SDMX/FMR: A reference SDMX Registry implementation

The FMR enables organisations to 'get a grip of their metadata', by externalising their statistical structural metadata with the benefits of maintainability, re-use, standardisation, harmonisation and improved metadata and data governance, achieved by:

  • A controlled repository for SDMX structural metadata, which acts as a single source of truth for: automated metadata-driven data processing systems, metadata needed by data providers in data collections, structures for the purposes of standardisation, statistical data harmonisation, and communal benefit. Implements the SDMX 3.0 Registry specification.
  • Three integrated metadata-driven data processing services: data validation, data transformation (mapping data between structures) and conversion of data between SDMX data formats. Usable through the web UI or integrated into data automation processes using the REST API.

Metadata authoring and maintenance web UI, enabling metadata managers to browse, author and maintain their structural metadata model.

Governance and contribution

SDMX/FMR is managed by the BIS. The SDMX Sponsor organisations (BIS, ECB, Eurostat, IMF, OECD, World Bank, UNSD) are prioritising its further development and contribute by proposing and implementing features for different use cases.

The sdmx.io website is the main communication platform for the FMR. sdmx.io is essentially an ecosystem of open-source tools, patterns, guidance, learning materials and other resources like pre-configured containerised environments that make the software quick and simple to deploy.

License

Project SDMX/FMR is published under the Public license agreement.

Under this license, provided the following conditions are met:

  • The following copyright and proprietary notice must accompany the FMR:

"Copyright © 2022, Bank for International Settlements. All rights reserved."

  • The FMR must be accompanied by a copy of this License, the terms of which cannot be altered or restricted.
  • The FMR must include a prominent notice that the FMR is publicly available free of charge, with information on how and where to obtain the FMR.
  • Neither the name, trademarks, service marks or logos of the Licensor or of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from or associated with the FMR without specific prior permission. Reverse engineering, decompiling or disassembly is expressly prohibited.

Under this license, provided the above conditions are met, users can freely:

  • Download and install the FMR.
  • Redistribute the FMR.