Tutorial SDMX-ML

Head First SDMX-MLUsing SDMX-ML to publish the euro foreign exchange reference rates on the ECB websiteEuropean Central Bank2006-11-28AbstractThe aim of this tutorial is to introduce you to SDMX-ML, using a "real world"task, the publication of the euro foreign exchange reference rates in SDMX-ML.Table of ContentsObjectives and prerequisites .................................................................................... 1A brief overview of SDMX ..................................................................................... 1The SDMX information model in a nutshell ....................................................... 2The various SDMX-ML formats ...................................................................... 2Data provider: Publishing the euro foreign exchange reference rates in SDMX-ML ........... 3The Data Structure Definition .......................................................................... 3Creation of the SDMX-ML Structure Definition file ............................................ 5 of the schema file .............................................................................. 8Creation of the data file for the time-series view ................................. 8Data consumer: retrieving and displaying exchange rates .............................................10Parsing the SDMX-ML data file using SAX ......................................................11Using XSLT to create an (X)HTML table with the daily rates ...