SDMX Standards Version 2.0

SDMX Technical Standards Version 2.0 provide the technical specifications for the exchange of data and metadata based on a common information model. The scope of this effort is to define formats for the exchange of aggregated statistical data and the metadata needed to understand how the data is structured. The major focus is on data presented as time series, although cross-sectional XML formats are also supported.

Version 2.0 Technical Standards are backward compatible with the earlier Version 1.0 efforts, which focused on XML- and EDIFACT-syntax data formats. The latest work broadens the technical framework to support wider coverage of metadata exchange as well as a more fully articulated architecture for data and metadata exchange.

These specifications have been developed, reviewed, and adopted by SDMX. Steps will be taken to bring this work forward within the context of the International Standards Organization (ISO), with a view to updating ISO/Technical Specification 17369:2005 SDMX.

SDMX Standards Version 1.0

The SDMX Standards Version 1.0 provide the technical specification of a set of XML- and EDIFACT-syntax data formats based on a common information model. The scope of this effort is to define formats for the exchange of aggregated statistical data and the metadata needed to understand how the data is structured. The major focus is on data presented as time series, although cross-sectional XML formats are also supported.

These specifications have been developed, reviewed, and adopted by SDMX. In due course they will be put forward to the International Standards Organization (ISO) for adoption.