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@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
In this document, the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/">W3C
Government Linked Data Working Group</a> presents use cases and lessons
supporting a recommendation of the RDF Data Cube Vocabulary [<cite><a
- href="#ref-QB-2013">QB-2013</a></cite>]. We describe case studies
- of existing deployments of an earlier version of the data cube
- vocabulary [<cite><a href="#ref-QB-2010">QB-2010</a></cite>] as well
- as other possible use cases that would benefit from using the
- vocabulary. In particular, we identify benefits and
- challenges in using a vocabulary for representing statistics. Also, we
- derive lessons that can be used for future work on the vocabulary as
- well as for useful tools complementing the vocabulary.
+ href="#ref-QB-2013">QB-2013</a></cite>]. We describe case studies of
+ existing deployments of an earlier version of the data cube vocabulary
+ [<cite><a href="#ref-QB-2010">QB-2010</a></cite>] as well as other
+ possible use cases that would benefit from using the vocabulary. In
+ particular, we identify benefits and challenges in using a vocabulary
+ for representing statistics. Also, we derive lessons that can be used
+ for future work on the vocabulary as well as for useful tools
+ complementing the vocabulary.
</p>
</section>
@@ -58,13 +58,12 @@
deployments</a>. The <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/">W3C
Government Linked Data Working Group</a> intends to transform the data
cube vocabulary into a W3C recommendation of the RDF Data Cube
- Vocabulary [<cite><a href="#ref-QB-2013">QB-2013</a></cite>]. In this document, we
- describe use cases that would benefit from using the
- vocabulary. In particular, we identify possible benefits
- and challenges in using such a vocabulary for representing statistics.
- Also, we derive lessons that can motivate future work on the
- vocabulary as well as associated tools or services complementing the
- vocabulary.
+ Vocabulary [<cite><a href="#ref-QB-2013">QB-2013</a></cite>]. In this
+ document, we describe use cases that would benefit from using the
+ vocabulary. In particular, we identify possible benefits and challenges
+ in using such a vocabulary for representing statistics. Also, we derive
+ lessons that can motivate future work on the vocabulary as well as
+ associated tools or services complementing the vocabulary.
<p>The rest of this document is structured as follows. We will
first give a short introduction to modelling statistics. Then, we will
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@
contexts, the vocabulary adopts the multidimensional model that
underlies SDMX and will be compatible with SDMX.
</p>
- </section>
+ </section>
<section>
<h2 id="terminology">Terminology</h2>
@@ -470,6 +469,14 @@
bodies, scattered across multiple levels, jurisdictions and areas.
Publishing government information in a consistent, integrated manner
requires exactly the type of harmonization required in this use case.</li>
+ <li>Define a mapping between Excel and the data cube vocabulary.
+ Excel spreadsheets are representative for other common representation
+ formats for statistics such as CSV, XBRL, ARFF, which supports lesson
+ <a
+ href="#publishers-may-need-guidance-in-conversions-from-common-statistical-representations-such-as-csv-excel-arff-etc.">Publishers
+ may need guidance in conversions from common statistical
+ representations such as CSV, Excel, ARFF etc.</a>
+ </li>
<li>Excel sheets provide much flexibility in arranging
information. It may be necessary to limit this flexibility to allow
automatic transformation.</li>
@@ -966,6 +973,9 @@
URI guessing from external data sources. Automatic linking datasets
or linking datasets with metadata is not part of data cube
vocabulary.</li>
+ <li>The draft version of the data cube vocabulary builds upon SDMX Standards Version 2.0. A newer version of SDMX, SDMX Standards, Version 2.1, is available which might be used by Eurostat in the future which supports lesson <a
+ href="#there-is-a-putative-requirement-to-update-to-sdmx-2.1-if-there-are-specific-use-cases-that-demand-it">
+ There is a putative requirement to update to SDMX 2.1 if there are specific use cases that demand it</a></li>
</ul>
</section> <section>
@@ -1255,6 +1265,13 @@
<h4>Challenges</h4>
<ul>
+ <li>Define a mapping between XBRL and the data cube vocabulary.
