D.2. The Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange content-oriented guidelines on metadata of Eurostat

D.2.  The Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange content-oriented guidelines on metadata of Eurostat 

18.35.        On the basis of SDMX information, model DSDs can be created for data on the international supply of services (including FATS).^[1] The SDMX content-oriented guidelines have been used to define reference metadata for the European Statistical System (ESS).^[2] Table 18.1 lists the main components of the ESS reference metadata. The present Guide advises compilers of statistics on the international supply of services of other regions to take the European Union recommendations into account, as applicable, when setting up the conceptual structure of their own reference metadata for such statistics.