WebHome]]
54 54  * Address – this is also presentational; up to 3 addresses are allowed
55 55  ** House Number
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61 61  [[image:1750062180056-182.png]]
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63 -**Figure 6: Example [[Metadata Set>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Metadata set.WebHome]]**
63 +**Figure 6: Example Metadata Set**
64 64  
65 65  This example shows:
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76 76  * In the [[Attribute>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]] Descriptor of the [[DSD>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data structure definition.WebHome]], the user may include any Metadata [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]] defined in the linked [[MSD>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Metadata structure definition.WebHome]].
77 77  ** For each link to a Metadata [[Attribute>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]], an [[Attribute Relationship>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute relationship.WebHome]] may be specified (similarly to that for Data [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]]).
78 78  * In any [[Dataset>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data set.WebHome]] complying with this [[DSD>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data structure definition.WebHome]], Metadata [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]] may be reported according to the specified [[Attribute Relationship>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute relationship.WebHome]].
79 -** The [[hierarchy>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Hierarchy.WebHome]] of the Metadata [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]] defined in the [[MSD>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Metadata structure definition.WebHome]] must be respected and they are reported in the same way as in a Metadataset, under the (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)level(%%) they are related within the [[DSD>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data structure definition.WebHome]], via their [[Attribute Relationship>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute relationship.WebHome]].
80 -* In Data (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)Constraints(%%), the user is allowed to restrict values for Metadata [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]], in the same way as Data [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]] (more on this in section “10 (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)Constraints(%%)”).
79 +** The [[hierarchy>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Hierarchy.WebHome]] of the Metadata [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]] defined in the [[MSD>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Metadata structure definition.WebHome]] must be respected and they are reported in the same way as in a Metadataset, under the level they are related within the [[DSD>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data structure definition.WebHome]], via their [[Attribute Relationship>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute relationship.WebHome]].
80 +* In Data [[Constraints>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Constraint.WebHome]], the user is allowed to restrict values for Metadata [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]], in the same way as Data [[Attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]] (more on this in section “10 [[Constraints>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Constraint.WebHome]]”).
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