Export and publish
Worked example: Quick start: Indicator — Step 4 exports metadata and publishes to NADA (metadata only).
This page describes export formats and publish options for indicator projects. For browsing or downloading imported observations from the editor, see Observation data.
DataCite, provenance, and tags
See General instructions.
External resources
External resources are materials and links related to the indicator — methodology documents, scripts, photos, videos, and other digital assets. They are added in the External resources container: click External resources in the navigation tree, then CREATE RESOURCE. Enter at least a title, then provide a filename (uploaded to the Metadata Editor server) or a URL.
Resources created in another project can be imported as JSON or RDF: click IMPORT on the External resources page and select the export file.
External resources are included in the project ZIP package and can be published to NADA. See Quick start — Step 3.
Export options (Actions menu)
Open the project Actions menu to export metadata and related materials.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Export package (ZIP) | ZIP containing metadata, external resources, and — when observation data have been imported — indicator_data.csv mirrored from the published dataset. |
| Export JSON | Metadata as JSON; option to include private template elements and external resources. |
| Export MSD (SDMX/XML 3.0) | Metadata structure definition (MSD) for SDMX 3.0. See SDMX and the World Bank schema. |
| Export MetadataSet (SDMX/JSON) | Indicator metadata as an SDMX 3.0 metadataset. |
| Export SDMX CSV | Observation data in SDMX CSV format (indicator projects with imported data only). |
| Export RDF/XML / Export RDF/JSON | External resources metadata in RDF formats. |
| PDF documentation | Generate and download a bookmarked PDF of entered metadata. |
For observation CSV download from the data explorer (without the Actions menu), see Observation data — Browse and export.
Publish to NADA
Indicator projects can publish study metadata, external resources, and — when a DSD is bound and data imported — the data structure (DSD) and observation data to a configured NADA catalog.
General catalog setup and shared publish options (overwrite, draft vs publish, collections) are in Publish to NADA.
Indicator-specific options (publish DSD, publish observation data, overwrite DSD on NADA) are documented in Publish to NADA — Indicators.
Metadata-only publish (no DSD or data) matches the flow in Quick start — Step 4.
Background publish may use the job queue; see Jobs and background workers.