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Thursday, April 10, 2008

UN commission adopts standard for data sharing

UN Statistical Commission recognizes SDMX as preferred standard, Open Data Foundation blog, March 14, 2008.

At the occasion of its 39th session, the United Nations Statistical Council recognized SDMX [Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange] as the preferred standard for the exchange and sharing of data and metadata.

The recommendation was put forward by the Committee for for Coordination of Social Statistics (CCSA) in the conclusions of its ninth and tenth sessions and based on its technical report on common open standards for the exchange and sharing of data and metadata.

See also the undated post at SDMX.