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• CLASET
• An EDI Message for Exchanging Classifications
• Contributed Paper (WP.26)

Danny Delcambre, Eurostat(Danny.Delcambre_at_cec.eu.
int)
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CLASET

• fully operational, normalized message
• to exchange
• 1) hierarchical structures, such as
• - classifications, organisational charts,
  product lists, etc.
• 2) links between these structures
• 3) additional information, such as
• - life cycle of data (versioning, dates,
  etc.) - general information (maintenance agency,
  references, etc.)

Independent from software and hardware
UN/EDIFACT norm http//www.unece.org/trade/untdid
/d00a/trmd/claset_c.htm
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CLASET

• Based on a complete data model. To implement
  CLASET,
• - either you adopt the CLASET data model- or
  you map it with your own data model
• Implemented in several syntaxes
• - EDIFACT, SGML, XML, HTML
• A toolbox offers the following functionalities
• - Conversion from one syntax to another- Text
  files import/export
• - Configuration of text parsers

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CLASET DATA MODEL
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DATA MODEL FOR CLASSIFICATION PART
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WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH CLASET
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CLASET

• They have tested or implemented CLASET
• - INSEE (in their nomenclature server)
• - Statistics Finland
• - Swiss Statistical office
• - Eurostat (export format in next release of
  RAMON)
• - a Belgian regional office for Employment in
  the framework of the Protégé Project
  (http//protege.stanford.edu)

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CLASET

• More info
• - Working paper for this meeting (METIS 2004,
  WP.26)
• - CLASET Web page
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/ramon/claset
  /index.htm

Data models (UML, XML), implementation guides
(EDIFACT, XML, etc.
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