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), European Central Bank (ECB), Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union),… 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, composed of experts from a dozen different international organizations, including central… More >>

The purpose of this document is to introduce the business case for SDMX (English, French). The expected audience for this document is senior and middle management as opting for SDMX is a critical business choice rather than a technical choice. Since the publication of version 1.0 of the technical specifications in 2004 the SDMX tools have been continuously… More >>

Common statement by the sponsor organisations The BIS (Bank for International Settlements), ECB (European Central Bank), EUROSTAT (Statistical Office of the European Union), IMF (International Monetary Fund), OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), UN (United Nations), WB (World Bank) and the ILO (International Labour Organization) have joined together to focus on business practices in… More >>

The SDMX Roadmap 2025 is a strategic guidance, communicating high-level goals and key priorities of the seven sponsoring organizations for the coming years. Building on the previous Roadmap, the SDMX sponsors have identified four main priorities for the continuous development of SDMX over the next five years. Strengthening the implementation of SDMX Making data usage easier via… 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 and if necessary developing new e-standards for their data exchanges. New… More >>

SDMX sponsoring organisations wish to increase and formalise the participation of the SDMX User Community (statistical offices, central banks and other national and international organisations dealing with statistics) in the management and development of the SDMX statistical guidelines. The SDMX Statistical Working Group (SWG) is meant to provide the forum for this active participation. Mandate… More >>

SDMX sponsoring organizations wish to increase and formalise the participation of the SDMX User Community (statistical offices, central banks and other national and international organisations dealing with statistics) in the management and development of the SDMX Technical Standards. The SDMX Technical Standards Working Group (SDMX TWG) is meant to provide the forum for this active… More >>