
This portal is dedicated to presenting the data and metadata exchange processes and standards that are put in place in the European Statistical System, including validation.
Information in the Data and Metadata exchange is structured in a layered manner, from general aspects to more detailed and technical explanations. The site comprises information that will support readers to:
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Learn how data and metadata are exchanged across the ESS
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Discover the standards that are used in the production, transmission and validation of data and metadata
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Find out about Eurostat tools and learning opportunities that are available
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Get access to tools documentation, videos and most frequently questions that support self learning
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Be informed about ongoing cooperation projects
- Latest news
- Overview of data and metadata exchange in the ESS
- Data and Metadata exchange standards
- Tools
- Training courses
- User guides
- COOL - User Guide
- EDAMIS 4 - Short User Guide
- ESS MH - Short User Guide
- ESS MH - User Guide
- Euro-SDMX Registry - User Guide
- SDMX Converter - User Guide
- Euro SDMX Registry - Web Services Guide
- User guide to validation reports
- How to connect to a Webex session
- Modeling of Eurostat's statistical classifications in ShowVoc
- SPARQL Queries - Short User Guide
- Explanatory recordings
- FAQ
- EDAMIS
- EDAMIS General
- EDAMIS Account
- EDAMIS Inventory
- EDAMIS Reports
- EDAMIS Transmission - Reception
- Can we download a datafile or a feedback in EDAMIS4 portal?
- How can a user change the encoding of a file to UTF-8?
- How to delete files from the “Received Data files” and “Received Feedback” menus of EDAMIS4
- How to download a public key
- How to encrypt / decrypt a file in EDAMIS 4?
- How to respect the Dataset Naming Convention (DSNC)
- Is it possible to change a transmission's metadata once a file has been submitted?
- Selecting the reporting period in EDAMIS 4
- Where is the menu to send feedback files in EDAMIS4?
- ESSMH
- SDMX
- EDAMIS
- Cooperation projects
- Files
- 04b. VTL2.0 Quick Reference Guide - Results
- 11. ESSnet Validat Integration - Background and activities
- 00. Agenda ESTP course Data Validation in the ESS
- 02. ESS VIP Validation Project - Context
- 02b. Validation levels representation
- 02c. Main types of data validation rules and fictive domain
- 03. Business and IT Architecture for ESS validation
- 03a. Architecture for ESS Validation - The three scenarios and related IT bulding blocks
- 03b. Business Architecture for ESS Validation - Official document
- 04. VTL - Validation and Transformation Language
- 04a. VTL2.0 Quick Reference Guide
- 04c. VTL2.0 Quiz
- 05. ESS Validation project - State of Play and next steps
- 06. Existing Eurostat tools for data validation in the ESS - Case of EDIT
- 07a. Validation services developed in the ESS - CSPA
- 07b. Validation services developed in the ESS
- 10. Validation services - Implementation - Case of STS
- 12. German Validation System
- 13. Implications of the scenarios at DESTATIS
- Business Architecture for ESS Validation
- Diagram with all VTL operators and functions
- EDIT_Scripting_Language
- EDIT_Training_course_Users
- ESS Data Validation: Detailed description of business functions
- ESS Handbook - Methodology for data validation v1.1 - Rev2018
- ESS Handbook - Methodology for data validation version 2.0 - Revision 2018
- Edit Workflow
- Edit implementation Status - 15 June 2018
- Edit_quick_start_user_guide_v2-1.pdf
- Ess vip validation project
- Eurostat_EDIT
- GSBPM UNECE 2013
- Part 1 - Introduction
- Part 1: General points - Video
- Part 2 - Using EDIT
- Part 2: Introduction to the validation grid - Video
- Part 3 - File import
- Part 3: Understanding the country metadata files - Video
- Part 4 - Validation
- Part 5 - Validation report
- Presentation
- Quick Start User Guide
- Quick guide on VTL 2.0 - Version Jan 2019
- Quick guide on vtl 2.0 (26 pages)
- SDMX Tools and implementations Knowledge sharing workshop. ROME 12-14 June 2023
- Understanding validation reports, 09/2015 - Video
- VTL 2.0 Quick Reference Guide (June 2018)
- VTL 2.0 operators mindmap (s)
- VTL in Istat Validation Process (Italy)
- VTL2.0 Quick Reference Guide - version Jan 2019
- Validation scenario 1
- Validation scenario 2a
- Validation scenario 2b
- Validation scenario 2c
- Validation scenario 3
- Ess validation project - state of play and next steps