1. TRAINING OF FOCAL POINTS ON THE CountrySTAT/FENIX SYSTEM
Overview of the Metadata in the new CountrySTAT platform
TRAINING OF FOCAL POINTS ON THE CountrySTAT/FENIX SYSTEM

2. Overview
Work flow
Data Management
Metadata Editor

3. Your table is published
Work flow
Have the data ready
Create your table following the rules
Use the right codification
CVS format
No columns with labels
CPC 2.1 HS
GAUL
CountrySTAT indicators
Unit of Measurement
DAC
Attributes
Flag
Forestry production
Fishery production
Scientific Fishery production
Have the metadata ready
Title
Subject
Data type
Domain
Your table is published
Go to the metadata editor
Upload the values
Create the DSD structure
Fill all metadata
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4. METADATA Definition: a metadata is data defining data.
Metadata on statistical data (to insure quality of data): units, source, contact, creation date, last-updated date …
And additional statistical metadata (methodology, survey/census, frequency of data collection, etc…)
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5. METADATA Metadata example Raw data without any metadata :
I don't know the meaning of the data, I suspect it's the age of the races.
Data with metadata:
With two metadata, (title – name of variable), I know the meaning of the data.
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6. Uploading tables in CountrySTAT
To start the upload of a table, click on “Data Management”

7. Uploading tables in CountrySTAT

8. Metadata Editor
The more fields are filled in, the more accurate the description of data and the retrieval of the dataset will be.

9. Metadata Editor
Once the previous section has been filled, by clicking on each of these elements, new sections will appear.
These new sections need to be completed as well.
 All these information enhance data quality and end-users’ trust in the related data!

10. Metadata Editor
After all entities has been filled with the right metadata information, click on the “save” button at the top right of the page, in order to get to the next phase of the uploading.

11. Metadata Editor
The green boxes in the upper right corner signify that the resource has been created and the metadata has been correctly stored.