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Statistics Explained a new way of publishing statistics (or anything) Scheveningen, December 2009 Statistics Explained? World first: Eurostat’s encyclopaedia of European statistics – Statistical data analyzed and explained – All concepts and terms defined (glossary) – Deep links to more data & metadata (portal) For the general public, not specialists Wikipedia look and structure Open-source Mediawiki software Updated by whole Eurostat staff (870), as a rule not from outside December 2009 Scheveningen: Statistics Explained 2 December 2009 Scheveningen: Statistics Explained 3 December 2009 Scheveningen: Statistics Explained 4 What’s so special? Unique combination of wiki openness and quality control: statistics are guaranteed New channels, new audiences on the Internet Huge impact on publication workflows: – Production time drastically shortened – Efficient organization-wide collaboration – Optimal version control and archiving Huge impact on output: – Integration of most existing publication types – Web first, print derived – Repository for publishing, including ‘publish-ityourself’ December 2009 Scheveningen: Statistics Explained 5 Current state Content: – Some 150 statistical and other articles across all statistical themes, from economy to crime – Supplement by over 600 glossary pages – Equivalent to 2500-page paper publication Over 100 contributors (1 in 8 of Eurostat staff) Governance working smoothly, no incident or accident in 8 months’ operation Growing visitor numbers, high google rankings, more bookmarks and links December 2009 Scheveningen: Statistics Explained 6 The future of publishing Statistical content rapidly expanding and improving, in decentralized way New software development to facilitate navigation and support site management Glossary – To be expanded drastically and systematically – Multilingual version (23 EU languages) considered Publication workflows being re-engineered Publication strategy reconsidered – Web first, as workspace, repository and first line access – Publish on demand, to be automated December 2009 Scheveningen: Statistics Explained 7 Take a look http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained December 2009 Scheveningen: Statistics Explained 8