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== Overview ==
 
== Overview ==
An SDMX Agency Scheme is a container for all [[Agency|Agencies]] and is a sub class of [[Organisational_Schemes|Organsiation Scheme]].
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An Agency Scheme is a container for [[Agency|Agencies]] and is a type of [[Organisational_Schemes|Organsiation Scheme]].
  
The "top-level" agency is SDMX and this Agency Scheme is maintained by SDMX.
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The "top-level" agency is SDMX which is owned and maintained by the SDMX Secretariat.  
  
 
Agencies registered in the top-level scheme can themselves maintain a single Agency Scheme. SDMX is an agency in the SDMX agency scheme. Agencies in this scheme can themselves maintain a single Agency Scheme and so on.
 
Agencies registered in the top-level scheme can themselves maintain a single Agency Scheme. SDMX is an agency in the SDMX agency scheme. Agencies in this scheme can themselves maintain a single Agency Scheme and so on.

Revision as of 04:26, 18 March 2021


Overview

An Agency Scheme is a container for Agencies and is a type of Organsiation Scheme.

The "top-level" agency is SDMX which is owned and maintained by the SDMX Secretariat.

Agencies registered in the top-level scheme can themselves maintain a single Agency Scheme. SDMX is an agency in the SDMX agency scheme. Agencies in this scheme can themselves maintain a single Agency Scheme and so on.

Structure Properties

Structure Type Standard SDMX Structural Metadata Artefact
Maintainable Yes
Identifiable Yes
Item Scheme Yes
SDMX Information Model Versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.1
URN - AgencyScheme namespace urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.base.AgencyScheme
Example urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.base.AgencyScheme=SDMX:AGENCIES(1.0)

Context within the SDMX 2.1 Information Model

L AgencyScheme.png

Identity

The diagram in the SDMX_2_1_Section_6_TechnicalNotes_2020-07 pdf file illustrates this hierarchical structure of the agencyID:

SDMX Agency Diagram.PNG


In the Registry, the SDMX Agency Scheme uses the prefix of SDMX and has The Identity of AGENCIES and the Name SDMX Agency Scheme. This will hold all the Agencies created in the Registry.

If a Sub Agency is created the prefix becomes the ID of the owning agency, with an ID of AGENCIES and the Name of AGENCIES as shown in the second image.

AgencyScheme List.PNG