1. Edgardo Greising greising@ilo.org MSIS 2013 – International Organizations Session

2.  Objectives in data compilation:  Highest response rate from the countries  Minimum delay between compilation and publication  Improved overall quality of the data published  Avoid duplication of efforts  Reduce the burden to data providers (countries). Using SDMX for Electronic Data Interchange is a way

3.  What we need for EDI:  Two parties  An agreed protocol  SDMX  Good conceptual knowledge of that protocol i.e. SDMX  Software tools to generate the SDMX data flows  A database where to pull the data from Many data providers do not have a time series repository Others have the repository but no resources as to implement SDMX Supporting SDMX at the IO side is not enough

4.  The data provider should have a tool that…  Is very easy to install and maintain  Is supported on free software platforms  Counts with good documentation, tutorials, training  Takes the table’s structure (cubes) by importing a DSD  Has an integrated data discovery and visualization tool  Has a full screen editor to enter/modify data and descriptive metadata (including footnotes)  Provides different formats for downloading/uploading tables: Excel, csv format, pdf (reports) and SDMX  Supports data dissemination thru web services and/or downloaded files 

5.  Some products that could work:  CountryStat - FAO .Stat - OECD/SIS-CC  Fusion toolsuite - Metadata Technology Ltd  SDMX-RI – Eurostat (no data repository)  SDMX-RI +Dataloader – Istat  A different approach:  Making “SDMX-enabled” common reporting tools used to compute and disseminate the indicators: Stata, SPSS, R, SAS  Must include importing DSD  What about descriptive metadata?

6. RequirementCountryStat.StatFusion ToolsuiteSDMX-RI SDMX-RI + Dataloader DeveloperFAOOECD – SIS-CC Metadata Technology EurostatIstat Governance/Deployment experienceYes NoYesNo Documentation, tutorials, trainingYes?? ? Multidimensional cubesNoYes Interactive cube structure definition?Yes Define cube structure by DSDNo Yes Data discovery & visualizationYes No Online data & metadata editorNo Descriptive metadata managementLimitedYes? ? SDMX exports/web servicesNoYes Other formats exportsYes Converter Commercial statusFreeCollab. Community$Free?

7.  Different approach?  Other suggestions of tools?  What’s next?