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IDARESA: Integrated Documentation and Retrieval Environment for Statistical Aggregates


Overview


A research project funded by the European Union (DOSIS)


Background

IDARESA is a multinational European co-operation designing and implementing a metadata-based statistical information and data processing system targeted at the practical needs of statistical agencies and offices in charge of supplying high-quality statistical information. This project emphasises the harmonisation of statistical data originating from different sources and contexts and CES's experience in the creation of harmonised datasets for projects such as CATEWE, VTLMT and HIP has played an important role in the design of the system. Advanced information technologies and software engineering techniques are being used to develop software which provides both a 'platform' for data harmonisation and an interface which will allow data held in different locations to be accessed and combined for secondary analysis.

IDARESA is one of the approved research and development projects - no. 20478 - of EUROSTAT's DOSIS (Development of Statistical Information Systems) initiative, a special task of Esprit's Emerging Software Technologies track within the 4th EU Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. The team is headed by Professor Wilfried Grossman of the University of Vienna and involves researchers from CES, University of Athens, University of Ulster, Statistics Netherlands, Greek Statistical Office and DESAN Market Research (Amsterdam).



Researchers


Joanne Lamb, Joan Fairgrieve


Publications


Published and working papers from this project will be posted on this site when they become available.


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