Recent development in the metadata area at Statistics Sweden Klas Blomqvist

Agenda New organisation Vision Ongoing development –BOSS, micro - macro The support organisation

No development…

New organisation Process orientated organization Customer focus Increase efficiency Standardization Harmonization Quality control – overall quality

New organisation Process department Process managers Centralized IT and Methodology Classifications, Metadata and content harmonization Implement standard tools and methods Responsibility for Metadata Process dept, short run R&D department, architects, long run Prioritized development areas ISO Data collection Editing

Statistics production process Support and infrastructure 9 Specify needs 1 Design and plan 2 Build and test 3 Collect 4 Process 5 Analyse 6 Disseminate and communicate 7 Evaluate and feed back 8

Statistical production process Identify customers 1.2 Confirm information needs 1.4 Establish customer contact 1.3 Negotiate and contract 1.5 Prepare dissemination 7.1 Compile end product 7.2 Disseminate end product to customer 7.3 Classify and code microdata 5.1 Edit microdata 5.2 Impute for nonresponse 5.3 Complement microdata 5.4 Calculate weights 5.5 Carry out disclosure control 6.3 Generate frame and register population 4.1 Set up data collection 4.3 Run data collection 4.4 Transfer and store data electronically 4.5 Design end product 2.1 Design data collection 2.3 Design processing 2.4 Design analysis 2.5 Design dissemination and communication 2.6 Design workflow 2.7 Build collection instrument 3.1 Build and adapt tools 3.2 Build workflow 3.3 Test collection instrument 3.4 Test tools and workflow 3.5 Conduct pilot study 3.6 Produce statistics 6.1 Edit macrodata 6.2 Finalise observation register 6.4 Interpret and explain 6.5 Design frame, register population and sample 2.2 Identify information needs and availability 1.1 Communicate end product 7.4 Select sample 4.2 Plan production cycle 2.8 Initiate workflow 3.7 Finalise outputs for dissemination 6.6 Specify needs 1 Design and plan 2 Build and test 3 Collect 4 Process 5 Analyse 6 Disseminate and communicate 7 Dispose and preserve 7.5

Support and infrastructure 9 MACROMICRO Aggre- gated data store Cube (output table) Raw dataSource Metadata vision, not official Structur- ered In data Store Specify needs 1 Design and plan 2 Build and test 3 Collect 4 Process 5 Analyse 6 Disseminate and communicate 7 Evaluate and feed back 8 Product Data Base Metadata repository SCBDOK, BaS, MetaPlus, SSD-metadata, BaM, Thessaurus, Publication database, ESMS, Question data base…

Ongoing KMI, classifications, metadata and content harmonization Support organization for documentation and classification work Managing the metadata systems New arcitecture, metadata has a central role

Near future plans Business Operating Support System - BOSS –Stage 1, Describing standard tools and method for the production process – October 2008 –Stage 2, Possibility to describe the product's production, connection to existing metadata tools - June 2009 –Stage 3, SOA connection, workflow support, supply production documentation – early 2010 (goal) When using BOSS required documentation will be extracted from the system after finalizing the production

Near future plans Tie metadata to the Business Operating Support System Web presentation with links between metadata on micro and macro levels Expanded features to the classification database

Sharing Statistics Sweden are more than happy to share with other organisations –MetaPlus –Variable concepts –Variables –Classifications and code lists –Population and statistical units For use in all steps of the production process The model is availiable in english Crude translation of the application is availiable in english –Production process model