Statistical Terms Glossary

Legal, conjugal status of each individual in relation to the marriage laws or customs of the country.

Metadata element used to a) list the classification(s) being used for a given Data Set or set of Data Sets, and b) describe how these conform to internationally agreed standards, guidelines, or good practices.

Language-independent set of letters, numbers or symbols that represent a Concept whose meaning is described in a natural language.

Predefined set of terms from which some statistical coded Concepts take their values.

Specification of the Representation for the Codes in a Codelist.

Extent to which statistics are reconcilable with those obtained through other Data Sources or statistical domains.

Extent to which statistics are consistent within a given Data Set.

Descriptive text which can be attached to data or metadata.

Extent to which statistics are comparable between geographical areas.

Extent to which statistics are comparable or reconcilable over time.

Organisation collecting and/or elaborating the data being reported.

Structural artefact used to define the structure of a Data or Metadata Set.

Unit of thought created by a unique combination of characteristics.

Set of Concepts that are used in a Data Structure Definition or Metadata Structure Definition.

Property of data indicating whether they are subject to dissemination restrictions.

Rules applied for treating the Data Set to ensure that private information from individual units cannot be accessed and to prevent unauthorised disclosure.

Legislative measures or other formal procedures which prevent unauthorised disclosure of data that identify a person or economic entity either directly or indirectly.

Secondary recipient(s) to whom the sender allows the primary recipient to forward restricted data.

Information about the confidentiality status of the object to which this attribute is attached.

Specification of a subset of the possible content of data or metadata that can be derived from the Codelists used in a data or metadata structure.

Centrally managing the production environment that is separated in well structured submodules, in which all inputs and outputs are identified and controlled, processes are transparent, well-defined and monitored, and the system is managed by means of metadata pieces that are re-useable and the overall production is maintained by transferring metadata information across sub-modules. The environment is open to continuous improvement without distracting the production processes, so that production is separated from design.

Individual or organisational contact points for the data or metadata.

E-mail address of the contact points for the data or metadata.

Fax number of the contact points for the data or metadata.

Postal address of the contact points for the data or metadata.

Name of the contact points for the data or metadata.

Organisation of the contact point(s) for the data or metadata.

Addressable subdivision of an organisation.

Area of technical responsibility of the contact, such as "methodology", "database management" or "dissemination".

Telephone number of the contact points for the data or metadata.