Establishment of a metadata system at the Armenian National Statistical Service – an overview

Issue title: Electronic Data Reporting

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Davtyan, Vanush^a | Poghosyan, Natalya^b | Shaboyan, Artashes^c

Affiliations: [a] State Council on Statistics of Republic of Armenia, 3 Government House, Republic Square, 375010 Yerevan, Armenia. Tel.: +3742 52 45 24; Fax: +3742 52 19 21; E-mail: armstat@sci.am | [b] Information Resources Management and Technologies Department, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia. Tel.: +3742 52 33 92; Fax: +3742 52 19 21; E-mail: armstat@sci.am | [c] Macroeconomic Statistics Department, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia. Tel.: +3742 52 39 96; Fax: +3742 52 19 21; E-mail: armstat@sci.am

Abstract: The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia is paying a lot of attention to renewing its data collection with the aim to achieve maximum reporting efficiency. An important part of this exercise is the development of a metadata system which will have a pivotal role in coordinating the data collection, storage and dissemination. In order to substantially improve the questionnaires for data collection, a software package linked to metadata is used to automatically generate questionnaires. The development of the metadata system is closely coordinated with the creation of a Single Data Warehouse. The metadata system will also be connected to databases producing statistical output allowing to link metadata to the output tables.

DOI: 10.3233/SJU-2002-19312

Journal: Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 219-222, 2002