United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division Summary of Part C Questionnaire

Workshop on Statistical Metadata, Vienna, 4-6 July 2007 Slide 24-6 July 2007 About the survey  Questions developed by organizers of this workshop and CMF editorial board  METIS mailing list  Early June 2007  Responses from 19 national statistical offices (32%)

Workshop on Statistical Metadata, Vienna, 4-6 July 2007 Slide 34-6 July 2007 Proposed structure of Part C  95% consulted CMF website and agree with proposal paper  No suggestions for major structural changes

Workshop on Statistical Metadata, Vienna, 4-6 July 2007 Slide 44-6 July 2007 Preferred process model Post survey evaluation Dissemination Analysis Derivation, estimation, aggregation Input processing Data collection Survey preparation Survey planning and design Dissemination Derivation, estimation, aggregation, analysis Input processing Data collection Survey preparation Survey planning and design Dissemination Analysis Processing Collection Design Need / Design

Workshop on Statistical Metadata, Vienna, 4-6 July 2007 Slide 54-6 July 2007 Comments about Process Models  importance of an end-to-end (E2E) approach  Sub-processes and sub-sub-processes  Map between sub-processes to help understand the reusability of metadata throughout the cycle  Generic model useful, but agencies will adapt it to their needs

Workshop on Statistical Metadata, Vienna, 4-6 July 2007 Slide 74-6 July 2007 Standards ● not a single one that a clear majority of the respondents are conforming ● the four most implemented standards are ● Dublin Core ● DDI ● SDMX ● ISO 11179

Workshop on Statistical Metadata, Vienna, 4-6 July 2007 Slide 84-6 July 2007 Standards ● least used standards are RDF or OWL, and the Common Warehouse Model (CWM) ● many are considering ● XBRL ● ISO (GIS Metadata Standard) ● ISO ● DDI ● SDMX ● other standards mentioned: Neuchatel terminology and the Metanet model

Workshop on Statistical Metadata, Vienna, 4-6 July 2007 Slide July 2007 Other challenges mentioned ● identifying standard metadata requirements in environments which have previously worked in isolation ● difficulties embedding the E2E process within actual workflows ● insufficient integration of standard metadata system with data production systems ● lack of resources

Workshop on Statistical Metadata, Vienna, 4-6 July 2007 Slide July 2007 General comments ● Implementation of standards required to fully understand the scope ● cyclical process of analysing, implementing and re-assessing to continually improve ● interesting to see a metadata system that could output well in all the standards ● important to get as many case studies from different countries as possible

Workshop on Statistical Metadata, Vienna, 4-6 July 2007 Slide July 2007 General comments ● The use of the word survey in the statistical ‘survey’ life-cycle leads to the exclusion of processes based on administrative data ● Appreciation of the importance of the work of METIS ● a lot work left to do in describing the statistical production process

Workshop on Statistical Metadata, Vienna, 4-6 July 2007 Slide July 2007 Comments? Questions?