1. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data European conference on quality in official statistics 2-5 June 2014 Ana Isabel Sánchez-Luengo Providencia Núñez Asunción Piñan Luis López Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data

2. Index Reference metadata systems Standard methodologies project Relevant aspects Implementation Lessons learned

3. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Reference metadata systems

4. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data The European Statistics Code of Practice

5. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Reference metadata It shall be understood as the information that accompanies statistical operations and allows knowing the contents, methodologies and aspects of quality associated with each statistical operation in a systematic, homogeneous ans structured way

6. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Standardised methodologies project 2010 1990 2013

7. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Standardised methodologies project Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure

8. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Standardised methodologies project Statistical OperationsvsDomains and indicators Labour Force Survey

9. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Standardised methodologies project Statistical OperationsvsDomains and indicators

10. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Statistical Operation The statistical operation is defined as the set of activities that lead to obtaining statistical results in a determined sector or subject based on the individually collected data. Source: INE

11. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Domain

12. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Relevant aspects Quality Governance Information Production Process Normalisation

13. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Relevant aspects: Quality The only quality reports that were compiled were those corresponding to statistics subject to Eurostat regulation No homogeneous structure Not published on the INE website

14. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Relevant aspects: Quality Barometer

15. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Relevant aspects: Quality 1 Contact 2 Metadata update 3 Statistical presentation 4 Unit of measure 5 Reference period 6 Institutional mandate 7 Confidentiality 8 Release policy 9 Frecuency of dissemination 10 Dissemination format 11 Accessibility of documentation 12 Quality management 13 Relevance 14 Accuracy and raliability 15 Timelliness and punctuality 16 Comparability 17 Coherence 18 Cost and burden 19 Data revision 20 Statistical processing 21 Comments ESMS Quality report

16. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Relevant aspects: Governance Coordination Homogenisation Integration Information Quality Clarity

17. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Relevant aspects: Governance 1 Contact 2 Metadata update 3 Statistical presentation 4 Unit of measure 5 Reference period 6 Institutional mandate 7 Confidentiality 8 Release policy 9 Frecuency of dissemination 10 Dissemination format 11 Accessibility of documentation 12 Quality management 13 Relevance 14 Accuracy and raliability 15 Timelliness and punctuality 16 Comparability 17 Coherence 18 Cost and burden 19 Data revision 20 Statistical processing 21 Comments ESMS Governance

18. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Relevant aspects: Information Production process 1 Contact 2 Metadata update 3 Statistical presentation 4 Unit of measure 5 Reference period 6 Institutional mandate 7 Confidentiality 8 Release policy 9 Frecuency of dissemination 10 Dissemination format 11 Accessibility of documentation 12 Quality management 13 Relevance 14 Accuracy and raliability 15 Timelliness and punctuality 16 Comparability 17 Coherence 18 Cost and burden 19 Data revision 20 Statistical processing 21 Comments ESMS GSBPM

19. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Relevant aspects: Normalisation 1 Contact 2 Metadata update 3 Statistical presentation 4 Unit of measure 5 Reference period 6 Institutional mandate 7 Confidentiality 8 Release policy 9 Frecuency of dissemination 10 Dissemination format 11 Accessibility of documentation 12 Quality management 13 Relevance 14 Accuracy and raliability 15 Timelliness and punctuality 16 Comparability 17 Coherence 18 Cost and burden 19 Data revision 20 Statistical processing 21 Comments ESMS Variables Concepts Units Process: Seasonal adjustment …

20. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Implementation: Schedule December 2011 The Board of Directors of the INE approved the Standard 2012 IT tools development 2013 Work execution : to compile a ESMS sheet for each and every one of the statistical operations for which data were published on the INE website

21. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Implementation: Management Units: Coordination Dissemination Quality Standard Purpose: Information Dissemination Unification of criteria Resolution of doubts

22. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Implementation: Future works Three lines of work Improvement of the information in the base Improvement of applications and convergence with other national and international projects Implemeting ESMS in all the Spanish statistical system

23. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Lessons learned Multidisciplinary coordination work group Web dissemination IT tools Covergence with other projects, national and international: Different study units, SO, domains Language Interoperability between different IT tools

24. Reference metadata: a step towards greater accessibility and clarity of statistical data Thanks for your attention!!!! e_mail: anaisabel.sanchez.luengo@ine.es