[DDI-ADG] standards for frequency (or lack thereof)

[Sandra.A.Cannon at frb.gov]

Kate,
This may be where using common definitions from time series data would be
useful.  There are many possible frequencies in the software that we use
(which Arofan says they are contemplating building into SDMX).  I don't
know if it's authoritative or definitive but it certainly seems to be
exhaustive.  I've attached a listing in a PDF of an internal webpage I
support here.

More food for thought....

/san/
who is sorry she is going on holiday this week and will miss the next
several calls on this topic... well, not very sorry... ;-)

(See attached file: freq.pdf)

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San Cannon
Chief, Economic Information Management
Federal Reserve Board
Washington DC 20551
(202) 452-3710
scannon at frb.gov



                                                                           
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Hi everyone,

I've looked around fruitlessly for any standard list of frequencies.  I
looked at the ISO web site, but wasn't able to navigate to anything helpful

(maybe someone else is more familiar).  I did various web searches, to no
avail.  I looked on the web sites and in reference books for bodies that I
know collect/publish data at certain frequencies (e.g. IMF, World Bank).
I even looked in the dictionaries in which I found the other definitions,
and several economic dictionaries.

None of the sources above define/list these terms in any way.  I'm
beginning to wonder if terms may be too taken-for-granted to be listed in a

structured way.

However, if nothing else, we could just go to a regular English dictionary
for definitions of the terms.  For example, my Websters Collegiate
Dictionary defines quarterly as "recurring, issued, or spaced at 3-month
intervals."  This was the best that I found anywhere.  This wouldn't take
care of our need for a list from which to work in the first place, but I
expect we'd be able to brainstorm most. (and then the "other" option would
cover the rest)

Maybe others have other ideas or techniques they could try, but I think I'm

stuck.

Kate

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Data Services Librarian
Dewey Library for Management and Social Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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