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Fusion Metadata Registry (FMR) Knowledge Base

Change Log and Supported Features

Change Log for details of the latest version, bug fixes and updates

FMR feature list

Fusion Metadata Registry 11

Fusion Metadata Registry 11 implements the SDMX 3.0 specification for a structural metadata registry.

Upgrading to Version 11.4	A key change occurs in V11.4, without taking action you may not be able to use FMR.
Upgrading From Version 10 to Version 11	Upgrading from FMR 10 to FMR 11.
FMR 11.0 release notes	Key changes in version 11, backward compatibility, breaking changes.

Using Fusion Metadata Registry 11

Quick Start Guide	Install and configure a basic FMR installation
How to Guides	Guidance on specific tasks using FMR
Configuration Reference	Configuring FMR
Structural Metadata Management	Creating and maintaining SDMX structures using the FMR web user interface
Reference Metadata Management	Working with reference metadata using the FMR web user interface and web services API

Use cases

Mapping

Mapping using Structure Maps and Representation Maps

SDMX 3.0 Theory

Concepts Reference	Explanation of key concepts and terms used in SDMX
SDMX 3.0 Structures Reference	Details on each of the key 'maintainable' and 'identifiable' SDMX structures
Formats Reference	Details on each of the data and structure formats available in Fusion Metadata Registry including XML, JSON and CSV
REST API Web Services Reference	Purpose, parameters, request content and response content for each of the published web services together with examples

FMR-CL

Fusion Metadata Registry-Command Line (FMR-CL) is a command line application which performs functions against the web services of a running FMR instance.

Using FMR-CL

Structure Backup

Supporting backup of structures and transaction history for restore in new installations of FMR

Fusion Metadata Registry 10

Fusion Metadata Registry 10 implements the SDMX 2.1 specification for a structural metadata registry.

Using Fusion Metadata Registry 10

Quick Start Guide	Install and configure a basic FMR installation
How to Guides	Guidance on specific tasks using FMR
Configuration Reference	Configuring FMR
Structural Metadata Management	Creating and maintaining SDMX structures using the FMR web user interface

SDMX 2.1 Theory

Concepts Reference	Explanation of key concepts and terms used in SDMX
SDMX 2.1 Structures Reference	Details on each of the key 'maintainable' and 'identifiable' SDMX structures
Formats Reference	Details on each of the data and structure formats available in Fusion Metadata Registry including XML, JSON and CSV
REST API Web Services Reference	Purpose, parameters, request content and response content for each of the published web services together with examples

About Fusion Metadata Registry

Key Features

• SDMX structural metadata registry
• Information model: FMR 10 = SDMX 2.1, FMR 11 = SDMX 3.0
• Formats: SDMX-EDI, SDMX-ML 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, SDMX-JSON, SDMX-CSV (data)
• SDMX REST structure API
• Web user interface for browsing, authoring and maintaining structures

Use Cases

Structural metadata management

• Centralise and control structural metadata
• Author and maintain structural metadata
• Drive statistics production using centrally-controlled metadata
• Provide an SDMX-compliant a REST structure API

Data collection

• Collect data using metadata-driven Excel forms
• Map (transform) incoming data into standardised structures

Data reporting

• Validate prepared data for compliance with the data collector's specifications prior to reporting
• Map (transform) outgoing data into the collector's required structure

Statistics production

• Data processing execution engine: data structural validation, mapping to different structures and conversion