SDMx, which stands for Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange, is an ISO standard designed to describe statistical data and metadata, normalise their exchange, and improve their efficient sharing across statistical and similar organisations. SDMx is sponsored by eight international organisations including the Bank for International Settlements (BIS),… Read more

Statistical organisations face rising demands for timely, granular, trustworthy data amid tightening resources and rapid technological changes. These pressures require statistical organisations to modernise processes, strengthen governance, innovate continuously, and take advantage of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) to remain relevant and… Read more

The SDMx Sponsor organizations commit to working together to provide strategic direction for the modernization of official statistics in the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Recognizing both the opportunities and risks posed by generative AI, we are aligning efforts to ensure that official statistics… Read more

About the conference The SDMx Global Conference is a premier biennial event dedicated to producers and users of structured data providing a unique platform to share knowledge, developments, and best practices centered on the SDMx ISO 17369 international standard for data and metadata. This… Read more

The heads of the statistics organisations sponsoring the Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMx) met on 14 June 2002 to agree on concrete projects that will advance their joint initiative. The institutions and their respective constituencies favour open and effective international cooperation in maintaining… Read more

The Validation and Transformation Language (VTL) is a standard language for defining validation and transformation rules (set of operators, their syntax and semantics) for any kind of statistical data. VTL has been developed by a specific Task Force who reports to the SDMx Secretariat,… Read more