1. B.6 Roadmap 2013 – 2014
SDMX RI User Group Luxembourg, September 2013

2. Architecture
No major changes foreseen compared to the “Ultimate” solution
The Intermediate solution architecture will freeze
The “Ultimate” solution will evolve according to user requirements
Few of the foreseen changes may impose some impact in the architecture
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3. Enhancements – New features
PC-Axis support
New driver
Support for Attributes
AttachmentMeasure support
Export/Import of information stored within Mapping Store
Support Annotations in Structures
Import SDMX-ML Query messages to Web Client
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4. Enhancements – GUI changes
Internationalization support in TestAuthConfig
Show Dataflow names in TestAuthConfig
Improve information displayed for artefacts in MA
Support for internationalization in Test Client
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5. Enhancements – Improvements
Improve transcoding with non-existent local codes
Respond with an error instead of truncated data
Enhance download functionality
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6. Enhancements – Technology support
Implement as re-usable (dll) the Test Client Category tree view with option to hide leafs
IIS 7.x support details for .NET Web Client
Add/verify/support ESTAT recommended browsers
Authorization mechanism for structural metadata maintenance in MA
Encryption of the connection string on Web Service module
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7. Enhancements
Store the "DataSetAction" information inside the Mapping Store database
Provide the possibility to use tables from other DBs in Query Editor
Synchronisation of different Mapping Assistant and Mapping Store installations
Streaming in Test Client
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8. Enhancements – Documentation
Update documentation for installation in .NET v2.0 only environment
Dedicated response instead of empty Dataset
Recommend read-only access to DDB and MS in WS
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9. Enhancements
SDMX-RI WS Max number of cells that can be retrieved by a request
Improve initial (error) feedback on Mapping Store connection
Add support for TNS and document it in MA
Test Client allow per user and per machine configuration
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10. Enhancements – Significant changes
Generic XML mappings representation
Support all SDMX artefacts in Mapping Store
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11. Maintenance Policy In theory: bug fixing
In practice: evolutionary development
Key management issues
Alignment with customer priorities
Staffing
Who does maintenance
Estimating costs
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12. Maintenance Key technical issues Categorized in Limited understanding
Impact analysis
Testing
Maintainability measurement
Categorized in
Adaptive
Perfective
Corrective
Preventive
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13. Release Policy Decided by ESTAT Covers Release numbering
Release frequency
Release naming convention
Release packaging
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14. Release Policy - Versioning
Bugfix delivery increases the last digit
Ex: MA > MA 3.1.3
New feature delivery increases the middle digit and zeros the last one
Ex: MA > MA 3.2.0
Major changes in the architecture, major features will increase the first digit and add zero as last two digits
Ex: MA > MA 4.0.0
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15. Naming convention Example and information: Component name
Type of technology
Version number
Release date
Type of solution
Type of API
Standard compliance
StructureRetriever_.NET_2.0.0_ ultimate-capi-sdmx21.zip
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16. Release Policy - Storage
Organization
Per year
Per component
Per technologies
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