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OECD Experience: Sharing Statistical Software Components

Discover the OECD's experience in sharing statistical software components, including advantages, challenges, and next steps. Learn about the software shared, pros and cons, and the importance of collaboration in the statistical field.

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OECD Experience: Sharing Statistical Software Components

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  1. Sharing Statistical Software Components – the OECD experience MSIS May 2009

  2. Presentation topics • Background • Advantages of sharing software • What software are we sharing • The OECD experience – pros and cons • Challenges of software sharing • Next steps • Conclusions

  3. 1. Background • OECD Sharing software since 2003 • Followed on from collaboration on Trade system with UNSD • Sharing was initially informal • Subsequently received numerous requests to share • Have now moved to more formal MoU based approach

  4. 2. Advantages of sharing software • Saving time and resources • Promote and enable use of standards (such as SDMX) • Facilitate exchange of data and metadata • Sends a positive message to stakeholders • Rewarding work for staff

  5. Production Storage Dissemination Data Production Environments (incl. StatWorks) OECD.Stat Corporate Data Warehouse User Interfaces Cubes PubStat Publication Management Interface MetaStore XML XML Metadata Production Environment Published Outputs Web Services 3. What software are we sharing • Components for managing OECD Statistical life cycle • StatWorks • MetaStore • OECD.Stat

  6. 4. The OECD experience – pros & cons • Partnership with UNSD – started together. Equal division of labour. Simple and easy to manage. Win-win. • Providing packages to other organisations – straightforward but some costs to manage. Little direct benefit to OECD. • Joint development with new partners – complex and costly to start up. Longer-term benefits to OECD.

  7. 5. Challenges of software sharing • Choosing the correct scenario – from centrally managed through to consortium. • Deciding between ‘owned’ software or a form of open source • Finding the right balance on cost recovery – we are not vendors. • Choosing which software components are candidates for a global system

  8. 6. Next Steps • Drafting a standard MoU • Complete installation packages • Continue to work with other organisations

  9. 7. Conclusion It’s a good thing and we should keep doing it !

  10. Thank you ... Trevor.Fletcher@OECD.org questions & answers ...

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