1. Publishing Metadata with Data - XML based dissemination process of statistical information (CoSSI) Harri Lehtinen (harri.lehtinen@stat.fi)

2. 14.9.20062Harri Lehtinen Metadata project (1/3) Launched in spring 2006 Project with the aims of creating a common display and updating environment for Statistics Finlands existing, separate metadata databases to ascertain and define how the metadata in the relational databases can automatically be converted to an XML format (CoSSI) to create a user interface for updating and maintaining the XML format metadata documents to create a comprehensive system of identification codes

3. 14.9.20063Harri Lehtinen Metadata project (2/3) Metadata warehouse – eXist XML database Metadata editor – Epic XML editor Format of the data in the XML database – XML documents defined by the CoSSI model (www.stat.fi/cossi)www.stat.fi/cossi XML based metadata base in statistical tabulations SAS SuperStar PC-Axis

4. 14.9.20064Harri Lehtinen Metadata project (3/3) Relational databases XML-Editor Epic XML-Database eXist Statistical metadata Document metadata Classifications Quality declaration Processing md Metadata Classification database Statistical concepts database Statistics specific metadata databases Statistics specific metadata databases Statistics specific metadata databases XML database as metadata warehouse

5. 14.9.20065Harri Lehtinen XML-based dissemination process tables Publication production (Monthly, quarterly, yearly publ, publication tables...) XML-DB eXist Metadata: - statistical md - document md - classifications - quality declaration - processing md Conversions & Publishing Saxon - XSLT 2.0 XEP - XSL-FO PX-Web HTML PDF Statistical application SAS SuperStar PX-Edit PC-Axis... Publication editor XML-Editor Epic Others RSS, txt... figures XML-DB eXist Dissemination database - publications - matrices - tables matrices PC-Axis SDMX XBRL

6. 14.9.20066Harri Lehtinen Metadata in the CoSSI model Example of the metadata and the tools used

7. 14.9.20067Harri Lehtinen Statistics produced by Statistics Finland Tables and matrices Publications Metadata View of a statistical publication in the Epic editor View of the eXist XML database

8. 14.9.20068Harri Lehtinen Document metadata Statistical metadata Publication in XML format Statistical table

9. 14.9.20069Harri Lehtinen Statistical metadata for a variable ”Disposable income” Statistical metadata for a variable in a table

10. 14.9.200610Harri Lehtinen Link to the statistical metadata HTML output of a statistical publication with statistical metadata