1. METIS 2004 (Geneva, 9-11 February 2004) CLASET An EDI Message for Exchanging Classifications Contributed Paper (WP.26 ) Danny Delcambre, Eurostat (Danny.Delcambre@cec.eu.int)Danny.Delcambre@cec.eu.int

2. CLASET fully operational, normalized message to exchange: 1) hierarchical structures, such as: - classifications, organisational charts, product lists, etc. 2) links between these structures 3) additional information, such as: - life cycle of data (versioning, dates, etc.) - general information (maintenance agency, references, etc.) Independent from software and hardware UN/EDIFACT norm: http://www.unece.org/trade/untdid/d00a/trmd/claset_c.htm http://www.unece.org/trade/untdid/d00a/trmd/claset_c.htm UN/EDIFACT norm: http://www.unece.org/trade/untdid/d00a/trmd/claset_c.htm http://www.unece.org/trade/untdid/d00a/trmd/claset_c.htm 1/7 Danny.Delcambre@cec.eu.int METIS meeting, Geneva, February 9th, 2004

3. CLASET Based on a complete data model. To implement CLASET, - either you adopt the CLASET data model - or you map it with your own data model Implemented in several syntaxes: - EDIFACT, SGML, XML, HTML A toolbox offers the following functionalities: - Conversion from one syntax to another - Text files import/export - Configuration of text parsers 2/7 METIS meeting, Geneva, February 9th, 2004

4. 3/7 CLASET DATA MODEL METIS meeting, Geneva, February 9th, 2004

5. 4/7 DATA MODEL FOR CLASSIFICATION PART METIS meeting, Geneva, February 9th, 2004

6. Source DB Extraction in a given format ToolBox Target DB Paper Specific elect. format Conversion + style sheet Import Conversion f.i. in text format Display on Screen Conversion HTML Import WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH CLASET 5/7 METIS meeting, Geneva, February 9th, 2004

7. CLASET They have tested or implemented CLASET - INSEE (in their nomenclature server) - Statistics Finland - Swiss Statistical office - Eurostat (export format in next release of RAMON) - a Belgian regional office for Employment in the framework of the Protégé Project (http://protege.stanford.edu)http://protege.stanford.edu 6/7 METIS meeting, Geneva, February 9th, 2004

8. CLASET More info: - Working paper for this meeting (METIS 2004, WP.26) - CLASET Web page: http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/ramon/claset/index.htm Data models (UML, XML), implementation guides (EDIFACT, XML, etc. 7/7 METIS meeting, Geneva, February 9th, 2004