Validation Tools and Services: Current developments at Eurostat Wiesbaden Conference, Nov 2015 Gergely Koevesd, Eurostat

Agenda EDIT validation system Shared Services and STRUVAL Validation Ruleset Repository Prototype EVUG meeting 8-9 October 2015

EDIT usage in ESS domains Implementation Started # of domains 2014 2015 In Member States 16 24 In Eurostat 33 36 Implementation in Production # of domains 2014 2015 In Member States 12 19 In Eurostat 27 28

EDIT is being further developed New features planned Feature 1 Remote EDIT validation service for confidential data 2 Integration of specific functionalities of the external trade validation system 3 Lead & Lag Analytical Functions 4 Bulk export/import of EDIT domains 5 Building a content validation service based on EDIT (2016) Main question is if EDIT could become a CSPA complaint content validation service for the ESS.

Shared Services project and STRUVAL ESS.VIP.SERV creates conditions to share statistical services in ESS Defining governance to share services First example: Structured Validation Service (STRUVAL) STRUVAL was defined according to CSPA guidelines STRUVAL is currently in Test for Eurostat STRUVAL will be available first for ESS members in the NAPS-S project (by end of 2015)

Validation Ruleset Repository Prototype Developing a central repository where validation rules can be shared in the ESS Repository will be equipped with a graphical user interface that helps to define and manage validation rules Prototype is being developed and will be available in Q1 2015 ESTAT will ask ESS members to review the Prototype

Prototype – Option 1 https://marvelapp.com/3908516

Prototype – Option 1 Code Editor

Prototype – Option 2 https://marvelapp.com/7d7cia

Key Issues When is VTL ready for use in ESS? How to build information systems for VTL? Can we build an ESS content validation service based on EDIT?