Publishing Metadata with Data - XML based dissemination process of statistical information (CoSSI)

Harri Lehtinen(harri.lehtinen@stat.fi)

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Metadata project (1/3)

Launched in spring 2006 Project with the aims of creating a common display and

updating environment for Statistics Finlands existing, separate metadata databases

to ascertain and define how the metadata in the relational databases can automatically be converted to an XML format (CoSSI)

to create a user interface for updating and maintaining the XML format metadata documents

to create a comprehensive system of identification codes

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Metadata project (2/3)

Metadata warehouse – eXist XML database Metadata editor – Epic XML editor Format of the data in the XML database – XML documents

defined by the CoSSI model (www.stat.fi/cossi)

XML based metadata base in statistical tabulations SASSuperStarPC-Axis

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Metadata project (3/3)

Relationaldatabases

XML-EditorEpic

XML-Database eXist

Statistical metadata

Document metadata

Classifications

Quality declaration

Processing md

Metadata

Classification database

Statisticalconcepts database

Statisticsspecific

metadatadatabases

Statisticsspecific

metadatadatabases

Statisticsspecific

metadatadatabases

XML database as metadata warehouse

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XML-based dissemination process

tables

Publication production(Monthly, quarterly, yearly publ, publication tables...)

XML-DB eXist

Metadata:- statistical md- document md- classifications

- quality declaration- processing md

Conversions &Publishing

Saxon- XSLT 2.0

XEP- XSL-FO

PX-Web

HTMLHTMLHTML

PDF

Statisticalapplication

SAS

SuperStar

PX-Edit

PC-Axis

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Publicationeditor

XML-EditorEpic

OthersRSS,txt...

figures XML-DB eXist

Disseminationdatabase

- publications - matrices

- tables

matrices

PC-Axis

PC-Axis

SDMXXBRL

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Metadata in the CoSSI model

Example of the metadata and the tools used

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Tables and matrices

Publications

Metadata

View of a statistical publication in the Epic editor

View of the eXist XML database

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Publication in XML format

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Statistical metadata for a variable ”Disposable income”

Statistical metadata for a variable in a table

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Link to the statistical metadata

HTML output of a statistical publication with statistical metadata