Promoting the use of SDMX - TIS Pilot Progress Report WPTGS October 2010

Presentation contents: What is SDMX? SDMX: NSI Perspective OECD SDMX work How SDMX is used in sharing and dissemination The SDMX Toolbox Simplifying TIS data collection with SDMX – the 2009 proposal Status of the TIS SDMX pilot November 2008

1. What is SDMX Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange seven international organizations standardisation for statistical data and metadata access and exchange Between NSOs and international organisations Within a national statistical system Within an organisation For dissemination November 2008

2. SDMX benefits: NSI perspective SDMX can reduce reporting burden to and international institutions The use of SDMX can improve harmonisation, standardisation and integration processes inside an NSI International community can share experiences and software. Open Source culture. November 2008

3. OECD’s SDMX work Promoting SDMX as the world standard Recognised 2008 by UN Statistical Commission as preferred Generalise formats across domains away from stove-pipes Using SDMX in and out of OECD.Stat SDMX web service Joint External Debt Hub with BIS, IMF, WB NAWWE ComTrade with UNSD Data sharing with IMF (and other IOs) Education with Eurostat, UNESCO November 2008

4. How is SDMX used in data sharing and dissemination? bilateral data sharing multilateral “hubs” e.g. NAWWE Eurostat Census Hub dissemination e.g. OECD eXplorer / Gapminder take data directly from OECD.Stat Data exchange via web services re-distributors of statistics e.g. Reuters or DataStream November 2008

5. The SDMX toolbox: www.SDMX.org SDMX Transformations Package Graphical User Interface for XML data validation and transformations Excel SDMX Authoring Tool - create Excel spreadsheet from a Data Structure Definition (structure message) - generate a Generic Data message from Excel Data Structure Definition Database Tool - create and maintain SDMX data structure definitions; - based on (and requires) Microsoft ® Access Metadata Structure Definition Editor creates and maintains Metadata Structure Definitions and Metadata Reports October 2008

6. Simplifying TIS data collection with SDMX – the 2009 proposal We would like to work with pilot group of NSIs to provide TIS data in SDMX (follow up on work of Mark Pollard, ONS) OECD will provide technical assistance and training to NSIs in use of SDMX Please don’t hesitate to volunteer ! October 2008

7. Status of the TIS SDMX Pilot Israel & ONS UK agreed to participate. StatCan next year (budget permitting) DSD defined – being reviewed by SI and ONS New TIS classification may cause delay SI and ONS preparing to output SDMX format October 2008

Thank you… Trevor.Fletcher@OECD.org October 2008