Statistical Metadata System based on SDMX Petko I. Yanev; Jean-François Fracheboud Federal Statistical Office Switzerland
Statistical Metadata System : Content Challenges Vision / Metadata Strategy Architecture and coverage Funtionalities Plug-in: Statistical Codebook
Statistical Metadata System (SMS) : Challenges Centralized system for de-centralized metadata management Unique metadata creation : multiple usage An integrated system for the entire life-cycle of each statistic The memory of statistics
Statistical Metadata System (SMS) : Challenges Centralized system for de-centralized metadata management Unique metadata creation : multiple usage An integrated system for the entire life-cycle of each statistic The memory of statistics SMS MEETS ALL THESE CHALLENGES Building SMS since 2010; Operational since 2012
Statistical Metadata System : Vision GSBPM 1 Specify Needs 2 Design 3 Build 4 Collect 5 Process 6 Analyse 7 Disseminate 8 Archive 9 Evaluate Data collector Stat. producer SMS - SDMX based - Modular/Flexible End user OECD Eurostat Metadata Data Dissemination - SDMX and other international standards - Data files CSV, SAS, PX or DB tables and cubes - Reporting - Web access - Codebook
Web Services Département fédéral de l intérieur DFI SMS : Architecture and Coverage CrossRef DB File System Registre SDMX Structural Metadata Reference Metadata Subscription Provisionning Data Registration - data mining - SDMX editor CSV / XLS writer PDF / Codebook writer DB / SAS export
Web Services SMS CrossRef DB File System SMS : Architecture and Coverage Registre SDMX Structural Metadata Reference Metadata Subscription Provisionning Data Registration - data mining - Département fédéral de l intérieur DFI SDMX editor CSV / XLS writer PDF / Codebook writer DB / SAS export
- data quering - Web Services Département fédéral de l intérieur DFI SMS : Architecture and Coverage CrossRef DB File System Registre SDMX Structural Metadata Reference Metadata Subscription Provisionning Data Registration - data mining - SDMX editor CSV / XLS writer PDF / Codebook writer identify describe DB / SAS export Statistical Data
- data quering - Web Services Département fédéral de l intérieur DFI SMS : Architecture and Coverage CrossRef DB File System Registre SDMX Structural Metadata Reference Metadata Subscription Provisionning Data Registration - data mining - SDMX editor CSV / XLS writer PDF / Codebook writer - ext. metadata - identify describe DB / SAS export SDMX Registre SDMX SDMX Registre Registre Statistical Data
- data quering - - dissemination - Web Services Département fédéral de l intérieur DFI SMS : Architecture and Coverage CrossRef DB File System Registre SDMX Structural Metadata Reference Metadata Subscription Provisionning Data Registration - data mining - SDMX editor CSV / XLS writer PDF / Codebook writer - ext. metadata - identify describe DB / SAS export SDMX Registre SDMX SDMX Registre Registre Statistical Data Data / Metadata Diffusion - Web portal - Data cubes (PX, SDMX) - Codebook (PDF, HTML)
- data quering - - dissemination - Web Services SMS CrossRef DB File System SMS : Architecture and Coverage Registre SDMX Structural Metadata Reference Metadata Subscription Provisionning Data Registration - data mining - Département fédéral de l intérieur DFI SDMX editor CSV / XLS writer PDF / Codebook writer - ext. metadata - identify describe DB / SAS export SDMX Registre SDMX SDMX Registre Registre Statistical Data Data / Metadata Diffusion - Web portal - Data cubes (PX, SDMX) - Codebook (PDF, HTML)
Statistical Metadata System : Functionalities Single Entry Point via Web Services Statistic life-cycle metadata management : Management of statistical activities (national and European) Creation / management of catalogues of variables per theme Classifications and code lists with correspondence tables Data description and registration / discovery Metadata reports (quality, questionnaires, codebook) Harmonization of the structure and the metadata content Extensions: SAS plug-in; Questionnaire CATI; Codebook; etc. Metadata driven data access / monitoring Synergy, reutilization, redundancy reduction, integration
Statistical Metadata System in Numbers SDMX Artefact Type Count CategoryScheme 10 Codelist 1849 ConceptScheme 66 DataFlow 112 DataStructure 134 HierarchicalCodelist 116 MetadataFlow 48 MetadataStructure 26 MetadataSet 163 Registered users: 148
Statistical Metadata System : Codebook SDMX DDI DDI Codebook PDF / HTML
Statistical Metadata System : Codebook SDMX X DDI DDI Codebook PDF / HTML Generic Codebook
Statistical Metadata System : Codebook Département fédéral de l intérieur DFI
SMS : Codebook - Overview Département fédéral de l intérieur DFI
SMS : Codebook - Variables Département fédéral de l intérieur DFI
SMS : Codebook - Codelist Département fédéral de l intérieur DFI
Statistical Metadata System : Next Steps Finalize the described SMS architecture The new SDMX 2.1 compatible registry The new Web services for registering and querying data The Codebook extension Build an integrated metadata thesaurus
For all inquiries concerning the Statistical Metadata System @ FSO Please contact : sms@bfs.admin.ch