Exploring the relationship between DDI, SDMX and the Generic Statistical Business Process Model
Steven Vale · 2011
The UNECE and the Conference of European Statisticians Steering Group on Statistical Metadata (better known as "METIS") have recently developed the "Generic Statistical Business Process Model" (GSBPM).This model has already been widely adopted by national statistical organisations around the world, and is intended to facilitate the convergence of statistical production processes, both within and between organisations.There are certain obvious similarities between the GSBPM and the DDI 3 Combined Life Cycle Model.At the same time, there is growing interest in official statistics in using DDI 3 in the earlier phases of the statistical production process (particularly for microdata), perhaps in combination with SDMX (Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange) standards, which are seen as more appropriate for macrodata.This paper highlights the work so far on exploring the relationships and interoperability between DDI, SDMX and the GSBPM, as a way of modernising and standardising (i.e., "industrialising") statistical production.It was presented at the 2 nd Annual European DDI Users Group Meeting in Utrecht, Netherlands, in December 2010.