Information standards and technologies for describing, exchanging and disseminating data and metadata | |
Course Leader | Alessio Cardacino |
Target Group | Subject-matter experts without specialist IT knowledge. |
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Objective(s) | The main objectives of the course are:
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Contents | Introduction to Information Models & Standards: - Basic notions - Relevance in the context of statistical production - Metadata-driven process statistical production process ▪ Overview of the overarching Generic Statistical Information Model (GSIM) and its relationships to other standards (such as GSBPM, SDMX and DDI) ▪ Overview of some main implementation-level standards - Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX): standard, guidelines, IT architecture and implementation scenarios. The discussion on SDMX will also include information about the latest developments in the standard (SDMX 3.0). - Data Documentation Initiative (DDI): Describing, managing and archiving unit-record data - Semantic web standards, such as RDF linked open data (e.g.DCAT, SPARQL, SKOS/XKOS, RDF Data Cube Vocabulary)
▪ Use cases and/or practical exercises on data exchange, validation and dissemination. |
Expected Outcome | At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
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Required Reading | None |
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Required Preparation | Subject-matter experts (domains, dissemination and metadata management staff) without specialist IT knowledge. |
Trainer(s)/ Lecturer(s) | Alessio Cardacino (Istat), Francesco Rizzo (Istat), Giorgia Simeoni (Istat), Emanuela Recchini (Istat) |
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When | Duration | Where | Organiser | APPLICATION VIA National Contact Point |
18-21.03.2025 | 4 days | Rome, Italy | Deadline: 20.01.2025 |