1. KUBB – The Swiss Coding Tool for classifications
Cindia Duc Sfez Head of Nomenclatures / Register Division Federal Statistical Office, Switzerland

2. Overview - A NOGA - national version of NACE
- B KUBB - online application for codification
- C SMS - centralized Statistical Metadata System
- D Q & A - Questions and Answers

3. NOGA (abbr. NOmenclature Générale des Activités économiques) the national version of NACE in Switzerland

4. Structure of the NOGA
96¦02¦01 Hairdressing salons 96¦02¦01 => National Version => NOGA 96¦02 => Eurostat Version => NACE 96 => UN Version => ISIC

5. KUBB (abbr. KodierUngsunterstützung für die Betriebszählung und das Betriebs- und Unternehmensregister) The Online Application For Codification

6. KUBB – Coding Tool for classifications
The Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) released in 1996 an application named “KUBB” to help users to find NOGA codes corresponding to a given economic activity The application is available at the following URL (no login needed) This application has been improved continually. Nowadays all data contained in KUBB are stored and managed in the centralized Statistical Metadata System

7. KUBB - Procedure
1. The user opens the internet
2. The user accesses the website kubb2008.bfs.admin.ch
3. The user makes the search
4. The system
processes the querie …
Watches Wholesale
5. … the website displays the results

8. «by Structure»

9. «by Keyword / EN / CPA»
«one single word»

10. «by Keyword / EN / CPA»
«multiple words»

11. Results of the

12. Results of the

13. Language & Features Main coding search Regular updates; Multilingual
KeywordEnglish
Main coding search
Regular updates;
Multilingual
Easy 2 use
Keyword Italian
Keyword French
Keyword German
KUBB 2008 – Coding Tool

14. KUBB Synchronisations

15. KUBB – Editing Key-Words
Program SMS

16. Coding manual

17. Coding manual, Results

18. SMS (abbr. Statistical Metadata System) centralized Statistical Metadata System

19. Architecture KUBB & SMS
NOGA
External users
External users
KUBB
METADATA
WEB SERVICE

20. Standards and Formats Classification Index? Caselaws?
List of Short Titles?
Standard Aggregations?

21. NOGA 2008 – PUBLIC ACCESS

22. CPA v2.1 – PUBLIC ACCESS

23. Questions ?

24. For any further information, please feel free to contact us : noga@bfs
For any further information, please feel free to contact us :

25. Thank you for your attention !
Thank you for your attention and have fun with the KUBB
Thank you for your attention !