User-Driven Integrated Statistical Solutions: Government for the People by the People Open Forum on Metadata Registries Santa Fe, New Mexico January 20, 2000 Mark E. Wallace US Census Bureau ISS Project Director

Census and Survey Design Census and Survey Design Data Collection Data Collection Data Processing Data Processing Data Dissemin- ation Data Dissemin- ation Corporate M E T A D A T A Repository Review of CMR Implementation The BOC CMR Vision for the Census and Survey Business Process

ISS/FedStats Product Process Customer Conceive products Plan and design products Develop products Deliver Products Maintain Products Customer Needs High-level product concepts Product Concept Final model Preliminary Marketing plan Approved product Final marketing plan Product access Questions Support Orders Feedback Customer Database Resource Allocation Tracking System Corporate data and metadata repository Source data & metadata Approved product Feedback summaries Product Concept Approved business case Feedback summaries Decision to improve product Product concept Previous experience with similar products Approved model Product concept Approved product Usage statistics Improve or discontinue decisions

Metadata Technology Continuum low integration low share/reuse few open standards low interoperability high integration high share/reuse many open standards high interoperability Buried, Inaccessible Metadata Defined Application Models Autonomous Repositories Integrated Vertical/ Inter-Dept Metadata Tool-based Data Dictionaries Integrated Global Enterprise Metadata Integrated Corporate Enterprise Metadata EMR CMR ISS

5 ISS Continuum Phases Integrated Global Enterprise Metadata Capability of Global Distributed Statistical Integration Queries & Merged Data Results Making Integrated Corporate Data available to the Public Global Statistical Integration via Global Searches & Launching Internet sites & applications The Census Bureau needs to work with its government partners to develop global integrated solutions that meet the public demand for information.

Corporate Metadata Repository Census Web Enabled Applications Inter-Dept CMR (e.g. Econ MR) Internet Servers Public Use Copy of the CMR Distributed Dissemination Metadata Repositories (DDMR) Internet Connection External User Java Enabled Browser Census Bureau Employee Integrated Statistical Solutions (ISS) Relationship to the Corporate Metadata Repository Econ. Tools CMR Web Tools FERRETDADS/ AFF Distributed Data Intranet Servers AFF ISS Web Enabled Applications Architecture in box not defined - Access to external data, published data, IIS Products Distributed Federal, State, Local Data FERRET Subset of CMR Hot Reports

Implementation Issues   Definitions of concepts   Geography   Disclosure avoidance

Digital Government Collaborative Environment What is it? Where is it? What will it be used for? How will it be managed? How will it benefit the agencies?

Product Concepts Working Group Why? –Next generation “data access tools” –Bridge between MapStats thematic mapping “on-the-fly” Who? –Reps from ICSP agencies, MapStats and Data Access Tools Working Groups

PC Working Group (cont.) What? –Develop & implement process for customer input/ideas –Work undertaken in collaborative environments with researchers –Design, develop and review prototypes

The ISS and Metadata Connection Using the ISS technical architecture for data integration Utilizing metadata Removing painful data transformation process Data transformation by the user

Next Steps: Develop the Ground Floor (Infrastructure) in Conjunction with the Second Floor (Tools & Products) Infrastructure - Detail diagramming and implementation of the complementary roles of the CMR, DDMR and their connection with NESSTAR and the DDI, etc. Tools & Products - Continue to foster and cultivate interagency collaboration in development of initial and later tools & products.

Helping You Make Informed Decisions Mark Wallace Bureau of the Census ISS Project Director