Changes for page Standardising Reference Metadata Reporting in SDMX

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  |**Define metadata for artefact types which are not a dataset**|Yes|No
  |**Relate/exchange metadata tightly with data**|No|Yes
  |**Use same SDMX tools as for data exchange**|No|Yes
--|**Reduce amount of artefacts to implement**|Maybe{{footnote}}This may be possible, depending on the current implementation such as if an MSD is already implemented{{/footnote}}|Yes
++|**Reduce amount of artefacts to implement**|Maybe[[(% class="wikiinternallink wikiinternallink wikiinternallink wikiinternallink" %)^^~[3~]^^>>path:#_ftn3]]|Yes
  Table 1: Advantages of implementing reference metadata exchange using DSDs or MSDs
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  = MAINTENANCE OF THE GLOBAL METADATA CONCEPT SCHEME =
--The concepts in the Global MCS are a subset of the concepts in the SDMX Glossary{{footnote}}https://sdmx.org/wp-content/uploads/SDMX_Glossary_Version_2_0_October_2018.docx{{/footnote}} (which defines the entire cross-domain concept scheme). Therefore, changes or additions to reference metadata concepts in the SDMX Glossary will result in a revision to the Global MCS. Conversely, requests to change the Global MCS will be considered in future revisions of the SDMX Glossary.
++The concepts in the Global MCS are a subset of the concepts in the SDMX Glossary[[(% class="wikiinternallink wikiinternallink wikiinternallink wikiinternallink" %)^^~[4~]^^>>path:#_ftn4]](%%) (which defines the entire cross-domain concept scheme). Therefore, changes or additions to reference metadata concepts in the SDMX Glossary will result in a revision to the Global MCS. Conversely, requests to change the Global MCS will be considered in future revisions of the SDMX Glossary.
  Requests to extend the Global MCS or change this guideline should be sent to the SDMX Statistical Working Group (swg@sdmx.org).
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  |**Data source**|Location or service from where data or metadata can be obtained.|DATA_SOURCE
  |**Compiling agency**|(((
  Organisation collecting and/or elaborating the data being reported.
++
  //Example usage: if an organisation receives data from a member agency and publishes it, the “Compiling agency” concept would be the member agency.//
  )))|COMPILING_ORG
  |**Dissemination agency**|Organisation disseminating the data being reported.|DISS_ORG
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
  |**Name**|**Definition**|**Concept ID**
  |**Contact**|(((
  Individual or organisational contact points for the data or metadata.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Contact” concept but not the granular “Contact xxx” concepts,//
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  |(% style="width:417px" %)**Name**|(% style="width:1392px" %)**Definition**|(% style="width:264px" %)**Concept ID**
  |(% style="width:417px" %)**Institutional mandate**|(% style="width:1392px" %)(((
  Set of rules or other formal set of instructions assigning responsibility as well as the authority to an organisation for the collection, processing, and dissemination of statistics.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Institutional mandate” concept but not the granular “Institutional mandate xxx” concepts,//
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  |(% style="width:417px" %)**Institutional mandate – legal acts and other agreements**|(% style="width:1392px" %)Legal acts or other formal or informal agreements that assign responsibility as well as the authority to an Agency for the collection, processing, and dissemination of statistics.|(% style="width:264px" %)INST_MAN_LA_OA
  |(% style="width:417px" %)**Confidentiality**|(% style="width:1392px" %)(((
  Property of data indicating whether they are subject to dissemination restrictions.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Confidentiality” concept but not the granular “Confidentiality xxx” concepts,//
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  |(% style="width:417px" %)**Confidentiality - policy**|(% style="width:1392px" %)Legislative measures or other formal procedures which prevent unauthorised disclosure of data that identify a person or economic entity either directly or indirectly.|(% style="width:264px" %)CONF_POLICY
  |(% style="width:417px" %)**Professionalism**|(% style="width:1392px" %)(((
  Standard, skill and ability suitable for producing statistics of good quality.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Professionalism” concept but not the granular “Professionalism xxx” concepts,//
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  |(% style="width:417px" %)**Name**|(% style="width:1392px" %)**Definition**|(% style="width:264px" %)**Concept ID**
  |(% style="width:417px" %)**Cost and burden**|(% style="width:1392px" %)(((
  Cost associated with the collection and production of a statistical product, as well as the burden imposed on respondents.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Cost and burden” concept but not the granular “Cost and burden xxx” concepts,//
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  |(% style="width:416px" %)**Reference area**|(% style="width:1394px" %)Country or geographic area to which the measured statistical phenomenon relates.|REF_AREA
  |(% style="width:416px" %)**Coverage**|(% style="width:1394px" %)(((
  Definition of the scope of the data compiled.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Coverage” concept but not the granular “xxx coverage” concepts and/or “Economic sector” concept,//
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  |(% style="width:416px" %)**Name**|(% style="width:1394px" %)**Definition**|**Concept ID**
  |(% style="width:416px" %)**Geographical coverage**|(% style="width:1394px" %)(((
  Characterisation of the statistical units according to geographical criteria.
