1. Dynamically Updated Publications
XML Task Force
EuroStat - Luxembourg – Oct. 2006
Lars Knudsen
Statistics Denmark

2. Dynamically Updated Publications
What is a publication?
Paper vs. Electronic (PDF) vs. Internet
Focus on Internet publications and production of PDF

3. The Key Indicator Example…
Four elements:
Text
Graph
Table
Other MetaData

4. Services for Dynamic Updating
Lets focus on:
Saved queries
Graphs and Maps – wrapped in XML
XML feed through URL
Web Service – HTML wrapped in XML
Standardized deep links / Web queries

5. Saved queries A selected subset of a cube
Holds selected codes from each dimension in ini-file (XML in the future)
Settings for query saved in database (e.g. time updating rule)
Ex:

6. Graphs and Maps – wrapped in XML
Ex:

7. XML feed through URL
Ex:

8. Web Service – HTML wrapped in XML
Ex: webservice.dst.dk/statbank.asmx

9. Standardized deep links
E.g. for MS-Excel Web Queries
Delivers an optimized HTML-result
Taking account of delimiters etc.
Adds relevant links
Ex:
Ex:

10. Issues with dynamic Internet publications
Caching
Archiving
Usability
Speed

11. PX-Publ for paper and PDF
What is PX-Publ?
Set up ready-to-print publications
Uses macros and templates in Excel and Word
Take data from central macro database
Easy updating – known tools

12. Final remarks XML is the natural choise – but not crucial
High level of automation is important
Coherence through single-source-strategy