Abstract #301760

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301760
Activity Number: 370
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2003 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #301760
Title: Standards and Metadata in a Statistical Agency
Author(s): Daniel W. Gillman*+
Companies: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Address: 2 Mass. Ave. NE, Washington, DC, 20212-0001,
Keywords: W3C ; ISO ; classification ; code sets
Abstract:

There is a wide range of standards in use today, and the most successful standards over time are developed through a consensus building process. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) are two well-known examples of standards development organizations (SDOs). Many statistical agencies develop standards, and in fact, some have a standards division within the organization. Two typical statistical standards are the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) and the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). NAICS, SOC, and other code sets (often under ISO, W3C, or other SDOs) are used to describe, classify, or code data that are collected by the agency. So, these standards are also metadata. There are also metadata standards. These address how one organizes or describes data. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) and the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) are two examples. This paper describes the standards- setting process, how standards influence the work of statistical agencies, the connection between standards and metadata, and the need for a standards strategy in the statistical agency.

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