++
  //Example usage: May exclude small parts of the national territory amounting to no more than 2% of the national population and the national territories.//
  )))|COVERAGE_GEO
  |(% style="width:416px" %)**Population coverage**|(% style="width:1394px" %)Definition of the main types of population covered by the statistics.|COVERAGE_POP
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  |(% style="width:415px" %)**Data compilation**|(% style="width:1400px" %)Operations performed on data to derive new information according to a given set of rules.|(% style="width:257px" %)DATA_COMP
  |(% style="width:415px" %)**Adjustment**|(% style="width:1400px" %)(((
  Set of procedures employed to modify statistical data to enable it to conform to national or international standards or to address data quality differences when compiling specific Data Sets.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Adjustment” concept but not the granular “xxx adjustment” concepts,//
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  |(% style="width:415px" %)**Data validation**|(% style="width:1400px" %)Process of monitoring the results of data compilation and ensuring the quality of the statistical results.|(% style="width:257px" %)DATA_VALIDATION
  |(% style="width:415px" %)**Data revision**|(% style="width:1400px" %)(((
  Change in a value of a statistic released to the public.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Data revision” concept but not the granular “Data revision xxx” concepts,//
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  |(% style="width:418px" %)**Name**|(% style="width:1401px" %)**Definition**|(% style="width:253px" %)**Concept ID**
  |(% style="width:418px" %)**Quality management**|(% style="width:1401px" %)(((
  Systems and frameworks in place within an organisation to manage the quality of statistical products and processes.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Quality management” concept but not the granular “Quality management xxx” concepts,//
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  |(% style="width:419px" %)**Name**|(% style="width:1402px" %)**Definition**|(% style="width:252px" %)**Concept ID**
  |(% style="width:419px" %)**Accuracy**|(% style="width:1402px" %)(((
  Closeness of computations or estimates to the unknown exact or true values that the statistics were intended to measure.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Accuracy” concept but not the granular “Accuracy - overall”, “Non-sampling error” or “Sampling error” concepts,//
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  |(% style="width:418px" %)**Model assumption error**|(% style="width:1402px" %)Error that occurs due the use of methods, such as calibration, generalised regression estimator, calculation based on full scope or constant scope, benchmarking, seasonal adjustment and other models not included in other accuracy components, in order to calculate statistics or indexes.|(% style="width:252px" %)MODEL_ASSUMP_ERR
  |(% style="width:418px" %)**Coherence**|(% style="width:1402px" %)(((
  Adequacy of statistics to be reliably combined in different ways and for various uses.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Coherence” concept but not the granular “Coherence xxx” concepts,//
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  |(% style="width:418px" %)**Coherence - internal**|(% style="width:1402px" %)Extent to which statistics are consistent within a given Data Set.|(% style="width:252px" %)COHER_INTERNAL
  |(% style="width:418px" %)**Comparability**|(% style="width:1402px" %)(((
  Extent to which differences between statistics can be attributed to differences between the true values of the statistical characteristics.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Comparability” concept but not the granular “Comparability xxx” concepts,//
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  |(% style="width:418px" %)**Comparability - geographical**|(% style="width:1402px" %)Extent to which statistics are comparable between geographical areas.|(% style="width:252px" %)COMPAR_GEO
