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The idea underlying the SDMX (Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange) vision dates back to the 1990s and gained its impetus from the preparatory work for the European Monetary Union. The SDMX initiative, founded in 2001, succeeded in establishing the standard in the international statistical data exchange, but also in enhancing it far beyond its original content. The sponsor organisations are constantly working to further develop the standard, promote its use and increase its visibility.
For official statistics, there are great benefits to be gained from expanding the use of SDMX, not only for the data analysts but also for data providers. As a universal data collection format, SDMX could end the era in which each new statistics regulation also defines its own survey formats. With a stronger “industrialisation” of SDMX, additional usage possibilities would also arise outside of statistics.
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“The Commission […] recognized and supported SDMX as the preferred standard for the exchange and sharing of data and metadata, requested that the sponsors continue their work on this initiative and encouraged further SDMX implementations by national and international statistical organisations …” United Nations Statistical Commission, Report on the Thirty-Ninth Session (26–29 February 2008, section 39/112 b (page 14)).
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Stahl, R., Staab, P. (2018). History of SDMX. In: Measuring the Data Universe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76989-9_11
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