+ XBRL is representative for other common representation formats for
+ statistics such as CSV, Excel, ARFF, which supports lesson <a
+ href="#publishers-may-need-guidance-in-conversions-from-common-statistical-representations-such-as-csv-excel-arff-etc.">Publishers
+ may need guidance in conversions from common statistical
+ representations such as CSV, Excel, ARFF etc.</a>
+ </li>
<li>ETL pipeline needs to automatically populate a data
warehouse. Common OLAP systems use relational databases with a star
schema. This supports lesson <a
@@ -1378,7 +1395,11 @@
<ul>
<li>Issue: <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/37">http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/37</a></li>
</ul>
-
+ <p>Supporting use cases:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#publisher-case-study-eurostat-sdmx-as-linked-data">Publisher
+ Case Study: Eurostat SDMX as Linked Data</a></li>
+ </ul>
</section> <section>
<h3 id="Vocabularyshouldclarifytheuseofsubsetsofobservations">Publishers
may need more guidance in creating and managing slices or arbitrary
@@ -1397,7 +1418,23 @@
href="http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/34">http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/34</a>
</li>
</ul>
-
+ <p>Supporting use cases:</p>
+ <ul>
+
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-case-study-uk-government-financial-data-from-combined-online-information-system-coins">Publisher
+ Case Study: UK government financial data from Combined Online
+ Information System (COINS)</a></li>
+
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-case-study-publishing-observational-data-sets-about-uk-bathing-water-quality">Publisher
+ Case Study: Publishing Observational Data Sets about UK Bathing
+ Water Quality</a></li>
+
+ <li><a href="#publisher-case-study-eurostat-sdmx-as-linked-data">Publisher
+ Case Study: Eurostat SDMX as Linked Data</a></li>
+
+ </ul>
</section> <section>
<h3
id="Vocabularyshouldrecommendamechanismtosupporthierarchicalcodelists">Publishers
@@ -1456,11 +1493,21 @@
</li>
<li>Issue: <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/59">http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/59</a></li>
</ul>
-
+ <p>Supporting use cases:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-use-case-publishing-excel-spreadsheets-about-dutch-historical-census-data-as-linked-data">Publisher
+ Use Case: Publishing Excel Spreadsheets about Dutch historical
+ census data as Linked Data</a></li>
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-use-case-publishing-hierarchically-structured-data-from-statswales-and-open-data-communities">Publisher
+ Use Case: Publishing hierarchically structured data from StatsWales
+ and Open Data Communities</a></li>
+ </ul>
</section> <section>
<h3
id="VocabularyshoulddefinerelationshiptoISO19156ObservationsMeasurements">Modelers
- using ISO19156 - Observations&Measurements may need clarification
+ using ISO19156 - Observations & Measurements may need clarification
regarding the relationship to the data cube vocabulary</h3>
<p>An number of organizations, particularly in the Climate and
Meteorological area already have some commitment to the OGC
@@ -1480,7 +1527,13 @@
<ul>
<li>Issue: <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/32">http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/32</a></li>
</ul>
-
+ <p>Supporting use cases:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-case-study-site-specific-weather-forecasts-from-met-office-the-uk-s-national-weather-service">Publisher
+ Case Study: Site specific weather forecasts from Met Office, the
+ UK's National Weather Service</a></li>
+ </ul>
</section> <section>
<h3
id="Thereshouldbearecommendedmechanismtoallowforpublicationofaggregateswhichcrossmultipledimensions">Publishers
@@ -1491,7 +1544,19 @@
<ul>
<li>Issue: <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/31">http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/31</a></li>
</ul>
-
+ <p>Supporting use cases:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-use-case-publishing-hierarchically-structured-data-from-statswales-and-open-data-communities">Publisher
+ Use Case: Publishing hierarchically structured data from StatsWales
+ and Open Data Communities</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#publisher-case-study-eurostat-sdmx-as-linked-data">Publisher
+ Case Study: Eurostat SDMX as Linked Data</a></li>
+ <li><a
+ href="#consumer-case-study-analysing-published-financial-xbrl-data-from-the-sec-with-common-olap-systems">Consumer
+ Case Study: Analysing published financial (XBRL) data from the SEC
+ with common OLAP systems</a></li>
+ </ul>
</section> <section>
<h3 id="Thereshouldbearecommendedwayofdeclaringrelationsbetweencubes">Publishers
may need guidance in making transparent the pre-processing of
@@ -1504,7 +1569,21 @@
mailing list</a>
</li>
</ul>
-
+ <p>Supporting use cases:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-case-study-uk-government-financial-data-from-combined-online-information-system-coins">Publisher
+ Case Study: UK government financial data from Combined Online
+ Information System (COINS)</a></li>