  |(% style="width:418px" %)**Comparability - over time**|(% style="width:1402px" %)Extent to which statistics are comparable or reconcilable over time.|(% style="width:252px" %)COMPAR_TIME
--|(% style="width:418px" %)**Name**|(% style="width:1403px" %)**Definition**|(% style="width:252px" %)**Concept ID**
--|(% style="width:418px" %)**Punctuality**|(% style="width:1403px" %)Time lag between the actual delivery of the data and the target date when it should have been delivered.|(% style="width:252px" %)PUNCTUALITY
--|(% style="width:418px" %)**Relevance**|(% style="width:1403px" %)(((
++
++
++|**Name**|**Definition**|**Concept ID**
++|**Punctuality**|Time lag between the actual delivery of the data and the target date when it should have been delivered.|PUNCTUALITY
++|**Relevance**|(((
  Degree to which statistical information meets the real or perceived needs of clients.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
--* //either the summary “Relevance” concept but not the granular “Relevance xxx” concepts,//
++* //either the summary “Relevance” concept but not the granular//
++
++//“Relevance xxx” concepts,//
++
  * //or the granular “Relevance xxx” concepts but not the “Relevance” concept.//
--)))|(% style="width:252px" %)RELEVANCE
--|(% style="width:418px" %)**Relevance - completeness**|(% style="width:1403px" %)Extent to which all statistics that are needed are available.|(% style="width:252px" %)COMPLETENESS
--|(% style="width:418px" %)**Relevance - user needs**|(% style="width:1403px" %)Description of requirements with respect to the statistical output.|(% style="width:252px" %)USER_NEEDS
--|(% style="width:418px" %)**Relevance - user satisfaction**|(% style="width:1403px" %)Description of how well the disseminated statistics meet the expressed user needs.|(% style="width:252px" %)USER_SAT
--|(% style="width:418px" %)**Timeliness**|(% style="width:1403px" %)(((
--Length of time between data availability and the event or phenomenon they describe.
++)))|RELEVANCE
++|**Relevance - completeness**|Extent to which all statistics that are needed are available.|COMPLETENESS
++|**Relevance - user needs**|Description of requirements with respect to the statistical output.|USER_NEEDS
++|**Relevance - user satisfaction**|Description of how well the disseminated statistics meet the expressed user needs.|USER_SAT
++|**Timeliness**|(((
++Length of time between data availability and the event or phenomenon they describe
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
--* //either the summary “Timeliness” concept but not the granular “Timeliness xxx” concepts,//
++* //either the summary “Timeliness” concept but not the granular//
++
++//“Timeliness xxx” concepts,//
++
  * //or the granular “Timeliness xxx” concepts but not the “Timeliness” concept.//
--)))|(% style="width:252px" %)TIMELINESS
--|(% style="width:418px" %)**Timeliness - source data**|(% style="width:1403px" %)Time between the end of a reference period and actual receipt of the data by the compiling agency.|(% style="width:252px" %)TIME_SOURCE
++)))|TIMELINESS
++|**Timeliness - source data**|Time between the end of a reference period and actual receipt of the data by the compiling agency.|TIME_SOURCE
  === DISSEMINATION ===
--|(% style="width:417px" %)**Name**|(% style="width:1407px" %)**Definition**|(% style="width:248px" %)**Concept ID**
--|(% style="width:417px" %)**Release policy**|(% style="width:1407px" %)(((
++|**Name**|**Definition**|**Concept ID**
++|**Release policy**|(((
  Rules for disseminating statistical data to interested parties.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Release policy” concept but not the granular “Release policy xxx” concepts,//
  * //or the granular “Release policy xxx” concepts but not the “Release policy” concept.//
--)))|(% style="width:248px" %)REL_POLICY
--|(% style="width:417px" %)**Release policy - release calendar**|(% style="width:1407px" %)Schedule of statistical release dates.|(% style="width:248px" %)REL_CAL_POLICY
--|(% style="width:417px" %)**Release policy - release calendar access**|(% style="width:1407px" %)Description of how the release calendar can be accessed.|(% style="width:248px" %)REL_CAL_ACCESS
