Joint Dissemination of Statistics in the ESCB Technical Implementation . Gérard Salou, December 2004

Disseminate national contributions to Euro Area aggregates Objectives: Disseminate national contributions to Euro Area aggregates From ECB and NCBs web sites Consistent data and presentation Maximise service to users Minimise maintenance and other related work

The ECB provides a table of ESCB data on its web site Technical solution The ECB provides a table of ESCB data on its web site

Same data file for both Bundesbank and ECB web pages Technical solution All NCBs have similar tables on their respective web site Same data file for both Bundesbank and ECB web pages

How does it work? ECB database XSL Layout of ECB web site XML Data from ECB database SDMX v1 XSL Layout of ECB web site XSL Layout of BBK web site

Users do not have to leave the NCB web site to consult ESCB data Technical solution The ESCB statistics sites appear as a co-ordinated network with an entry point in all NCBs Users do not have to leave the NCB web site to consult ESCB data All NCBs can integrate ESCB pages Look and feel of NCB web site can be applied Translation into national language can be done by XSL file and key family metadata

XML/XSL is a standard for dynamic web pages Implementation costs NCBs can implement the proposed solution, or simply link to the ECB ESCB web page XML/XSL is a standard for dynamic web pages Style sheet (XSL) is re-usable for several indicators Overall pilot shows that implementation costs are low; security is checked (https)

Elaboration of a dissemination policy Guiding principles - Promote Euro area identity First for Europe principle Limited to ESCB statistics Governance issues Submission to ECB Governing Council Implementation planned for April 2005