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EXPERIENCES FROM DISTRIBUTED REGISTERING OF METADATA IN METAPLUS
Klas Blomqvist and Lars-Göran Lundell
Statistics Sweden
Agenda
• Background– The metadata system– Organisational impact– Reorganisation
• Experiences
• Future plans
Statistics Sweden’s metadata system
• SCBDOK
• Description of the statistics
• MetaPlusMetadata repository
SCBDOK
MetaPlus
Description of the statistics
KDB
Quality Declaration
Organisational impact
• Decentralised organisation– Strong subject matter departments– Functional departments
• Decentralised registration of metadata– Central support and coordination (R&D dept.)– Central dissemination (Info dept.)
Organisational impact
• New organisation– The Process Department – The Research and Development Department – The Communication Department
– Classifications, metadata and content harmonisation (KMI)
Re-organising Statistics Sweden
• Standardised production and tools– Process orientation– Customer focus– Efficiency– Standardisation– Quality control
MetaPlus - Contents
• Standard variables
• Variables
• Object classes
• Classifications and value domains
• Registers created and used
• Population
MetaPlus current functionality, some examples
• Documentation
• Reuse
• Harmonisation
• Classifications
• Variable groups
• Advanced search
• Web interface
• Longitudinal registers
• Time series
• Historical information
• Administration
• Personal Data Act Administration System
• Archiving
MetaPlus - Model
Object class
Value domain
Context Population
Variable
Population
Context variable
Object variable
Register
Register version
Register variant
Conceptual value
domain
Value
Registering metadata with MetaPlus
• Organisational issues for registering metadata– Decentralised organisation – Stovepipe production model– Documentation is a burden
• The KMI Group
• Networks
The KMI Group
• Governance and development of the metadata system – Implementation and maintenance of MetaPlus– User training, helpdesk and support– Presentation on the web
• Harmonisation – Classifications and classification related methods– Contents within the metadata systems
The documentation network
• All departments represented
• ”Standard”
• PCA – Supplying methodology resources
• Bridge between central knowledge and subject matter expertise
PCA
Graphical view
Dept. A Dept. B
KMI
WWW.SCB.SEKOM
Contents Harmonisation
• History: The Metadok system
• A constant demand
• Lack of understanding from users
• Stepwise approach1. Classify contents
• Statistical, Administrative and General variables
2. Remove duplicates
3. Subject matter control
Statistics and evaluation
• The Management– Monitors overall progress– Follows up and takes relevant actions
• The KMI Group – Follows up and evaluates the detailed contents of
the MetaPlus database– Reports to Management
Experiences from working with MetaPlus
• Disadvantages of the decentralised mode:– Central control is more difficult– Coordination and harmonisation of contents is
more difficult– Registration of documentation is not always
prioritised locally
Experiences from working with MetaPlus
• Advantages of using a decentralised mode:– Relatively sparse and efficient use of central
resources– Enforces knowledgeable participation from the
subject matter specialists– Possibility to join the metadata system with other
systems
MetaPlus and archiving
• Long-term archiving– Data sent to the National Archives
• Dedicated archiving system– Creates archive files in required format– Converts archive files to database tables – Uses MetaPlus information
• Metadata from MetaPlus and SCBDOK is a required part of the archived material
Future plans
• Web presentation of metadata based on the MetaPlus database– First version to be launched later this year– Documentation (variables, micro registers,
statistical units, populations, etc)– Classifications
• MetaPlus used by other Swedish providers of statistics
Future plans
• Planned additions– Web presentation will include links between
metadata on micro and macro levels – End-user tool for metadata driven production
of tables– Expanded classification database
Use in the life cycle