--|(% style="width:417px" %)**Release policy - transparency**|(% style="width:1407px" %)Statement describing whether and how the release policy is disseminated to the public.|(% style="width:248px" %)REL_POL_TRA
--|(% style="width:417px" %)**Release policy - user access**|(% style="width:1407px" %)Policy for release of the data to users, scope of dissemination (e.g. to the public, to selected users), how users are informed that the data are being released, and whether the policy determines the dissemination of statistical data to all users.|(% style="width:248px" %)REL_POL_US_AC
--|(% style="width:417px" %)**Frequency of dissemination**|(% style="width:1407px" %)Time interval at which the statistics are disseminated over a given time period.|(% style="width:248px" %)FREQ_DISS
--|(% style="width:417px" %)**Dissemination format**|(% style="width:1407px" %)(((
++)))|REL_POLICY
++|**Release policy - release calendar**|Schedule of statistical release dates.|REL_CAL_POLICY
++|**Release policy - release calendar access**|Description of how the release calendar can be accessed.|REL_CAL_ACCESS
++|**Release policy - transparency**|Statement describing whether and how the release policy is disseminated to the public.|REL_POL_TRA
++|**Release policy - user access**|Policy for release of the data to users, scope of dissemination (e.g. to the public, to selected users), how users are informed that the data are being released, and whether the policy determines the dissemination of statistical data to all users.|REL_POL_US_AC
++|**Frequency of dissemination**|Time interval at which the statistics are disseminated over a given time period.|FREQ_DISS
++|**Dissemination format**|(((
  Media by which statistical data and metadata are disseminated.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Dissemination format” concept but not the granular “Dissemination format xxx” concepts,//
--* //or the granular “Dissemination format xxx” concepts but not the “Dissemination format” concept.//
--)))|(% style="width:248px" %)DISS_FORMAT
--|(% style="width:417px" %)**Dissemination format - microdata access**|(% style="width:1407px" %)Information on whether microdata are also disseminated.|(% style="width:248px" %)MICRO_DAT_ACC
--|(% style="width:417px" %)**Dissemination format - news release**|(% style="width:1407px" %)Regular or ad-hoc press releases linked to the data.|(% style="width:248px" %)NEWS_REL
++* //or the granular “Dissemination format xxx” concepts but not the//
--|(% style="width:422px" %)**Name**|(% style="width:1407px" %)**Definition**|(% style="width:244px" %)**Concept ID**
--|(% style="width:422px" %)**Dissemination format - online database**|(% style="width:1407px" %)Information about on-line databases in which the disseminated data can be accessed.|(% style="width:244px" %)ONLINE_DB
--|(% style="width:422px" %)**Dissemination format - publications**|(% style="width:1407px" %)Regular or ad-hoc publications in which the data are made available to the public.|(% style="width:244px" %)PUBLICATIONS
--|(% style="width:422px" %)**Dissemination format - other formats**|(% style="width:1407px" %)References to the most important other data dissemination done.|(% style="width:244px" %)DISS_OTHER
--|(% style="width:422px" %)**Documentation on methodology**|(% style="width:1407px" %)Descriptive text and references to methodological documents available.|(% style="width:244px" %)DOC_METHOD
--|(% style="width:422px" %)**Documentation on methodology - advance notice**|(% style="width:1407px" %)Policy on notifying the public of changes in methodology, indicating whether the public is notified before a methodological change affects disseminated data and, if so, how long before.|(% style="width:244px" %)ADV_NOTICE
--|(% style="width:422px" %)**Recommended uses and limitations**|(% style="width:1407px" %)Metadata element guiding users with limited knowledge of the statistics presented and helping them determine whether the product meets their requirements.|(% style="width:244px" %)REC_USE_LIM
++//“Dissemination format” concept.//
++)))|DISS_FORMAT
