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 Directormwallace@census.gov

Censusand

SurveyDesign

Censusand

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DataCollection

DataCollection

DataProcessing

DataProcessing

DataDissemin-

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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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Resource AllocationTracking System

Corporate dataand metadata repository

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Feedback summaries

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Product concept

Previous experience with similar products

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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 (Mark.E.Wallace@ccmail.census.gov)

Bureau of the CensusISS Project Director