1. SERV Sharing Services in the ESS
Item 4.4 of agenda
EVUG Meeting 2015
Eurostat, Unit B3

2. Agenda Common Statistical Production Architecture
Demo of the CSPA Global Catalogue
Project ESS.VIP.Shared Services
Task Force
ESSNet
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3. CSPA - Problem statement

4. CSPA - Target architecture

5. Demo of the CSPA Global Catalogue
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6. Progress towards CSPA target architecture in ESS
CSPA certified
Progress towards CSPA target architecture in ESS
Project ESS.VIP.SERV:
Sharing common functionalities
in the ESS
ESS CSPA basecamp

7. ESS.VIP.SERV Objectives
Develop ESS guidelines for describing service definitions
Set up governance for day to day usage, incl. Catalogue
Proof of Concept of first services implemented in a SOA following the guidelines

8. ESS.VIP.SERV Benefits
Easier exchange of information about re-usable statistical services
Flexible business processes
Faster adoption of new production processes
Cost reduction of development and maintenance of information systems
Easier management of skills

9. Implementation – Services in Business Projects
Cooperation with ESS.VIPs:
Validation – STRUVAL services
ESBRS – Unique Identification service
Cooperation among projects is the key

10. TF shared SERVices Part of project ESS.VIP.shared SERVices
Mandate endorsed by ITDG in Feb 2015
Invitations for participation was sent
13 countries (+UNECE) expressed interest
First meeting is planned 28 October 2015
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11. TF shared SERVices - Objectives
Propose governance model for sharing of services at ESS level including the possible set up of a service certification committee;
Sharing of experiences, knowledge and best practices through multilateral collaboration and building of a collective capacity;
Identify candidates to be implemented as shared services in ESS including new development and utilizing existing (commercial and/or open source based) tools;
Assessment of the existing CSPA service catalogue and how to broaden its usage on ESS level;
Promote the implementation and usage of CSPA compliant services in the ESS.
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12. TF shared SERVices - Participants
Member States:
Austria
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Norway
Slovenia
Sweden UK
Candidate Countries:
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Montenegro
Serbia
UNECE as Observer
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13. ESSnet Sharing Services in ESS
From 2016 to 2017
Work packages:
ESS guidelines and procedures
Plan for a Centre of Excellence for sharing statistical services in ESS
Apply services – provide real-life examples of re-use and integration of statistical services
Identification of re-usable services and analysis of requirements
Fostering open source solutions for statistical services
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14. Annex / Backup slides
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15. Main page

16. Service description Follows the SERV service guidelines
Split in three layers
Service Definition
Service specification
Service implementation
Entries must only have the "Service definition" part filled in

17. Service Definition

18. Service Specification

19. Service implementation (1/3)

20. Service implementation (2/3)

21. Service implementation (3/3)

22. Roles & Rights Catalogue is ECAS protected
Main roles: users, editors, moderators
Service owners are responsible to restrict access to their service descriptions

23. Discussion platform
Comments are allowed on Definition, Specification and Implementation level
Allows discussion between stakeholders
Aims to get best out of the services before going towards the ral implementation

24. Limitations Not directly accessible, ECAS account is needed
MediaWiki page has been created (freely accessible, but static content)
Wiki based:
no real databases for storage
templates based
labels driven
difficult to implement business logic or cross connections

25. MediaWiki page
Why? To have an authentication free entry point First place in Google result for search term "CSPACatalogue"
Content:
High level description of the CSPA project
List of services included in the full catalogue
Instruction to get access to the full catalogue

26. Main page

27. Service List