1. What is metadata? Anne Gro Hustoft, Statistics Norway agt@ssb.no

2. -The content of the course -A short introduction to different aspects of metadata - Group dicussion

3. Content - General aspects: quality and human issues - Users - From vision to practice - Demonstrations - Integrated metadata system - International metadata work - Group discussions to exchange knowledge and views

4. Metadata: Data about data Appears in many contexts, and with different meaning to different people

5. Metanet survey Do you consider metadata to be: documentation and/or data about data and/or structured information DocumentationData about dataStructured information All organisations 100163102 NSI6210670 Data archive 202516 Other183216

6. Statistical metadata has two overall objectives: -to inform the users about the meaning of the data - to guide statisticians in the processing of data One possible definition (Kent et al., Stat. Netherlands) ”All the information needed for and relevant to collecting, processing, disseminating, accessing, understanding and using statistical data.”

7. Extract from participants list CountryINT United Kingdom44 Hungary36 Spain34 Italy39 Germany49 Latvia371

8. Abbreviations SSB* Statistical Sample Bureau Storage Service Standards Sciences Simple Statistics Bureau Super Statistics Business * - Statistisksentralbyrå ?

9. The different users of metadata: (Kent et al., Stat. Netherlands) - data providers and interviewers -need it to understand the data to be collected - statisticians -need it for the whole statistical process - end-users - need it to find, select, understand, evaluate and analyse data for their own purpose - other users

10. Statistical metadata can be categorised in many different ways - and it is! An example of a rough categorisation: - State metadata: define concepts (variables, classifications...) - Process metadata: methods related to statistical processes (imputation, revision….)

11. Metadata is also important for: - improved quality - increased efficiency - better communication - shared knowledge

12. Group discussion -What is metadata? - Do you categorise your metadata (e.g. state, process) and if you do, how? -What is metadata used for? - Ideally - In your everyday work - In the future