1. Agenda Item 4.2 - SDMX 2.1 for JVS - Denis.Leythienne@ec.europa.eu
LAMAS October 2017
Agenda Item 4.2
- SDMX 2.1 for JVS -

2. OUTLINE
I. State of play II. SDMX 2.1 III. Implementation IV. Proposal

3. I. State of play - All Member States but 4 (DE, NL, FI and SE) use
SDMX 2.0 for JVS transmissions;
- DE transmits csv files, whereas NL, FI, SE as well as
NO and CH still use the old standard (SDMX 1.0);
- Still recurrent errors are detected (BE, DE, CY, LV,
HU, MT, AT, SE and NO).
=> It will be soon possible to check SDMX syntax through the STRUVAL application in Edamis

4. II. SDMX 2.1 Very limited changes: - 1 Dimension: CL_ADJUSTMENT
(changed to include "_Z")
- 2 Attributes:
UNIT_MEASURE (changed)
EMBARGO_TIME (added)

5. II. SDMX 2.1 Very limited changes: - 1 Dimension: CL_ADJUSTMENT
(changed to include "_Z")
- 2 Attributes:
UNIT_MEASURE (changed)
EMBARGO_TIME (added)

6. Embargos in SDMX 2.1:
- Handled at the observation level (series × time period)
- CONF_STATUS shall be set at 'N' (not for publication)
- EMBARGO_TIME filled with: "yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss"
=> After the embargo time has elapsed, CONF_STATUS
will be set at 'F' (free for publication)
=> If an embargo is needed for job vacancy rate series,
independently from the components, please inform:

7. III. Implementation
- October 2017: SDMX 2.1 in test (2017Q2 data) - Nov / Dec 2017: SDMX 2.1 in prod. (2017Q3 data)

8. IV. Proposal LAMAS is invited to take note of / comment on:
- The (limited) changes introduced in SDMX 2.1;
- The proposal to test SDMX2.1 transmissions this month;
- The proposal to use SDMX2.1 in production from
reference quarter 2017Q3 onwards (flash + final);
- The renaming of Edamis flows (JVS instead of JVC)
as of 16 October.