Making the most of statistical data

ONS disseminates hundreds of statistical datasets every year for public consumption. They underpin key National Statistics outputs, are are made freely available under the UK Government's "click-use" license. However, they are currently not easy to discover, are published in a variety of inconsistent formats, and as a consequence, many are under-utilised. ONS recognises this, and is developing a new repository, API (which has the potential to be made public), and web-based discovery and exploration tools for its own web site. This presentation will explore that architectural elements, and discuss the statistical data standards that would be needed to facilitate a distributed network of government repositories.

Policy Recommendation

* Promote SDMX as a key international standard that can help harmonise public sector statistical data.