OBJECT-ORIENTED APPROACH TO OFFICIAL STATISTICS Project: STAT-OBJECT OBJECT-ORIENTED APPROACH TO OFFICIAL STATISTICS

OBJECTIVES STAT-OBJECT’s main objective is to look ahead to the time when ESS would need to update its systems for organising the production and dissemination of statistics and to provide it with an effective capability for doing so. More specifically STAT-OBJECT aims at: Formalising in IT terms (Object-Oriented Modelling) the concepts of the Statistical Production Process according to User needs (ISTAT, INSEE, Stats-Sweden) Defining a service-based software architecture that enforces separation between common technical services and statistical services provides a uniform integration backbone for ESS systems and services allows development of new added-value services from composition of existing Providing Prototype solutions that apply the STAT-OBJECT approach to selected parts of the Statistical Production Process

Stat-Object Consortium consists of: PARTICIPATION Stat-Object Consortium consists of: Users: ISTAT - I INSEE - F Statistics Sweden - S Suppliers: Informer - IT Company - EL (Administrative Coordinator) University Of Patras - EL (Technical Coordinator) Artemis - IT Company - L

Innovation: User-driven Service-based IT architecture INNOVATIVE ELEMENTS Innovation: User-driven Service-based IT architecture Collection Analysis Harmonisation Dissemination Disclosure Collaboration Statistical Production Services Quality “ESS Middleware” Common Technical Services

TECHNOLOGY INVOLVED Relevant technologies for ESS Middleware Common Warehouse Model (Object Management Group) Distributed Service-based Architecture (Web Council - Web Service Description Language) Integration with existing systems (SUN/Enterprise Connector Architecture)

Validation & Transition APPROACH/METHODOLOGY Conceptualisation (WP4) Technical Consolidation (WP11) Domain Modelling & Analysis Identify Constraints Functional & Non Functional Requirements Experimentation System Architecture Implementation & Integration Design Validation & Transition (WP5, WP6, WP7, WP8, WP9, WP10)

WORKPLAN PRINCIPLES Project will finish in 2 years Two stage-approach M01 - M06: Conceptualisation of concepts and architecture M06 - M24: Prototyping through increments Incremental prototyping M06 - M12: First prototype of concepts and architecture M13 - M14: Revision M15 - M21: Second prototype M22 - M24: Finalisation

WORKPLAN OVERVIEW WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 WP4 WP5 WP5 WP6 WP6 WP7 WP7 WP8 WP8 Project Management WP2 Peer Reviewing WP3 Dissemination/ Exploitation WP4 WP4 OO Modelling WP5 WP5 Data Collection WP6 WP6 Quality WP7 WP7 Data Analysis WP8 WP8 Data Integration WP9 WP9 Dissemination/ Disclosure WP10 WP10 Collaboration WP11 Infrastructrure/ Architecture M01 M06 M12 M18 M24

It is expected that the STAT-OBJECT consortium will deliver: EXPECTED DELIVERABLES It is expected that the STAT-OBJECT consortium will deliver: STAT-OBJECT Web Technical Implementation plan Prototyping scope and roadmap Global Conceptual Framework Prototypes: Data Collection Quality improvement guidelines and software components Data Analysis Data Source Integration and Systematisation Dissemination and Disclosure control Cooperation STAT-OBJECT Software Infrastructure Architecture Final project report