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Fetcher name
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Provider
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:provider_name: BIS
:provider_longname:   Bank for International Settlements
:provider URL:
:approximate number of datasets:


Data accessibility
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:SDMX: (If yes, links and SDMX releases implemented: ML 2.0, ML 2.1, JSON 2.1) else No
:REST API: (If yes, links doc and base URL api) else NO
:Bulk Download: (if yes, links and formats: csv, xls, sdmx, also indicate wheter they are zipped) else No
:Account: Yes if account (login/password) are requires for access to SDMX/REST API or Bulk Download

Desired datasets
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:Description:  (brief description of subset that we want on Widukind
   or list if less than 10)


Data tree
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:Existence of a hierachy of datasets on web site:
:How to recover the information: (filename or SDMX resource)

Datasets
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:datasetCode: (provided or to be made up, suggest scheme if necessary)
:how to get release date:
:dataset docHref: yes/no
:dataset notes: yes/no
:dimension_list: (provided or to be made up from the series)
:use of attributes: yes/no
:attribute_list: (provided or to be made up from the series)
:available frequencies: (across all datasets)
:availability of previous updates: if yes, provide URL
:existence of real time datasets:

Series
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:Series key: (provided or to be made up, suggest scheme if necessary)
:Series name: (provided or to be made up from dimensions)
:Series docHref: yes/no
:Series notes: yes/no
:missing values: code for missing values or way to detect them
:date format:
:mixed frequencies in the same dataset: yes/no

Updates
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:calendar of future updates: https://www.bis.org/statistics/relcal.htm?ql=1 (6 month ahead calendar)
:summary of previous upudates: if yes, provide URL
:regular updates: date and time
:RSS flow:
:best way to monitor updates: (calendar, check it monthly)

Special problems
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(like variable names in ESRI)

Other remarks
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Existing fetcher source code: https://git.nomics.world/dbnomics/dlstats/blob/master/dlstats/fetchers/bis.py

Data samples
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:location: in test_xxx file or light files in dlstats/dlstats/tests/resources
:description: a very brief description of the data samples