Category Scheme V10

Overview

A Category Scheme is a container for Categories. An example of a category scheme is one which categorises data - sometimes known as subject matter domain scheme or a data category scheme. The individual Categories can be associated to any set of identifiable Artefacts in a Categorisation.

Structure Properties

Structure Type	Standard SDMX Structural Metadata Artefact
Maintainable	Yes
Identifiable	Yes
Item Scheme	Yes
SDMX Information Model Versions	2.0, 2.1
URN - CategoryScheme namespace	urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.categorycheme.CategoryScheme
URN - categorisation namespace	urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.categorycheme.Categorisation

Context within the SDMX 2.1 Information Model

Usage

Coming soon.

Conventions

Category Scheme IDs IDs are conventionally uppercase using underscores '_' as separators if required. Examples:

Agency	Category Scheme ID ID	Description	SDMX-ML
ESTAT	ESA2010TP	ESA 2010 - Transmission programme	[ https://registry.sdmx.org/ws/public/sdmxapi/rest/categoryscheme/ESTAT/ESA2010TP/1.0 SDMX-ML]
SDMX	STAT_SUBJECT_MATTER	SDMX Statistical Subject-Matter Domains	[ https://registry.sdmx.org/ws/public/sdmxapi/rest/categoryscheme/SDMX/STAT_SUBJECT_MATTER/1.0 SDMX-ML]

You can seem more examples and information on Identities in this article.