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Managing metadata in Statistics Norway Anne Gro Hustoft (agt@ssb.no) Jenny Linnerud (jal@ssb.no). Metadata strategy (2005-) Strategy for managing metadata: - Linking different metadata systems together in an integrated system, making metadata easily accessible for all users,
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Managing metadata in Statistics Norway Anne Gro Hustoft (agt@ssb.no) Jenny Linnerud (jal@ssb.no)
Metadata strategy (2005-) • Strategy for managing metadata: • - Linking different metadata systems together in an integrated • system, making metadata easily accessible for all users, • updated in one place and used ”everywhere”. • Several measures aimed at improving management of metadata: • Definition of key metadata concepts • Metadata portal • Definition of clear roles and responsibilities
Metadata portal - The overall purpose of the metadata portal is to make Statistics Norway's metadata systems more accessible and easier to use - The portal helps managers to follow up the coverage and quality of the contents of the underlying metadata systems.
Actions that promote metadata work: • Making formal documents (e.g. Metadata strategy) • Step-wise development of metadata systems • Continuous follow-up of progress • Releasing metadata on the Internet
Challenges: • Allocating the necessary resources • Harmonisation of metadata • Including metadata in the production cycle
Intranet • 20 additional status reports • Search in 6 700 archive file descriptions • over 80 000 code lists • 2 way navigation between variable definitions and archive file descriptions.