1. Report on Dissemination B.Le Goff Unit D4
Item 5.8 of the Agenda
Report on Dissemination
B.Le Goff Unit D4
21-22 October 2009
IT Director's Group Meeting

2. Dissemination issues Renewal of the web site
Consolidation of the visualisation tools
Statistic explained
Collaboration with the Member States
Exploitation of SDMX in dissemination
21-22 October 2009
IT Director's Group Meeting

3. Renewal of the web site
Evolved to Oracle Portal software version
On line since 27 April 2009 after 17 months work
More than 2.2 million visits per month
New search mechanism
21-22 October 2009
IT Director's Group Meeting

4. Consolidation of the visualisation tools (1)
Data Explorer
Inhouse development
Main interface for all users
monthly extractions
Enhanced functionalities in progress
21-22 October 2009
IT Director's Group Meeting

5. Consolidation of the visualisation tools(2)
Table Graph and Maps
Web appplication in Java for the 1000 predefined tables
Extended functionalities being deployed
monthly consultations
Country and regional profiles
Quick consultation of a predefined set of indicators
Comprehensive comparaison between countries
monthly consultations
21-22 October 2009
IT Director's Group Meeting

6. Consolidation of the visualisation tools(3)
Business Cycle Clock
Developed under X-DIS
Application in Java based on the project by CBS NL
Enlarged comparison possibilities with six countries
5000 monthly consultations
21-22 October 2009
IT Director's Group Meeting

7. Statistic explained Take the content of the Yearbook
Wiki using Mediawiki sofware
Open to the public at the end of September 2009
More than 450 pages
Will be linked with the web site and in particular the dedicated sections
21-22 October 2009
IT Director's Group Meeting

8. Collaboration with the Member States
RSS feed: 28 countries participating to the news service
Sharing the predefined tables with NSIs via XML files
Sponsorship by INE will drive a new set of cooperative projects
21-22 October 2009
IT Director's Group Meeting

9. Exploitation of SDMX in dissemination
Bulk download facilities in SDMX –ML
BCC portable in SDMX-based versions
SDMX files used by Google in the framework of the visualisation of Eurostat data.
21-22 October 2009
IT Director's Group Meeting

10. The ITDG is asked To take note of this report
To comment on the work presented
21-22 October 2009
IT Director's Group Meeting