Measuring the Data Universe

Description

This richly illustrated book provides an easy-to-read introduction to the challenges of organizing and integrating modern data worlds, explaining the contribution of public statistics and the ISO standard SDMX (Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange). As such, it is a must for data experts as well those aspiring to become one. Today, exponentially growing data worlds are increasingly determining our professional and private lives. The rapid increase in the amount of globally available data, fueled by search engines and social networks but also by new technical possibilities such as Big Data, offers great opportunities. But whatever the undertaking – driving the block chain revolution or making smart phones even smarter – success will be determined by how well it is possible to integrate, i.e. to collect, link and evaluate, the required data. One crucial factor in this is the introduction of a cross-domain order system in combination with a standardization of the data structure. Using everyday examples, the authors show how the concepts of statistics provide the basis for the universal and standardized presentation of any kind of information. They also introduce the international statistics standard SDMX, describing the profound changes it has made possible and the related order system for the international statistics community. Front Matter ....Pages i-vii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Where We Stand, Where We Want to Be, and How to Get There (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 3-9 What Does Reality Look Like? (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 11-14 What Can We Expect From Big Data? (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 15-22 Why Is Data Integration So Hard? (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 23-33 Basic Thoughts About Standardisation (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 35-40 Standardisation and Research (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 41-45 Introducing Standards Successfully (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 47-52 Statistics Driving Successful Data Integration (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 53-57 Contribution of the Statistics Standard SDMX (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 59-67 Conclusion and Outlook (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 69-70 Front Matter ....Pages 71-71 History of SDMX (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 73-83 The Main Elements of SDMX (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 85-101 Working with SDMX (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 103-105 SDMX as a Key Success Factor for Data Integration (Reinhold Stahl, Patricia Staab)....Pages 107-109 Back Matter ....Pages 111-117