1. The evolution of the SDMX infrastructure and services
Alvaro Diez Soto, Eurostat (B3)
SDMX Global Conference, Bangkok September 2015

2. Content standardisation
SDMX
Information model
Content standardisation
IT Infrastructure

3. SDMX IT infrastructure
Defined in the standard specifications
Supporting tools for implementing SDMX
Common API
Web service Interfaces
Joint work between standard sponsors and implementers
Created by the Sponsors or private companies to foster the implementation

4. SDMX IT infrastructure
Like SDMX-Converter
Supporting tools for implementing SDMX
Converter tools
Like SDMX Registries or Data Structure Wizard
Metadata related tools
Like SDMX Reference Infrastructure
Data dissemination tools

5. SDMX Reference infrastructure
Set of tools that can be re-used partially or completely by any organisation interested in starting SDMX projects for data exchange and dissemination.
Based on the technical specifications of the SDMX standards
SDMX-RI

6. SDMX Reference infrastructure
Used to expose data to third parties in SDMX-ML format
Can map dissemination DBs to SDMX structures
Provides tools to browse the statistical data

7. SDMX Reference infrastructure - History
Created to be used in the 2011 European Census project
Originally designed as a set of building blocks implementing SDMX 2.0 standards

8. SDMX Reference infrastructure - Evolution
National accounts
SDMX 2.0
Architecture based on common API
Agriculture
Component based architecture
Reused in other statistical domains by some countries
New version of the SDMX RI
Integrated by other organisations
Creation for the CENSUS 2011
Installations in ESS NSIs for CENSUS
2011
2015

9. SDMX Reference infrastructure - Future
Incorporate new file formats
New use cases
Collaboration in the development and maintenance of the infrastructure with other organisations

10. SDMX Reference infrastructure future – New formats for exchange
Exchange based in SDMX-ML
New format based in JSON has been defined by the SDMX Technical Working Group
It will be incorporated to the SDMX Reference Infrastructure

11. SDMX Reference infrastructure future – New use cases
SDMX-RI at the core of the new dissemination chain of Eurostat
SDMX-RI to be used for the exchange of confidential data
Extension of the pull method for data-sharing initiatives

12. SDMX Reference infrastructure future – Enhance collaboration
SDMX-RI developed by Eurostat but used and extended by other organisations (ISTAT, INEGI, OECD)
Eurostat and interested organisations working together to share development activities
Collaboration platform being set-up by Eurostat (Source code repository, wiki, issue tracking tool …)

13. Future of SDMX Infrastructure - Conclusions
SDMX infrastructure is mature and it is being used in different production processes (Census HUB, National accounts …)
New uses cases are developing, further developments are expected
Collaboration between different organisations is key to enhance the infrastructure and extend its usage

14. How the SDMX IT infrastructure can help you to improve the data collection and dissemination?
Do you see additional use cases for the SDMX IT infrastructure?