1. XML for Data Interoperability in Statistics
Agenda Item 1.2
X-DIS
XML for Data Interoperability in Statistics 2

2. Project Status, Budget Year 2005
A.1 SDMX: contract for first year will end December, 2006; main deliverable will be first version of SDMX Registry
A.2 SODI: contract for first year will end November, 2006; main deliverables will be SDMX converter tool and SODI Pull Requestor
A.3 XBRL: contract for first year prolonged until March, 2006, to enable feasibility testing of the taxonomies in BE, ES, NL
B.1 Visualisation: contract for first year ended September, 2006; main deliverables are XSL style sheets and JavaScript Graph tool
B.2 Compliance and B.3 Large Datasets: no work according to GIP
C.1 OSS: contract for first year ended September, 2006; main deliverables are re-launch of OSS CIRCA IG and Guidelines for publishing software as OSS 2

3. Project Status, Budget Year 2006
A.1 SDMX: contract for second year prepared to start in December, 2006
A.2 SODI: contract for second year prepared to start in November, 2006; contract on study of extension of SODI to other areas just started
A.3 XBRL: contract for second year prepared to start in December, 2006
B.1 Visualisation: contract for second year prepared to start in December, 2006; main deliverable will be highly interactive graphics for PEEIs
B.2: SDMX Compliance of Eurostat’s web site: first contract just started
B.3: Large Datasets: first contract prepared to start in November or December, 2006, a number of candidate surveys have been identified
C.1 OSS: contract for second year prepared to start in November or December, 2006 2

4. ITDG members are asked to comment on the progress of X-DIS in general
to contribute with their ideas for the further developments in the framework of X-DIS;
to indicate whether there are any issues which might affect the approval of the continuation of X-DIS by their representatives in the SPC (in May 2007 the SPC will have to decide on the continuation of X-DIS, judging the progress of the project by the fulfilment of the following milestones as set out in the X-DIS GIP) 2