<s>
SDMX	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
stands	O
for	O
Statistical	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
Metadata	I-General_Concept
eXchange	I-General_Concept
,	O
is	O
an	O
international	O
initiative	O
that	O
aims	O
at	O
standardising	O
and	O
modernising	O
(	O
"	O
industrialising	O
"	O
)	O
the	O
mechanisms	O
and	O
processes	O
for	O
the	O
exchange	O
of	O
statistical	O
data	O
and	O
metadata	O
among	O
international	O
organisations	O
and	O
their	O
member	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SDMX	B-General_Concept
sponsoring	O
institutions	O
are	O
the	O
Bank	O
for	O
International	O
Settlements	O
(	O
BIS	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
European	O
Central	O
Bank	O
(	O
ECB	O
)	O
,	O
Eurostat	O
(	O
the	O
statistical	O
office	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
Union	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
International	O
Monetary	O
Fund	O
(	O
IMF	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Organisation	O
for	O
Economic	O
Co-operation	O
and	O
Development	O
(	O
OECD	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
United	O
Nations	O
Statistics	O
Division	O
(	O
UNSD	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
World	O
Bank	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
SDMX	B-General_Concept
–	O
SDMX	B-General_Concept
2.1	O
–	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
approved	O
by	O
ISO	O
as	O
International	O
Standard	O
(	O
ISO	O
17369:2013	O
)	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SDMX	B-General_Concept
message	O
formats	O
have	O
two	O
basic	O
expressions	O
,	O
SDMX-ML	O
(	O
using	O
XML	B-Protocol
syntax	O
)	O
and	O
SDMX-EDI	O
(	O
using	O
EDIFACT	O
syntax	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
GESMES/TS	B-Application
statistical	O
message	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0	O
of	O
the	O
SDMX	B-General_Concept
standard	O
has	O
been	O
recognised	O
as	O
an	O
ISO	O
standard	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RDF	O
Data	O
Cube	O
vocabulary	O
implements	O
the	O
cube	O
model	O
underlying	O
SDMX	B-General_Concept
as	O
Linked	O
Data	O
.	O
</s>
