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SDMX Reference Infrastructure
SDMX Global Conference 2 – 4 May 2011, Washington DC
Adam Wroński, Marco Pellegrino, Bengt-Åke Lindblad, Nadezhda VlahovaEurostat, “Quality, Methodology and Information Systems” Directorate
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Keywords
Based on the analysis of the current level of SDMX implementations within organisations and needs expressed by our constituency
The re-use of software
– reducing costs
– increasing productivity
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Rationale
Allows exposure of data from existing databases using SDMX standards
Provides statistical organisations re-usable building blocks:– .NET and Java implementations
– Well defined API
– Open Source package under the EUPL licence
– Minimize installation effort
that enable production of SDMX data from existing reference / dissemination databases
Support Census Hub and similar Eurostat projects Conform to SDMX Web Service guidelines Stimulate a “SDMX community of developer”
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Modules
SDMX QueryParser
Data Retriever
Structure Retriever
SDMX Data Generator
Web Service Provider
sdmx_model
Web Client
Mapping Assistant
User Interfaces
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Mapping Assistant (MA)
Mapping of local data fields to data fields in SDMX format
Mapping of local data fields to data fields in SDMX formatTranscoding of codesTranscoding of codesTranslates local dissemination systems to
the “SDMX-World”
Translates local dissemination systems to the “SDMX-World”Support for different database schemes Support for different database schemes Desktop applicationDesktop application
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Mapping sequence
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Where we are
Countries that installed the SDMX-RI:
Belgium, France, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Expressing interest
– Assistance 2011: Bulgaria
– Assistance 2012: Albania, Iceland, Malta, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey
– Without assistance: Cyprus, Russia
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Where we are (ctd.)
Software maintenance and governance
– Up to now Eurostat is managing both the evolutive and adaptive maintenance
– How will versioning be handled when other organisations improve the software
– Is “open source” community model applicable to the “statistical community”
– Experiences could come from organisations participating in SDMX ESSnet projects
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Development Roadmap (2011)
Impact analysis for SDMX 2.1 compatibility
Analysis of the SDMX RESTful API
Feasibility study on how to integrate components of other SDMX framework
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Bengt-Åke Lindblad
Bengt-Ake.Lindblad@ec.europa.eu
Eurostat Unit B5 – Statistical Information Technologies
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