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Recent SDMX IT developments at the OECD. SDMX Expert Group Meeting 13 - 14 September 2012 OECD, Paris By Jens Dossé and Jonathan Challener. Current SDMX web service features in .Stat (1). DSD 2.0: soap + rest Generic data 2.0: soap + rest Compact data 2.0: soap MSD 2.1: soap
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Recent SDMX IT developmentsat the OECD SDMX Expert Group Meeting13 - 14 September 2012OECD, Paris By Jens Dossé and Jonathan Challener
Current SDMX web service features in .Stat (1) • DSD 2.0: soap + rest • Generic data 2.0: soap + rest • Compact data 2.0: soap • MSD 2.1: soap • Generic metadata 2.1: soap
Current SDMX web service features in .Stat (2) • Full streaming (data messages) • SSO authentication + authorization • HTTP compression • Incremental updates • Dynamic generation of DSD, MSD and schema for compact message
Implementation of version 2.1 • So far: • MSD and metadata message: most urgent since 2.0 lacked flexible attachment levels • What’s next: • Full implementation through SDMX-RI integrationJoint effort by SIS-CC especially ISTAT • Mapping from dissemination db to agreed SDMX structures • SDMX 2.1 web service • Local registry
Improving security of SDMX web services • 3-tier architecture within .Stat • SQL injection protection • Denial of service protection: - limitation to non-concurrent requests- limitation in maximum data size
Improving error messages in SDMX web services • SOAP WS returns SDMX-defined SOAP errors • REST WS return SDMX-defined HTTP errors Challenge: • Implementation of SDMX faultcode specification in soap errors <faultcode>sdmxerror:500</faultcode>
Unit and power code information in SDMX data messages • Defined in .Stat at different levels: • Dataset, • specific unit dimension, • codes of 1 dimension, • combination of codes of more than 1 dimension (e.g. country x measure, series), • Represented as attributes at series level, • Internally coded through common dimension, but not yet mandatory.
Technical improvements for voluminous SDMX data messages • SQL code optimisations • SQL and web server timeouts • Performance
Work plan outlook • Further improvements to management of units and other attributes • Contribution to .Net version of SDMX-RI implementation by Eurostat (architecture and testing) and its Integration in .Stat (2.1) • Early implementation of upcoming beta SDMX-JSON output/web service • Implementation of SDMX data collection • Imports of SDMX 2.1 data into .Stat