STNE Working Group 13 – 14 May 2004 Report from the CoRD Task Force

CoRD TF Meeting 12May 2004 30 participants 8 project presentations 1 proposal for discussion 1 discussion topic Summary minutes available (Doc CoRD 120)

Developments and projects Denmark – INTRASTAT on the Web Austria – e-Quest, generating Web-based questionnaires STIPES: the final product, a generic file format converter. Statistics Milan – TDC, collection of retail scanner data for CPI Denmark – XIS, an XML input system for data collection Foreign Trade messages – update on migration to XML format XBRL in Europe – a project at DG INFSO Germany – IDEV, Web based data collection at Federal Statistics Germany

Updates COLTRAST IDEP/CN8 Study into XBRL March – Sept 2004 Study into retail scanner data Postponed IDEP/CN8 Source code to 9 MS’s IDEP/CN8 Support Group Common development

Discussion Paper Many presentations since 1999 Promotion of RDC Solutions Many presentations since 1999 National and Commission projects Exchange of experiences, best practices, new technologies Emerging web solutions Limited to CoRD IG members and meeting participants No centralised information No updating No links or contacts

Promotion of RDC Solutions CoRD Proposal CIRCA EDI & Statistics Interest Group Repository of RDC Tools and Services Commission projects National projects Standards Public access

Repository of RDC Tools Commission projects & Standards Eurostat, other DG’s and EU bodies Freely available National Projects CoRD since 2002 Contact administrations Description of product Associated services Links and contacts Available to other administrations?

Discussion Topic Organising groups and meetings Future for CoRD and STNE Other meetings Who decides? Member States should have more input

Summary of Discussion Items Repository of RDC Tools and Services? Organisation / reorganisation of groups and meetings Who is responsible? More input from Member States?