API - Detailed guidelines - Catalogue API - TOC

The "table of contents" (TOC) provides a textual representation of Eurostat navigation tree and information on datasets and tables available on the Eurostat website and via the API. The TOC is available in two formats: TXT or XML.

TOC by format and type of information

Type of information	Additional description	TXT	XML
code	Each item (dataset, table and folder) of the TOC has a unique code which allows it to be identified both in the navigation tree and in the API. However, some of them can be classified at different places in the data navigation tree	x	x
title - English		x	x
title - French		x	x
title - German		x	x
sub-title - English			x
sub-title - French			x
sub-title - German			x
short description - English			x
short description - French			x
short description - German			x
type (dataset, table, folder)	Dataset: i.e. an "open dataset" Table: i.e. a "pre-defined table" Folder: i.e. a "section" or "chapter"	x	x
last update of data	Indicates the last time the dataset/table was updated	x	x
last table structure change	Indicates the last time the dataset/table structure was modified	x	x
data start	Date of the oldest value included in the dataset (if available)	x	x
data end	Date of the most recent value included in the dataset (if available)	x	x
number of values	Number of actual values included in the dataset	x	x
reference metadata (ESMS) access via url			x
reference metadata (ESMS) download file (zip)			x
data download in TSV format			x
data download in SDMX format			x
hierarchy of the data navigation tree	hierarchy level in the TXT format is represented by a 4-spaces indentation prefix in the title	x	x