ESSnet on SDMX phase II Laura Vignola ISTAT - Italian National Institute of Statistics Division of Users’ Needs, Integration and Territory October 18 -19, Luxembourg

Objectives of ESSnet on SDMX phase II ITDG Meeting SISAI Objectives of ESSnet on SDMX phase II Implementation of SDMX at international or national level; the further development of the SDMX technical standards used for data and metadata; the further development of the SDMX Content-oriented Guidelines; the further development and use of the SDMX service infrastructure and IT tools; the increase of the SDMX capacity and knowledge. October 18 -19, Luxembourg 2

General information on ESSnet ITDG Meeting General information on ESSnet Countries: Bulgaria, Italy, Slovak Republic and Sweden. Coordinator: Italy. Amount: 595,492 euro (70% contribution from EC). Starting date: 28.03.2011 Duration: 18 Months. WPs proposed: 4 Work packages + Management. October 18 -19, Luxembourg

Work packages presented ITDG Meeting Work packages presented WP1 - Management of the action (IT) WP2 - PC-Axis SDMX integration phase II (SW) WP3 - Support of SDMX application for Micro Data handling (SK) WP4 - Harmonization of existing SDMX tools (IT,BG) WP5 - Capacity building actions (IT) October 18 -19, Luxembourg

Integration of the PC-Axis environment with SDMX ITDG Meeting WP2 – PC-Axis SDMX integration phase II Integration of the PC-Axis environment with SDMX For the objective of all WPs I have thought to use one or two central written to focus the interest on the principal purpose October 18 -19, Luxembourg

The PC-Axis environment ITDG Meeting The PC-Axis environment A family of programs: PC-Axis/PX-Web PX-Edit PX-Make PX- Map A network of members: 58 International members 17 Swedish members October 18 -19, Luxembourg

WP2 – PC-Axis SDMX integration phase II ITDG Meeting WP2 – PC-Axis SDMX integration phase II Starting point: WEB SERVICE WEB SERVICE SDMX-RI SDMX-RI PC-Axis file SQL Database WEB HOST PC-AXIS Environment WEB HOST PC-AXIS Environment October 18 -19, Luxembourg

WP2 – Activities and gantt ITDG Meeting WP2 – Activities and gantt Activities: Test of the architecture already in place. Process description & diffusion of process. Further implementation: Add attributes at cell level (PX-Web), Implementation of a Generic SDMX data file for visualization (PX-Web). Integration of the User Manual of the process with more types of statistics.

WP2 – Main deliverables and Progress report ITDG Meeting WP2 – Main deliverables and Progress report Deliverables: Software: a new version of PX-Web (.Net version). Documentation: a more complete User’s Manual about the architecture. Workshop: for Pc-Axis community and for other NSIs, in which will be described the process and tools used (16-18 April 2012, the third day). Progress report: Testing the architecture. For deliverables I used this pic give me your impression (I can use also a bullet list but I tougth this was more nice) October 18 -19, Luxembourg

Support the description and the export of Micro Data in SDMX format ITDG Meeting WP3 – SDMX for Micro-data handling Support the description and the export of Micro Data in SDMX format Only few words to describe the objective October 18 -19, Luxembourg

Questionnaire definition ITDG Meeting WP3 – SDMX for Micro-data handling Starting point: Questionnaire definition User Respondent User E-Collect-X SDMX Metadata Editor Questionnaire Metadatabase Questionnaire data October 18 -19, Luxembourg

WP3 – SDMX for Micro-data handling ITDG Meeting WP3 – SDMX for Micro-data handling Questionnaire Metadatabase Questionnaire data SDMX-RI Mapping Assistant DSD generator SDMX-RI SDMX Data Generator Data Retriever DSD Mapping Store October 18 -19, Luxembourg

WP3 – Activities and gantt ITDG Meeting WP3 – Activities and gantt Activities Development of “DSD generator”. Test of the tool with two pilot projects. Enhancement of E-Collect-X application with more complex calculations. Analysis of DDI vs SDMX standard. October 18 -19, Luxembourg

