1. OBJECT-ORIENTED APPROACH TO OFFICIAL STATISTICS
Project: STAT-OBJECT
OBJECT-ORIENTED APPROACH TO OFFICIAL STATISTICS

2. OBJECTIVES
STAT-OBJECT’s main objective is to look ahead to the time when ESS would need to update its systems for organising the production and dissemination of statistics and to provide it with an effective capability for doing so.
More specifically STAT-OBJECT aims at:
Formalising in IT terms (Object-Oriented Modelling) the concepts of the Statistical Production Process according to User needs (ISTAT, INSEE, Stats-Sweden)
Defining a service-based software architecture that
enforces separation between common technical services and statistical services
provides a uniform integration backbone for ESS systems and services
allows development of new added-value services from composition of existing
Providing Prototype solutions that apply the STAT-OBJECT approach to selected parts of the Statistical Production Process

3. Stat-Object Consortium consists of:
PARTICIPATION
Stat-Object Consortium consists of:
Users:
ISTAT - I
INSEE - F
Statistics Sweden - S
Suppliers:
Informer - IT Company - EL (Administrative Coordinator)
University Of Patras - EL (Technical Coordinator)
Artemis - IT Company - L

4. Innovation: User-driven Service-based IT architecture
INNOVATIVE ELEMENTS
Innovation: User-driven Service-based IT architecture
Collection
Analysis
Harmonisation
Dissemination
Disclosure
Collaboration
Statistical
Production
Services
Quality
“ESS Middleware”
Common
Technical
Services

5. TECHNOLOGY INVOLVED Relevant technologies for ESS Middleware
Common Warehouse Model (Object Management Group)
Distributed Service-based Architecture (Web Council - Web Service Description Language)
Integration with existing systems (SUN/Enterprise Connector Architecture)

6. Validation & Transition
APPROACH/METHODOLOGY
Conceptualisation (WP4)
Technical Consolidation (WP11)
Domain
Modelling &
Analysis
Identify
Constraints
Functional &
Non Functional
Requirements
Experimentation
System
Architecture
Implementation
& Integration
Design
Validation & Transition
(WP5, WP6, WP7, WP8, WP9, WP10)

7. WORKPLAN PRINCIPLES Project will finish in 2 years Two stage-approach
M01 - M06: Conceptualisation of concepts and architecture
M06 - M24: Prototyping through increments
Incremental prototyping
M06 - M12: First prototype of concepts and architecture
M13 - M14: Revision
M15 - M21: Second prototype
M22 - M24: Finalisation

8. WORKPLAN OVERVIEW WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 WP4 WP5 WP5 WP6 WP6 WP7 WP7 WP8 WP8
Project Management
WP2
Peer Reviewing
WP3
Dissemination/ Exploitation
WP4
WP4
OO Modelling
WP5
WP5
Data Collection
WP6
WP6
Quality
WP7
WP7
Data Analysis
WP8
WP8
Data Integration
WP9
WP9
Dissemination/
Disclosure
WP10
WP10
Collaboration
WP11
Infrastructrure/ Architecture
M01
M06
M12
M18
M24

9. It is expected that the STAT-OBJECT consortium will deliver:
EXPECTED DELIVERABLES
It is expected that the STAT-OBJECT consortium will deliver:
STAT-OBJECT Web
Technical Implementation plan
Prototyping scope and roadmap
Global Conceptual Framework
Prototypes:
Data Collection
Quality improvement guidelines and software components
Data Analysis
Data Source Integration and Systematisation
Dissemination and Disclosure control
Cooperation
STAT-OBJECT Software Infrastructure Architecture
Final project report