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-use-case-publishing-excel-spreadsheets-about-dutch-historical-census-data-as-linked-data">Publisher
+ Use Case: Publishing Excel Spreadsheets about Dutch historical
+ census data as Linked Data</a></li>
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-case-study-improving-trust-in-published-sustainability-information-at-the-digital-enterprise-research-institute-deri">Publisher
+ Case Study: Improving trust in published sustainability information
+ at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI)</a></li>
+ </ul>
</section> <section>
<h3
id="Thereshouldbecriteriaforwell-formednessandassumptionsconsumerscanmakeaboutpublisheddata">Publishers
@@ -1515,7 +1594,25 @@
<ul>
<li>Issue: <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/29">http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/29</a></li>
</ul>
-
+ <p>Supporting use cases:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-case-study-uk-government-financial-data-from-combined-online-information-system-coins">Publisher
+ Case Study: UK government financial data from Combined Online
+ Information System (COINS)</a></li>
+ <li><a
+ href="#consumer-case-study-simple-chart-visualisations-of-integrated-published-climate-sensor-data">Consumer
+ Case Study: Simple chart visualisations of (integrated) published
+ climate sensor data</a></li>
+ <li><a
+ href="#consumer-use-case-visualising-published-statistical-data-in-google-public-data-explorer">Consumer
+ Use Case: Visualising published statistical data in Google Public
+ Data Explorer</a></li>
+ <li><a
+ href="#consumer-case-study-analysing-published-financial-xbrl-data-from-the-sec-with-common-olap-systems">Consumer
+ Case Study: Analysing published financial (XBRL) data from the SEC
+ with common OLAP systems</a></li>
+ </ul>
</section> <section>
<h3
id="Publishersmayneedguidanceinconversionsfromcommonstatisticalrepresentations">Publishers
@@ -1526,7 +1623,17 @@
<ul>
<li>None.</li>
</ul>
-
+ <p>Supporting use cases:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-use-case-publishing-excel-spreadsheets-about-dutch-historical-census-data-as-linked-data">Publisher
+ Use Case: Publishing Excel Spreadsheets about Dutch historical
+ census data as Linked Data</a></li>
+ <li><a
+ href="#consumer-case-study-analysing-published-financial-xbrl-data-from-the-sec-with-common-olap-systems">Consumer
+ Case Study: Analysing published financial (XBRL) data from the SEC
+ with common OLAP systems</a></li>
+ </ul>
</section> <section>
<h3 id="Consumersmayneedguidanceinconversionsintoformats">Consumers
may need guidance in conversions into formats that can easily be
@@ -1537,7 +1644,15 @@
<ul>
<li>None.</li>
</ul>
-
+ <p>Supporting use cases:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#publisher-case-study-eurostat-sdmx-as-linked-data">Publisher
+ Case Study: Eurostat SDMX as Linked Data</a></li>
+ <li><a
+ href="#consumer-use-case-visualising-published-statistical-data-in-google-public-data-explorer">Consumer
+ Use Case: Visualising published statistical data in Google Public
+ Data Explorer</a></li>
+ </ul>
</section> <section>
<h3
id="Thereshouldbemechanismsandrecommendationsregardingpublicationandconsumptionoflargeamountsofstatisticaldata">Publishers
@@ -1549,7 +1664,27 @@
href="http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/29">http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/29</a>
</li>
</ul>
-
+ <p>Supporting use cases:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-case-study-uk-government-financial-data-from-combined-online-information-system-coins">Publisher
+ Case Study: UK government financial data from Combined Online
+ Information System (COINS)</a></li>
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-use-case-publishing-excel-spreadsheets-about-dutch-historical-census-data-as-linked-data">Publisher
+ Use Case: Publishing Excel Spreadsheets about Dutch historical
+ census data as Linked Data</a></li>
+ <li><a
+ href="#publisher-case-study-site-specific-weather-forecasts-from-met-office-the-uk-s-national-weather-service">Publisher
+ Case Study: Site specific weather forecasts from Met Office, the
+ UK's National Weather Service</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#publisher-case-study-eurostat-sdmx-as-linked-data">Publisher
+ Case Study: Eurostat SDMX as Linked Data</a></li>
+ <li><a
+ href="#consumer-case-study-analysing-published-financial-xbrl-data-from-the-sec-with-common-olap-systems">Consumer
+ Case Study: Analysing published financial (XBRL) data from the SEC
+ with common OLAP systems</a></li>
+ </ul>
</section> <section>
<h3
id="Thereshouldbearecommendedwaytocommunicatetheavailabilityofpublishedstatisticaldatatoexternalpartiesandtoallowautomaticdiscoveryofstatisticaldata">Publishers
@@ -1561,6 +1696,14 @@
<ul>
<li>None.</li>
</ul>
+ <p>Supporting use cases:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#sdmx-web-dissemination-use-case">SDMX Web
+ Dissemination Use Case</a></li>
+ <li><a
+ href="#registry-use-case-registering-published-statistical-data-in-data-catalogs">Registry
+ Use Case: Registering published statistical data in data catalogs</a></li>
+ </ul>
</section> </section>
<section class="appendix">