Resources

The following references and learning materials explain SDMX in general:

• SDMX page on Wikipedia, with a simple summary in 6 languages.

• The SDMX website includes:

  • the authoritative standards (see Implementation notes for more direct and specific links), and

  • many detailed guidelines for their use.

• The GitHub organization of the SDMX Technical Standards Working Group GitHub organization hosts some standards information, such as:

  • https://github.com/sdmx-twg/sdmx-csv —SDMX-CSV format.

  • https://github.com/sdmx-twg/sdmx-json —SDMX-JSON format.

  • https://github.com/sdmx-twg/sdmx-ml —SDMX-ML format.

  • https://github.com/sdmx-twg/sdmx-rest —SDMX-REST web service API.

• Eurostat SDMX ‘InfoSpace’ contains many guides and tutorials, from beginner to advanced levels.

• European Central Bank SDMX REST service help pages give many examples.

• SDMXSource provides reference implementations of SDMX in Java, .NET, and ActionScript.

• The SDMX Global registry collects structures and data from many providers, useful for browsing and comparison.

Other software

sdmx is not the only software implementation of the standards—and that’s good! For others, see:

• “Tools” and “Implementations” on the SDMX website.

• Several provided by the BIS: Bank for International Settlements under the sdmx.io umbrella, including a Python package called pysdmx (on GitHub) with a “pragmatic, opinionated” implementation.