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METIS 2008 Pre-work session survey of participants

METIS 2008 Pre-work session survey of participants. About the questionnaire. Aim to collect information on existing practices and issues Developed by METIS Steering Group based on 2007 questionnaire Sent to METIS participants & mailing list

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METIS 2008 Pre-work session survey of participants

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  1. METIS 2008 Pre-work session survey of participants

  2. About the questionnaire Aim to collect information on existing practices and issues • Developed by METIS Steering Group based on 2007 questionnaire • Sent to METIS participants & mailing list • Responses from 35 statistical offices (~80% of participants at METIS 2008)

  3. Metadata strategy • Most have either a corporate metadata strategy or independent systems • 20% have both

  4. Phase of implementation • Provide an overall picture • Enable countries/organizations to identify others at the same phase

  5. Metadata systems are covering each phase

  6. Standards:Current use, compared to 2007

  7. Standards:Current use, compared to 2007

  8. Standards being considered,compared to 2007

  9. Standards being considered,compared to 2007

  10. Main challenges • Lack of resources (77%) • Getting subject-matter statisticians support / buy-in (74%) • Implementing standards (69%) • Employing and retaining people with the right IT skills (69%)

  11. Metadata categories • Structural • Definitional • Methodological • Quality • Referential…. • This issue will be discussed further as part of Bo Sundgren’s presentation (WP.7)

  12. How useful is the Common Metadata Framework? • 47% - extremely or very useful • 35% - useful • 18 % - partly or not useful • Encourage feedback • Discussions, future work and evaluation

  13. Discussion • What is needed to help address the challenges? • How can the CMF be more useful? • Have we learnt something of value from this information? • Should we continue to gather it in the future? • Other comments or suggestions

  14. Thank you Joint UNECE/Eurostat/OECD METIS work session on statistical metadata, Luxembourg, 9 to 11 April 2008

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