Agency Scheme V10
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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
Identity
The diagram in the SDMX_2_1_Section_6_TechnicalNotes_2020-07 pdf file illustrates this hierarchical structure of the agencyID:
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.
