In the follow-up of the Global Conference 2011, SDMX Sponsors released the SDMX Action Plan 2011 to 2015. This plan delineates priority actions to be undertaken on:

• SDMX implementation
• Outreach and training
• Content-oriented Guidelines
• Technical standards
• Governance

This action plan is based on the outcome of the Global Conference 2011 and on the input from the SDMX Statistical Working Group, the SDMX Technical Working Group and the SDMX Secretariat. The implementation of the actions will be closely monitored. For further information: SDMX Action Plan 2011 to 2015, background document SDMX Action Plan 2011 to 2015  

The next SDMX Expert Group meeting (formerly the ‘OECD SDMX Experts Group’ ) will be held in Paris at the OECD Headquarters on 13^th-14^th September 2012. The primary focus of the Group’s work is on data exchange and data sharing between National Statistical agencies and International organisations. The meeting will seek to showcase practical examples of existing SDMX exchanges as well as those under development and planned for the future with an aim to share experiences and know-how. The invitation and call for papers will be sent in spring 2012. For further information contact Trevor.Fletcher@oecd.org

This workshop takes place from 5 to 7 October 2011 as part of the Conference of European Statisticians work programme on statistical metadata (METIS). The workshop deals - inter alia - with technical standards such as DDI and their relationship to SDMX. Please find here the Information Notice for this workshop.    

Corrections to the SDMX 2.1 Technical Specification – August 2011

The SDMX 2.1 Technical Specification has been released in April 2011. Minor errors and inconsistencies have been found in July-August 2011. These have been corrected and the corrections documented in the appropriate parts of specification (highlighted below). A Summary of the identified bugs is available by clicking on the following LINK.

SDMX 2.1 Technical Specification

Section 1 - Framework. Introduces the documents and the content of the revised Version 2.1 Section 2 - Information Model. UML model and functional description, definition of classes, associations and attributes (UPDATE 8/2011) Section 3A - SDMX_ML. Specifies and documents the XML formats for describing structure, data, reference metadata, and interfaces to the registry (UPDATE 8/2011) Section 3B - SDMX-ML. XML schemas, samples, WADL and WSDL (UPDATE 8/2011) Section 4 - SDMX-EDI. Specifies and documents the UN/EDIFACT format for describing structure and data. Section 5 - Registry Specification – Logical Interfaces. Provides the specification for the logical registry interfaces, including subscription/notification, registration of data and metadata, submission of structural metadata, and querying (UPDATE 8/2011) Section 6 - Technical Notes. Provides some technical information which may be useful for the implementation (this was called “Implementor’s Guide” in the 2.0 release) Section 7 - Web Services Guidelines. Provides guidelines for using SDMX standards to promote interoperability among SDMX web services

Other Material

Summary of Changes and New Functionalities. Document highlighting some of the major changes from the previous version. Disposition Log. Log of comments resulting from the public review for SDMX 2.1.