Summary and Conclusions

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Summary and Conclusions
Joint UNECE, EUROSTAT and OECD Workshop on the
Statistical Business Process and Metadata Case
Studies

• Lisbon, 11-13 March 2009

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Day 1Generic Statistical Business Process Model

• Discussion of the GSBPM
• Revision of some model steps (name and
  description) new text incorporating input from
  participants
• Open issues
• Sign-off or approval at the end of each phase or
  sub-process? Explicit or general comment?
• Explicit start and end points / inputs and
  outputs for each sub-process?
• Does overarching metadata management include all
  types of metadata?

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Next Steps on GSBPM finalisation

• Comments from METIS participants by 31 March
• Additional text needed on the business case and
  for information on existing implementations
  related to the GSBPM
• UNECE to finalize model with agreement from
  Steering Group
• Publish on Internet by end May 2009

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Part C of the Common Metadata Framework

• Metadata and the Statistical Business Process
  incl. The GSBPM
• Proposed outline
• The model
• Business case
• Implementation
• Metadata within the model which metadata for
  which phase or sub-process
• Timing for finalization
• Drafting 200910 Presentation at METIS 2010

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Day 2 Metadata Systems of the INE Portugal

• Presentation of the different modules
• Concepts
• Classifications
• Methodological documents
• Data collection instruments
• Variables
• Very good example of a step-wise approach based
  on a global architecture

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Day 3 Metadata Case studies

• Overview of a survey being conducted by Eurostat
  on the assessment of national metadata systems
  (results to be presented during the Metadata
  Working group on 18-19 June 2009 in Luxembourg)
• Analysis of existing case studies
• New case studies presented (Germany, Slovenia,
  Austria, Albania)
• Update to existing case studies
• METIS wiki comments, feedback on ease of use,
  expanding to more subjects (e.g. part B and C)

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Day 3 Discussion

• Case study template comments and feedback on
  structure and ease of use
• List of best practices to be extracted from
• Case study analysis
• Eurostat survey on national metadata
• Possibility of hosting documents on metadata
  systems and sharing software on the MSIS website
  portal (joint MSIS/METIS project?)

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METIS Work Session 2010

• Period Spring 2010 (precise date to be defined)
• Venue X or Geneva?
• Topics (linked to the Common Metadata Framework)
• Part C METIS steering group and the secretariat
  to prepare the final draft with additional
  material on GSBPM
• Part D more case studies
• Part B to advance virtual task-force and use of
  wiki
• ...

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• Thanks
• Statistics Portugal
• for hosting the meeting