1. Promoting the use of SDMX - TIS Pilot Progress Report WPTGS October 2010

2. Presentation contents:
What is SDMX?
SDMX: NSI Perspective
OECD SDMX work
How SDMX is used in sharing and dissemination
The SDMX Toolbox
Simplifying TIS data collection with SDMX – the 2009 proposal
Status of the TIS SDMX pilot
November 2008

3. 1. What is SDMX Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange
seven international organizations
standardisation for statistical data and metadata access and exchange
Between NSOs and international organisations
Within a national statistical system
Within an organisation
For dissemination
November 2008

4. 2. SDMX benefits: NSI perspective
SDMX can reduce reporting burden to and international institutions
The use of SDMX can improve harmonisation, standardisation and integration processes inside an NSI
International community can share experiences and software. Open Source culture.
November 2008

5. 3. OECD’s SDMX work Promoting SDMX as the world standard
Recognised 2008 by UN Statistical Commission as preferred
Generalise formats across domains
away from stove-pipes
Using SDMX in and out of OECD.Stat
SDMX web service
Joint External Debt Hub with BIS, IMF, WB
NAWWE
ComTrade with UNSD
Data sharing with IMF (and other IOs)
Education with Eurostat, UNESCO
November 2008

6. 4. How is SDMX used in data sharing and dissemination?
bilateral data sharing
multilateral “hubs”
e.g. NAWWE
Eurostat Census Hub
dissemination
e.g. OECD eXplorer / Gapminder
take data directly from OECD.Stat
Data exchange via web services
re-distributors of statistics
e.g. Reuters or DataStream
November 2008

7. 5. The SDMX toolbox: www.SDMX.org
SDMX Transformations Package Graphical User Interface for XML data validation and transformations
Excel SDMX Authoring Tool - create Excel spreadsheet from a Data Structure Definition (structure message) - generate a Generic Data message from Excel
Data Structure Definition Database Tool - create and maintain SDMX data structure definitions; - based on (and requires) Microsoft ® Access
Metadata Structure Definition Editor creates and maintains Metadata Structure Definitions and Metadata Reports
October 2008

8. 6. Simplifying TIS data collection with SDMX – the 2009 proposal
We would like to work with pilot group of NSIs to provide TIS data in SDMX (follow up on work of Mark Pollard, ONS)
OECD will provide technical assistance and training to NSIs in use of SDMX
Please don’t hesitate to volunteer !
October 2008

9. 7. Status of the TIS SDMX Pilot
Israel & ONS UK agreed to participate. StatCan next year (budget permitting)
DSD defined – being reviewed by SI and ONS
New TIS classification may cause delay
SI and ONS preparing to output SDMX format
October 2008

10. Thank you… Trevor.Fletcher@OECD.org
October 2008