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Based on the analysis of the statistical production process inside and outside national statistical offices requirements for metadata structures accompanying statistical data are outlined. Furthermore a transformation model is sketched which allows the use of metadata in production activities and some conceptual issues for the architecture of metadata driven statistical processing systems are discussed.
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Grossmann, W. Metadata usage in the statistical production process. Computational Statistics 15, 41–51 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001800050035
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