++|**Dissemination format - microdata access**|Information on whether microdata are also disseminated.|MICRO_DAT_ACC
++|**Dissemination format - news release**|Regular or ad-hoc press releases linked to the data.|NEWS_REL
++
++
++|**Name**|**Definition**|**Concept ID**
++|**Dissemination format - online database**|Information about on-line databases in which the disseminated data can be accessed.|ONLINE_DB
++|**Dissemination format - publications**|Regular or ad-hoc publications in which the data are made available to the public.|PUBLICATIONS
++|**Dissemination format - other formats**|References to the most important other data dissemination done.|DISS_OTHER
++|**Documentation on methodology**|Descriptive text and references to methodological documents available.|DOC_METHOD
++|**Documentation on methodology - advance notice**|Policy on notifying the public of changes in methodology, indicating whether the public is notified before a methodological change affects disseminated data and, if so, how long before.|ADV_NOTICE
++|**Recommended uses and limitations**|Metadata element guiding users with limited knowledge of the statistics presented and helping them determine whether the product meets their requirements.|REC_USE_LIM
++
  === MISCELLANEOUS ===
--|(% style="width:423px" %)**Name**|(% style="width:1405px" %)**Definition**|(% style="width:244px" %)**Concept ID**
--|(% style="width:423px" %)**Metadata update**|(% style="width:1405px" %)(((
++|**Name**|**Definition**|**Concept ID**
++|**Metadata update**|(((
  Date on which the metadata element was created or modified.
++
  //Recommended usage. Use~://
  * //either the summary “Metadata update” concept but not the granular “Metadata update xxx” concepts,//
  * //or the granular “Metadata update xxx” concepts but not the “Metadata update” concept.//
--)))|(% style="width:244px" %)META_UPDATE
--|(% style="width:423px" %)**Metadata update - last certified**|(% style="width:1405px" %)Date of the latest certification provided by the domain manager to confirm that the metadata posted are still up-to-date, even if the content has not been amended.|(% style="width:244px" %)META_CERTIFIED
--|(% style="width:423px" %)**Metadata update - last posted**|(% style="width:1405px" %)Date of the latest dissemination of the metadata.|(% style="width:244px" %)META_POSTED
--|(% style="width:423px" %)**Metadata update - last update**|(% style="width:1405px" %)Date of last update of the content of the metadata.|(% style="width:244px" %)META_LAST_UPDATE
--|(% style="width:423px" %)**Comment**|(% style="width:1405px" %)Descriptive text which can be attached to data or metadata.|(% style="width:244px" %)COMMENT
--|(% style="width:423px" %)**Technical information**|(% style="width:1405px" %)Technical details related to the data, for example the storage system used, or technical systems related to the exchange.|(% style="width:244px" %)TECH_INFO
++)))|META_UPDATE
++|**Metadata update - last certified**|Date of the latest certification provided by the domain manager to confirm that the metadata posted are still up-to-date, even if the content has not been amended.|META_CERTIFIED
++|**Metadata update - last posted**|Date of the latest dissemination of the metadata.|META_POSTED
++|**Metadata update - last update**|Date of last update of the content of the metadata.|META_LAST_UPDATE
++|**Comment**|Descriptive text which can be attached to data or metadata.|COMMENT
++|**Technical information**|Technical details related to the data, for example the storage system used, or technical systems related to the exchange.|TECH_INFO
++
++
  ----
++[[~[3~]>>path:#_ftnref3]] This may be possible, depending on the current implementation such as if an MSD is already implemented
++
++[[~[4~]>>path:#_ftnref4]] [[https:~~/~~/sdmx.org/wp>>url:https://sdmx.org/wp-content/uploads/SDMX_Glossary_Version_2_0_October_2018.docx]][[->>url:https://sdmx.org/wp-content/uploads/SDMX_Glossary_Version_2_0_October_2018.docx]][[content/uploads/SDMX_Glossary_Version_2_0_October_2018.docx>>url:https://sdmx.org/wp-content/uploads/SDMX_Glossary_Version_2_0_October_2018.docx]]
++
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