Crash course on SDMX

Course description	Quick facts
Target Group Statisticians and IT professionals working in a statistical domain without SDMX knowledge. Objectives To enable participants to gain a general understanding of the SDMX standard and the most common SDMX artefacts that support the reporting, exchange and dissemination of statistical data. In particular, participants will Acquire an overview of what SDMX is and how it is used support data exchange and dissemination processes Learn what a DSD is and how it reflects the requirements for data exchange Find out about further training and learning resources available Contents The training session is aimed at people who are or will be in charge of managing SDMX-based transmission or dissemination of statistical data. It is important to understand that the course is intended to provide a first glance to the SDMX standard and its usability in the production of European statistics. The broad contents are: An overview of the SDMX standard and of the use cases it is meant to address A presentation of the main SDMX objects: Dataflow, Concept Scheme, Codelist and DSD A presentation of SDMX statistical guidelines and technical specifications Information on how SDMX is used for data exchange and validation within the ESS An overview of further support documentation and training material on SDMX	Frequency Twice a year Duration 2.5 hours Location Online How to connect to a Webex user guide How to apply To apply for this course, please go to the training calendar and follow the instructions given in the specific training event.. Material from previous editions SDMX Crash Course webinars Suggested reading Further information on the standard can be found at SDMX InfoSpace and SDMX.org Contact For more information about this course, please contact ESTAT-DATA-METADATA-SERVICES@ec.europa.eu

Course description

Quick facts

Target Group

Statisticians and IT professionals working in a statistical domain without SDMX knowledge.

Objectives

To enable participants to gain a general understanding of the SDMX standard and the most common SDMX artefacts that support the reporting, exchange and dissemination of statistical data. In particular, participants will

Acquire an overview of what SDMX is and how it is used support data exchange and dissemination processes
Learn what a DSD is and how it reflects the requirements for data exchange
Find out about further training and learning resources available

The training session is aimed at people who are or will be in charge of managing SDMX-based transmission or dissemination of statistical data.

It is important to understand that the course is intended to provide a first glance to the SDMX standard and its usability in the production of European statistics. The broad contents are:

An overview of the SDMX standard and of the use cases it is meant to address
A presentation of the main SDMX objects: Dataflow, Concept Scheme, Codelist and DSD
A presentation of SDMX statistical guidelines and technical specifications
Information on how SDMX is used for data exchange and validation within the ESS
An overview of further support documentation and training material on SDMX

Frequency

Twice a year

Duration

2.5 hours

Location

Online

How to connect to a Webex user guide

How to apply

To apply for this course, please go to the training calendar and follow the instructions given in the specific training event..

Material from previous editions

SDMX Crash Course webinars

Contact

For more information about this course, please contact ESTAT-DATA-METADATA-SERVICES@ec.europa.eu