SDMX as ISO Stuart Feder, Arofan Gregory, Chris Nelson Sep 2013 SDMX Global Conference 2013 OECD, Paris

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1 SDMX as ISO Stuart Feder, Arofan Gregory, Chris Nelson Sep 2013 SDMX Global Conference

2 Overview What it means How it happened Impact on SDMX 2

3 What it means Within the international standards community, reaching the status of an ISO International Standard is a significant achievement. For ISO, an International Standard represents a global consensus on the state of the art in the subject of that standard. 3

4 What it means As a widely acknowledged international standardssetting organisation, the ISO status helps to provide a "Seal of Approval" on proposals from governmental agencies that are encouraged to make use of international standards when applying for aid and grants for capacity-building and development assistance. 4

5 ISO: some background 163 national standards bodies and 3,368 technical bodies from all regions of the world are members Portfolio of over 19,200 standards provides business, government and society with practical tools for all three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, environmental and social. More than 150 people work full time for ISO s Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland SDMX found a home in Technical Committee 154 5

6 Technical Committee 154 TC 154: Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration covers Elements underlying the SDMX specification: Data requirements and model statistical metadata statistical reporting processes Syntax / Functionality UN/EDIFACT XML Web services 6

7 Other ISO standards Made it possible to validate conformance of SDMX with other ISO standards: ISO/IEC (Metadata Registries) ISO 3136 (Country Codes) ISO 9735 (UN/EDIFACT) ISO XML, ebxml (web services), Metadata Registry Some SDMX structural metadata components re-engineered as UN/CEFACT core components The DSD and related components were published in the UN/CEFACT core components directory in

8 SDMX and ISO Timeline SDMX V 1.0 TS SDMX V 2.1 Released SDMX V 2.1 IS Nov-2005 DIS Project Launched Oct-2009 Apr 2011 Draft Prepared May-Sep 2011 Draft Finalised Jan-Mar 2012 Draft Approved by TC /154 DIS issued for ISO-wide ballot ISO-wide ballot ends TC /154 Plenary approval to publish ISO IS 17369:2013 Published Apr 2012 May 2012 Oct 2012 Oct Jan

9 ISO and SDMX specifications ISO is a high level specification References all detailed sections of the SDMX specifications, e.g., Framework, Information Model, SDMX-ML, SDMX-EDI, SDMX registry Allows incremental revision process for SDMX specifications without need to change ISO Significant changes in SDMX specifications not currently referenced can be taken up as part of the systematic revision of ISO

10 Impact on SDMX Potentially extends the user community of implementors through greater awareness among experts around the world that an international standard exists for statistical data and metadata exchange Broader experience in implementations may lead to further improvements in SDMX and ISO

11 Another important step for SDMX 2001 SDMX starting point 2005 ISO Technical Specification (SDMX 1.0) 2007 SDMX Memorandum of Understanding 2008 UN Statistical Commission: "SDMX preferred " 2013 ISO International Standard (SDMX 2.1) 11

12 CONGRATULATIONS! 12

13 Thank You for Your Attention! 13