COmmon Reference Architecture ESSnet presentation at Eurostat ITDG in Luxembourg - October 2009

1. CORA ESSNet COmmon Reference Architecture starting ...

3. MSIS - 2006: UK paper “Towards a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) for the Statistical Value Chain”

4. MSIS – 2008: Task Force on Sharing Software

5. MSIS – 2009: session on “Sharing Software and Components”

7. keywords: standards, open, re-use, portability

9. co-ordination with MSIS TF on Sharing Software

10. based on well defined principles, involve business units

11. tools based on sound methodologies

12. adaptation of tools to each environment

13. 2009 activities January in Luxembourg ESSnet preparatory meeting between interested countries and Eurostat: besides many administrative clarifications, we started to consider a layer architecture for introducing abstraction levels, ensuring isolation between different layers and topics In March 2009 METIS dedicated one session to GSBPM model in which the model was described, discussed and approved

14. ESSnet and SAB MSIS Task Force on Sharing Software (now Sharing Advisory Board) and CORA ESSnet: two projects, the same goal SAB : strategic, long-term, world ESSnet : tactical, 10 months, europe (but open) Crucial: cooperation and common work

15. CORA goals The aim is to create a culture of exchange of information and knowledge about sharing software, open source and licensing The architecture has to be very flexible and easily adaptable to change It has to be modular , so that different parties could contribute to their implementation and different organisations would also be free to use the modules they really need

17. Information Systems Architecture - data and metadata architecture and overall application architecture on a logical level

18. Technical Architecture - technical platforms, use of standards

19. CORA goals Solutions that are already shared in the statistical community shall be investigated for fitting into the technical architecture Business models shall be discussed concerning how their maintenance can be assured in the long term, and how they could be adapted to the proposed architecture, without giving extra burdens to individual NSIs

20. CORA structure Workpackages (coord.): 1. Project Management (it) 2. Requirements collection and SOA (no) 3. Definition of the Technical Architecture (nl) 4. Design of the Organizational Architecture (ch) 5. Project Dissemination (it) 10 months – final meeting open for dissemination

22. WP Leaders Meeting - Amsterdam in month M3

23. Intermediate meeting - Rome in month M6

24. Final Meeting – Luxembourg M10 (next september)

26. Eurostat communications and cooperation with Steering Committee: Eurostat + some volunteer ?

27. Quality assessment

28. Project coordination (open to observer!)

29. Technical Committee

32. Final repository on OSOR: co-operation with OSS and Statistics community

34. definition of interfaces between layers (services and users)

35. instruction manual for use of the model Mapping of existing solutions in participating NSIs to layered model as example of correct use ( viability : proof of concepts )

37. Need for the integration of statistical activities

38. Need for a framework that suits statisticians, methodologists and IT

39. Lightweight approach: services and interfaces

41. Business models for the support of shared applications

42. Legal frameworks for the shared development: intellectual/commercial property and rights to use

43. Guidelines and best practices for shared applications, including tools to be used

45. Cooperation with the OSOR portal

46. Training courses on the project products

47. Presentation of CORA results to international meetings

48. Organization of a final “CORA ESSnet workshop”, presenting the final results

50. Final meeting in September: participation!

51. Final results to next ITDG

52. Integration with other ESSnets : SDMX and others

53. CORE (Environment) in 2011? Eurostat decision after Intermediate results (1Q2010)