The SDMX workshop consists of two main streams:
- Methodology split into two sub-streams: SNA and IMTS
- IT
Methodology stream:
Methodology requires substantive knowledge of IMTS or SNA statistics concepts including their classifications and national data structure with code lists used by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) and basic knowledge of standard code lists used in SDMX (https://sdmx.org/?page_id=1498).
IT stream:
IT stream requires basic knowledge on the following is recommended:
- Basic SQL queries
- Basics of XML (Extensible Mark-up Language) and DSD
- Basic data warehousing concepts (Dimensions, attributes, etc).
- Basic knowledge of IIS (Internet information service) is recommended: Used to host the SDMX web service.
The following IT tools will be used to produce SDMX workshop. Hence a basic idea of these tools and possibly installed on participants’ laptop would be recommended. (Please choose .Net or java version depending on your needs).
- Mapping assistance: this module facilitates mapping between the structural metadata provided by an SDMX-ML Data Structure Definition (DSD) and the statistical data of the NSI. Click here to download mapping assistance.
- SDMX NSI web service: Tool to expose the SDMX data of NSI in the SDMX-ML format as SOAP/REST services. Click here to download the SDMX NSI web service.
- SDMX test client: “this module tests the SDMX-RI building blocks and exposes/browses the dissemination environment of NSI”. Click here to download the SDMX test client.
- SQL management studio: For managing data from SQL server locally. Click here to download the SQL management studio.