1. 1 Exchange of data between OECD and Statistics Norway Marianne Vik Dysterud, Statistics Norway mvd@ssb.no Meeting of the OECD Expert Group on Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange, 10-11 May 2007, Geneva, Switzerland

2. OECD Expert Group on SDMX 2007, Geneva 10 – 11 May 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no SDMX approach in Statistics Norway topics Experiences creating SDMX-ML files in SN Reporting methods considered Brief overview of the system architecture Experiences implementing SDMX-Registry Wishes and needs from an NSI

3. OECD Expert Group on SDMX 2007, Geneva 10 – 11 May 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no SDMX approach in Statistics Norway Experiences creating SDMX-ML files A challenge to find readable data descriptions which is essential for creating metadata structure in our SQL DB (Statbank) A DSD in XML format is not sufficient for this purpose Example of what we ask for from Eurostat for PEII: - D1.2.3 Design and Implementation of SDMX Structural Definitions & D5.5.3 MIG for the SDMX structure definition message (for PEEI Set 3) v.1.1 - this document describes the files (including code lists) we are supposed to report - the document reminds of a GESMES key-family MIG

4. OECD Expert Group on SDMX 2007, Geneva 10 – 11 May 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no SDMX approach in Statistics Norway Experiences creating SDMX-ML files Loading data (incl. reporting date) into Statbank (SQL DB) in advance When reporting date occurs: -SDMX-ML files are automatically produced by a PL/SQL routine in the Statbank system The SDMX-ML files can be routed to different folders/catalogues

5. OECD Expert Group on SDMX 2007, Geneva 10 – 11 May 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no SDMX approach in Statistics Norway 2 reporting methods considered: 1.RSS-feed including an URL to a specific SDMX-ML file – simple solution, but requires in-house development 2.Implementation of tools from SDMX.org – test of ready-to-use software

6. OECD Expert Group on SDMX 2007, Geneva 10 – 11 May 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no OECD Statbank Norway WS Output WS export SDMX-ML files OECD Stat SDMX-ML Query Message SDMX-ML SECURE ZONE DMZ DEDICATED PROTECTED ZONE Internet SDMX-Registry ? RSS incl. URL to SDMX SDMX

7. OECD Expert Group on SDMX 2007, Geneva 10 – 11 May 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no SDMX approach in Statistics Norway Experiences implementing SDMX Registry Where to find the right tools and the right version SDMX.org includes 2 links – both point to the same page (www.metadatatechnology.com/tools.html)www.metadatatechnology.com/tools.html Download site has 2 links – one for beta version – one for version 1.0 – beta versions use to be newer, but … We downloaded version 1.0 of the tools (Keymaster, Data Provisioning, Data Set Registration and SDMX Registry) + instruction and user guides

8. OECD Expert Group on SDMX 2007, Geneva 10 – 11 May 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no different problems during first attempt of installation –SDMX Registry requires specific versions of third party applications new try - looking for possible news –Link to the Registry installation was dead –One version of InstallRegistry.tar.gz found under third party folder  Is this what we are looking for ? –Inconsistency in SDMX_tools_Installation_instructions-v-2_0.pdf Example: SDMXRegistry2.war is this the same as ftp://www.metadatatechnology.com/pub/downloads/registry/installregistry.tar.gz ? SDMX approach in Statistics Norway Experiences implementing SDMX Registry

9. OECD Expert Group on SDMX 2007, Geneva 10 – 11 May 2007, Marianne Vik Dysterud - mvd@ssb.no SDMX approach in Statistics Norway Wishes and needs from an NSI Readable Data Structure Definitions Consistent installation and user guides Windows installation.NET environment