WP3 – Main deliverables and Progress report ITDG Meeting WP3 – Main deliverables and Progress report Deliverables Software: “DSD generator” application and enhancement of E-Collect-X Documentation: user and system documentation of “DSD generator” a report on the results of the pilot projects a report on the result of DDI vs SDMX analysis Progress report Development in progress of the “DSD generator”. Enhancement in progress of the E-Collect-X functionalities. First study of DDI for Micro data handling. October 18 -19, Luxembourg

Provide the necessary instruments to reuse some modules of SDMX-RI ITDG Meeting WP4 – Harmonization of existing tools Provide the necessary instruments to reuse some modules of SDMX-RI Integration of the “Loader” application into the SDMX-RI framework October 18 -19, Luxembourg

WP4 – Activities Activities: ITDG Meeting WP4 – Activities Activities: Analysis of the source code of the modules: sdmx_model , sdmx_io, DataGenerator and QueryParser. Realization of step-by-step tutorials on two examples that reuse some of the modules. Loader development: merge of two software modules from Istat SDMX framework and to be integrated in the SDMX-RI framework. The merge will include: interaction with Mapping Store, rewriting of the code in C#, use of modules developed by Eurostat in order to guarantee coherence and maintainability. October 18 -19, Luxembourg

WP4 – Gantt and main deliverables ITDG Meeting WP4 – Gantt and main deliverables Deliverables Documentation: A technical paper on the analysis of the modules of the SDMX-RI (intermediate deliveries are scheduled according to the timetable defined by Eurostat for the modification of the modules); Step-by-Step tutorials on two examples; Documentation about the Loader application Software: Loader application. October 18 -19, Luxembourg

WP4 – Progress report Progress report (Bulgaria): ITDG Meeting WP4 – Progress report Progress report (Bulgaria): Analysis of the documentation on the SDMX-RI. Start of the source code analysis about “sdmx_model” and “QueryParser“ modules and releasing of a first draft document. Progress report (Italy): Development in progress of the first example and production of a draft step-by-step tutorial. Start of the development of the second example. Release of a draft analysis document of the Loader application. October 18 -19, Luxembourg

Increasing of knowledge on SDMX ITDG Meeting WP5 – Capacity Building Increasing of knowledge on SDMX October 18 -19, Luxembourg

WP5 – Activities and gantt ITDG Meeting WP5 – Activities and gantt Activities Producing a Handbook on “How to use SDMX” for statisticians Workshop on SDMX based on the model of UNESWA (United Nation's Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia's) for IT staff and statisticians October 18 -19, Luxembourg

WP5 – Main deliverables and Progress report ITDG Meeting WP5 – Main deliverables and Progress report Deliverables Documentation: A handbook on how to use SDMX Workshop documentation: agenda, slides, workshop user guide Workshop: for all the EU countries (16-18 April 2012, the first and second day) Progress report definition of the agenda of the workshop proposal for a skeleton of the Handbook October 18 -19, Luxembourg

Next activities WP2 Start the upgrade of the User’s Manual WP3 ITDG Meeting Next activities WP2 Start the upgrade of the User’s Manual WP3 Continue the development of the “DSD generator” WP4 Start the development of the first example (BG) Start the analysis of the source code of the “QueryParser” module (IT) WP5 Start the production of the Handbook

ESSNet web site http://www.essnet-portal.eu/ ITDG Meeting ESSNet web site http://www.essnet-portal.eu/ The deliverables of this WP will be: a handbook on how to use SDMX, a workshop documentation that could be used in other meetings and the workshop for two people of every European countries October 18 -19, Luxembourg

ITDG Meeting ESSNet web site The deliverables of this WP will be: a handbook on how to use SDMX, a workshop documentation that could be used in other meetings and the workshop for two people of every European countries October 18 -19, Luxembourg

ITDG Meeting ESSNet web site The deliverables of this WP will be: a handbook on how to use SDMX, a workshop documentation that could be used in other meetings and the workshop for two people of every European countries October 18 -19, Luxembourg