DSD for Government Finance Statistics

[Nalini Umashankar-IMF]

The International Monetary Fund has developed a draft DSD for Government Finance Statistics. Attached is a file containing details of the planned implementation. This has been shared with the SDMX Secretariat and will be posted on the SDMX website. We would like to receive comments by April 30, 2010. Thanks.

[Nalini Umashankar-IMF]

This is to remind you to post comments on the draft Government Finance Statistics DSD by April 30, 2010.
Thanks,
Nalini

[Al Hamilton - ABS]

Dear Nalini

Many thanks to you, and to the IMF in general, for making available an opportunity via the SDMX forum to consider and discuss this DSD in draft form.

In addition to possibly identifying refinements to the design of a specific DSD, to better support the interests of those providing and consuming the related data, it will be excellent if, though opportunities such as the one you have provided, the community around SDMX can share ideas, and learn from each other, more generally in regard to DSD design, application and further development of cross domain concepts and code lists etc   

The attached comments, suggestions and questions arise from an informal round table discussion of the draft DSD for Government Finance Statistics (GFS) within the Australian Bureau of Statistics.  This included a subject matter specialist on GFS and several staff with a more general interest in data definition, data management and the application of SDMX.  The comments do not represent a formal ABS response.

Best regards

Al