SDMX Software Libraries Eurostat, Unit B5 Item 4.2 of the agenda SDMX Software Libraries Eurostat, Unit B5 IT Director's Group Meeting - 18-19 October 2011

Purpose To present the contents and coverage of existing software libraries with open software applications for SDMX developments and implementations The ITDG is asked to: take note of the presented software repositories; comment on any issues of special interest; propose areas and ways for cooperation with IT tools and services within the ESS. IT Director's Group Meeting - 18-19 October 2011 Report from SISAI

Software repositories created with specific objectives and operated to achieve specific aims; have their own storage environment or are only collections of links to other storage resources. Types of repositories: access-controlled software repositories; Open Source Software (OSS) repositories of software applications, OSS licenses (e.g. EUPL) in principle do not provide for specific certification of the applications; Documentation supplied up to the will and perceived needs judged by the software provider. IT Director's Group Meeting - 18-19 October 2011 Report from SISAI

SDMX Tools and Repositories SDMX = Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange New data exchange management approach Technical standard, incl. SDMX Information Model Centralised Data Structure Definitions development (Eurostat) SDMX Registry (Eurostat) SDMX tools and infrastructures (OSS) OSS evolutive maintenance - need for establishing a maintenance scheme for such software used by ESS, based on agreed principles for software sharing and interoperability. IT Director's Group Meeting - 18-19 October 2011 Report from SISAI

SDMX Tools Repository SDMX Tools Repository (on SDMX initiative website): SDMX web-site, “Tools” section: http://sdmx.org/?page_id=13 “SDMX Tools Repository”: http://www.sdmxtools.org/index.php Eurostat SDMX software (OSS – EUPL): Data Structure Wizard (DSW) SDMX Converter SDMX Registry SDMX Reference Infrastructure (SDMX-RI) IT Director's Group Meeting - 18-19 October 2011 Report from SISAI

IT Director's Group Meeting - 18-19 October 2011 Report from SISAI

IT Director's Group Meeting - 18-19 October 2011 Report from SISAI

EU OSOR Web-site OSOR = European Open Source Observatory and Repository http://www.osor.eu/ "PROJECTS" section of the website: http://www.osor.eu/projects Eurostat software (OSS – EUPL): Data Structure Wizard (DSW) SDMX Converter SDMX Registry SDMX Reference Infrastructure (SDMX-RI) Mapping Assistant Eurostat's Business Cycle Clock (BCC) DEMETRA+ IT Director's Group Meeting - 18-19 October 2011 Report from SISAI

IT Director's Group Meeting - 18-19 October 2011 Report from SISAI

IT Director's Group Meeting - 18-19 October 2011 Report from SISAI

"Software Inventory" of Sharing Advisory Board (SAB) Software Inventory Wiki of the MSIS Sharing Advisory Board (SAB) http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/msis/Software+Inventory Software sorted according to phases and sub-processes of the METIS Generic Statistical Business Process Model or can be browsed through the alphabetical listing of software Eurostat software applications – as enumerated above for OSOR, except Business Cycle Clock. IT Director's Group Meeting - 18-19 October 2011 Report from SISAI

IT Director's Group Meeting - 18-19 October 2011 Report from SISAI

Conclusion There are several OSS repositories allowing the sharing of software and related services within the ESS. Eurostat has developed and maintains a number of OSS software applications which can be used by NSIs and other statistical organisations (including for SDMX). To create favourable conditions for extensive sharing of software and related services, the ESS should embark on a more consistent promotion of storage, maintenance and usage of software through shared OSS repositories. IT Director's Group Meeting - 18-19 October 2011 Report from SISAI