THE BNSI EXPERIENCE IN METADATA COLLECTION AND ORGANIZATION НСИ THE BNSI EXPERIENCE IN METADATA COLLECTION AND ORGANIZATION Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work Session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) 3-5 April 2006, Geneva Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) 3-5 April 2006

Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) НСИ Paper contents Essence and goal of ISIS and principles of development component by component Standards for the metadata description in information systems The place of the developing components in the ISIS architecture Organization of metadata collection – realization through the statistical information systems Future tasks Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) 3-5 April 2006

Specific topics in the experience НСИ Specific topics in the experience No possibility to develop components in the best way - Necessity the developing components to be integrated and every new component to be integrated to the existing; Component by component development of the ISIS; The Metadata components – tools for metadata collection Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) 3-5 April 2006

ISIS – brief presentation НСИ ISIS – brief presentation Connected obejct oriented and process oriented ISs Centralized DBs – common, sharing DBs with controled access Core component – Metadata base Metadata driven system Architecture – Standard 51 Information Systems Architecture for National and International Statistical Offices Infrastructural components Functional components Databases – Observation registers, Final observation registers, Macrodata base, Dissemination DB Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) 3-5 April 2006

Step by step development of ISIS НСИ Step by step development of ISIS Guiding principles: the ideology and architecture of ISIS defined – strict adherence working on developing separate ISIS components. common metadata model implementation in separate ISIS components. interfaces between information systems if possible, especially for the metadata exchange. developed and approved internal standards. Consolidation of the IT environment and IT elements to be achieved; Common development tools to be used in the development of the system. Not to destroy the “statistical production” process Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) 3-5 April 2006

Developing systems – why these IS НСИ Developing systems – why these IS IS “Statistical classifications” – service provided for the other components – development, maintenance, relations between, usage of the statistical classifications; IS “Register of the statistical units” – administrative and statistical units, statistical surveys population; IS “Planning and design of statistical survey” – application SW tool for MD collection – life cycle – survey description Electronic Metadata Vocabulary – terms & definitions and their maintenance IS “Demography” – integration - DWH Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) 3-5 April 2006

Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) НСИ Standard used MetaNet Reference model – how it is used - common information objects and their use Requirements for information system integration – internal standard; Information Services between information systems – internal standard Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) 3-5 April 2006

Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) НСИ Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) 3-5 April 2006

Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) НСИ How the ISs are related Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) 3-5 April 2006

Organization of the MD collection НСИ Organization of the MD collection IS “Planning and design of statistical survey”, IS “Statistical classifications”, EMDV – application SW tools for MD collection – standard survey description; Co-ordination council – Vice-President, Directors, defined rules – internal standards approval; Working groups – the best experts in the statistical office Programme for survey description – implementation of the systems Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) 3-5 April 2006

Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) НСИ Future work National PHARE 2004 Programme – TS for development of ISIS – detailed plan with more technical requirements for ISIS realization TS for development of the functional component “Data collection and editing” – including Micro DB building up (Observation and Final observation registers) Data from administrative sources Data dissemination DB and functional component Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) 3-5 April 2006

Thank you for attention НСИ Thank you for attention Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Work session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) 3-5 April 2006