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11 11  == 2.2 Background – Official Statistics ==
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13 -[[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] comes out of the world of official statistics. If you work for a national or international statistical agency, you already understand “official statistics”, but many people who work with statistical data may not understand this domain, so we will provide a brief, high-level description.
13 +[[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] comes out of the world of official statistics. If you work for a national or international statistical agency, you already understand “official statistics”, but many people who work with statistical data may not understand this domain, so we will provide a brief, high-(% style="color:#e74c3c" %)level(%%) description.
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15 15  “Official statistics” are the data which is collected and disseminated by a set of governmental and international organizations to provide the factual basis for making policy and supporting research. Some countries have a “national statistical office” (NSO) while others may have several governmental organizations which are charged with collecting statistical data for governmental use. Most countries also have central banks or similar organizations which collect and disseminate financial and economic data.
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19 19  These national organizations typically report their statistics to a set of supra-national organizations, representing either regions of the globe (examples include Eurostat and the European Central Bank) or domains (examples include the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, UNESCO, and the World Bank). Many of these organizations belong to the UN, or are treaty organizations.
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21 -All of these organizations exchange, report, and disseminate data in a chain which can be understood as starting at the lowest level within each country, and resulting in highlevel [[data sets>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Data set.WebHome]] which are “aggregated” as they move through various levels to reach the international level.
21 +All of these organizations exchange, report, and disseminate data in a chain which can be understood as starting at the lowest (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)level(%%) within each country, and resulting in highlevel [[data sets>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Data set.WebHome]] which are “aggregated” as they move through various (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)levels(%%) to reach the international (% style="color:#e74c3c" %)level(%%).
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23 23  The system of official statistics is this network of reported data, according to legal requirements or other types of agreements. There are several important meetings, conferences, and initiatives within this system, so that all organizations adopt similar approaches and techniques, and to coordinate reporting: the Conference of European Statisticians is an important meeting, as is the United Nations Statistical Commission meeting. Ultimately the goal is to measure important phenomenon occurring in the world, and to report the data to policy makers, students, journalists, and other users to help inform their activity. The data is “official” because it comes with the reputation of the world’s governments and international institutions behind it.
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68 68  Within the content-oriented work, there are a set of work products: //The Content Oriented Guidelines, //and 5 annexes:
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70 -1. Cross-Domain [[Concepts>>doc:Glossary.Concept.WebHome]]
71 -1. Cross-Domain [[Codelists>>doc:Glossary.Code list.WebHome]]
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72 72  1. Statistical Subject-Matter Domains
73 73  1. Metadata Common Vocabulary
74 74  1. [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]]-ML for the [[Content-Oriented Guidelines>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Content-Oriented Guidelines.WebHome]] ((% style="color:#e74c3c" %)Concepts(%%), [[Code Lists>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Code list.WebHome]], [[Category>>doc:sdmx:Glossary.Category.WebHome]] Scheme)