Data Provision Agreement

Overview

A Provision Agreement links a Data Provider to a Dataflow.

Structure Properties

Structure Type	Standard SDMX Structural Metadata Artefact
Maintainable	Yes
Identifiable	Yes
Item Scheme	No
SDMX Information Model Versions	2.0, 2.1
URN - ProvisionAgreement namespace	urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.provisionagreement

Context within the SDMX 2.1 Information Model

The schematic illustrates the core artifacts of the SDMX 2.1 Information Model, and how Provision Agreements fit in.

Usage

A Provision Agreement facilitates the ability to be load and validated against a dataset against a specific Dataflow. The Provision Agreement must reference both a Data Provider and a Dataflow.

Please refer to this article for more information on Dataflows.

Please refer to this article for more information on Data Providers.

Conventions

Provision Agreement IDs IDs are conventionally uppercase using underscores '_' as separators if required. Examples:

Agency	Provision Agreement ID	Description	SDMX-ML
ESTAT	NAMAIN_IDC_N	NAMAIN_IDC_N	SDMX-ML
ECB	EXR	European Central Bank Exchange Rates	SDMX-ML
WB	WDI_POVERTY_WB_WB	WB for Poverty	SDMX-ML

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