User-Driven Integrated Statistical Solutions: Government for the People by the People
Open Forum on Metadata Registries
Santa Fe, New Mexico
January 20, 2000
Mark E. WallaceUS Census BureauISS Project [email protected]
Censusand
SurveyDesign
Censusand
SurveyDesign
DataCollection
DataCollection
DataProcessing
DataProcessing
DataDissemin-
ation
DataDissemin-
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Corporate M E T A D A T A RepositoryCorporate M E T A D A T A Repository
Review of CMR ImplementationReview of CMR ImplementationThe BOC CMR Vision for the The BOC CMR Vision for the
Census and Survey Business ProcessCensus and Survey Business Process
ISS/FedStats Product Process
Customer Conceiveproducts
Plan anddesign
products
Developproducts
DeliverProducts
MaintainProducts
Customer
Needs
High-levelproduct concepts
ProductConcept
Final model
PreliminaryMarketing
plan
Approved product
Final marketing
plan
Product access
Questions
Support
Orders
Fee
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CustomerDatabase
Resource AllocationTracking System
Corporate dataand metadata repository
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data
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Pro
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Con
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Feedback summaries
Decision to improve product
Product concept
Previous experience with similar products
App
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Pro
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App
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Usa
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Usage statistics
Improve or discontinue decisions
Metadata Technology ContinuumMetadata Technology Continuum
low integration
low share/reuse
few open standards
low interoperability
high integration
high share/reuse
many open standards
high interoperability
Buried,Inaccessible
Metadata
DefinedApplication
Models
AutonomousRepositories
IntegratedVertical/
Inter-DeptMetadata
Tool-basedData
Dictionaries
IntegratedGlobal
EnterpriseMetadata
IntegratedCorporateEnterpriseMetadata
EMR CMR ISS EMR CMR ISS
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ISS Continuum PhasesISS Continuum Phases
IntegratedGlobal
EnterpriseMetadata
Capability ofGlobal DistributedStatisticalIntegrationQueries & MergedData Results
MakingIntegratedCorporateData availableto the Public
Global Statistical Integration viaGlobal Searches& LaunchingInternet sites &applications
The Census Bureauneeds to work withits government partnersto develop globalintegrated solutionsthat meet the publicdemand for information.
CorporateMetadata
Repository
CensusWeb Enabled Applications
Inter-DeptCMR
(e.g. Econ MR)
Internet Servers
Public UseCopy of the
CMR
Distributed Dissemination
Metadata Repositories (DDMR)
InternetConnection
ExternalUser
Java Enabled Browser
Census BureauEmployee
Integrated Statistical Solutions (ISS) Relationship tothe Corporate Metadata Repository
Econ.Tools
CMRWebTools
FERRETDADS/AFF
DistributedData
Intranet Servers
AFF
ISS Web Enabled Applications
Architecture in box not defined
- Access to external data , published data, IIS Products
DistributedFederal,
State, Local Data
FERRET
Subset of CMR
Hot Reports
Implementation Issues
Definitions of concepts
Geography
Disclosure avoidance
Digital Government Collaborative Environment• What is it?
• Where is it?
• What will it be used for?
• How will it be managed?
• How will it benefit the agencies?
Product Concepts Working Group
• Why?– Next generation “data access tools”– Bridge between MapStats thematic mapping
“on-the-fly”
• Who?– Reps from ICSP agencies, MapStats and Data
Access Tools Working Groups
PC Working Group (cont.)
• What?– Develop & implement process for customer
input/ideas – Work undertaken in collaborative environments
with researchers– Design, develop and review prototypes
USA COUNTIES 1996Geographic Area: Northampton, VA (51131)Table: GENERAL PROFILE------------------------------------------------------------------------------POPULATION AND HOUSING (Bureau of the Census) Total resident population: 1995................................................... 13,013 Percent 65 years and over............................ 20.6 1990................................................... 13,061 1980................................................... 14,625 Occupied housing units, 1990............................. 5,129 Percent owner occupied................................. 65.7Births and Deaths (National Center for Health Statistics) Births, 1993………………………………. 147 Deaths, 1993............................................. 195 Per 1,000 resident population.......................... 15.0 Infant deaths per 1,000 live births, 1993................ 6.8LABOR FORCE (Bureau of Labor Statistics) Civilian labor force, 1994............................... 5,640 Percent unemployed..................................... 6.7Total Number of Crimes(FBI/National Archive of Criminal Justice Data) 496 Burglary ............................................. 125 Larceny - theft………………………… 228 Other Crimes........................…………. 143
The ISS and Metadata Connection
• Using the ISS technical architecture for data integration
• Utilizing metadata• Removing painful data
transformation process
Data transformation
by the user
Next Steps:
Develop the Ground Floor (Infrastructure) inConjunction with the Second Floor (Tools & Products)
• Infrastructure - Detail diagramming and implementation of the complementary roles of the CMR, DDMR and their connection with NESSTAR and the DDI, etc.
• Tools & Products - Continue to foster and cultivate interagency collaboration in development of initial and later tools & products.
Helping You Make Informed Decisions
Mark Wallace ([email protected])
Bureau of the CensusISS Project Director