Updates from the SDMX Sponsors and SDMX Secretariat Item 3.1 – Standards Working Group meeting 2-3 July 2018

6th SDMX Global Conference Held in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Oct 2-5 Hosted by UNECA and AfDB 260 participants from around 90 countries 2 days for main conference, followed by two days of capacity building All conference documents available on SDMX.org

6th SDMX Global Conference SDMX goes global! Presentations on SDMX implementation projects in developing countries Many examples of successful data exchange cooperation projects

6th SDMX Global Conference "Industry panel": private sector view on the evolution of SDMX Discussions on how to attract private sector investment on SDMX solutions

Capacity building & Communication The improvement of capacity-building activities is one of the pillars of the SDMX 2020 roadmap In the past year, the SDMX Sponsors and Secretariat have focused on this pillar. Several initiatives have been launched and are currently ongoing: Improving communication via the publication of case studies on SDMX.org Definition on an SDMX Expert Roster A global SDMX training strategy to spread SDMX know-how to currently underserved regions

SDMX TWG work TF1: VTL implementation in SDMX TF2: Data Model TF3: Formats (JSON and CSV) TF4: API Web Services TF5: SDMX and other standards TF6: Tools validation

Activities of the SDMX TWG Task Team Goal TF1: Publication of VTL 2.0 Proposal for SDMX implementation of VTL TF2: Code List Composition Specification Regular expressions for constraints Linking of Hierarchical Code Lists to Artifacts Disabling dimensions Reengineering of Structure sets Support of Multiple Values for Single Attribute TF3: Publication of SDMX-CSV Release JSON Data Message Public Review of JSON Structure Message Metadata on SDMX-CSV TF4: Release of RESTfulAPI SOAP Fixes Data Availability use case TF5: SDMX with frictionless data packages TF6: First Version of the Technical Compatibility Kit (TCK) for RESTful API last published version

Activities of the SDMX SWG Major update of modelling guidelines (for DSD designers) Global metadata concept scheme and metadata structure definition proposal Updated recommendation of CL_AREA, now including M49 additionally to ISO country codes Review of confidentiality guidelines, including a new code for embargo data

SDMX SWG main current work items Review of versioning guidelines Review of checklist for data providers Modelling unit of measure and derived units Definition of concept roles Guidelines for coding methodological changes in DSDs