Publishing Metadata with Data - XML based dissemination process of statistical information (CoSSI)
Harri Lehtinen([email protected])
14.9.2006 2Harri Lehtinen
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
14.9.2006 3Harri Lehtinen
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
14.9.2006 4Harri Lehtinen
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
14.9.2006 5Harri Lehtinen
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
Statisticalapplication
SAS
SuperStar
PX-Edit
PC-Axis
...
Publicationeditor
XML-EditorEpic
OthersRSS,txt...
figures XML-DB eXist
Disseminationdatabase
- publications - matrices
- tables
matrices
PC-Axis
PC-Axis
SDMXXBRL
14.9.2006 6Harri Lehtinen
Metadata in the CoSSI model
Example of the metadata and the tools used
14.9.2006 7Harri Lehtinen
Sta
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Tables and matrices
Publications
Metadata
View of a statistical publication in the Epic editor
View of the eXist XML database
14.9.2006 8Harri Lehtinen
Do
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Statistical metadata
Publication in XML format
Sta
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14.9.2006 9Harri Lehtinen
Statistical metadata for a variable ”Disposable income”
Statistical metadata for a variable in a table
14.9.2006 10Harri Lehtinen
Link to the statistical metadata
HTML output of a statistical publication with statistical metadata
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