Metadata Management in Official Statistics–An IT-based Methodology Approach
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There is a considerable impact of evolving information technology (IT) on Official Statistics. Coping with both risks and potentials of this development, Official Statistics is in serious need to address questions of keeping the statistical system functional and responsive to increasing requirements whilst facing rather tight economic conditions. At any rate, it can be anticipated that new approaches to information management will play a prominentrole in the re-engineering of statistical infrastructures; in particular, metadata management will turn out as key factor in this indispensable renewal of statistical data production and dissemination systems. After tracing emergent developments back to their interwoven origins in both statistics and IT hemispheres, this paper singles out the dominant issues and components of next-generation metadata-based IT frameworks taking shape in the domain of Official Statistics, and proposes some framework design principles.
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