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Quality datasheets: Geographical information database

Operation Identifier

Name of the Operation:

Geographical information database

Code:

210164

Type of operation:

Others

Frequency:

Annual

Quality Indicators

Relevancy Indicators	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
Number of external requests	2008	7	319

Accuracy and Reliability Indicators	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
External updates	2007	476	4716

Opportunity and Punctuality Indicators	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
Schedule compliance Average annual time-lag (months)	2008	1 6	1 6

Geographical Comparability Indicators (INE/EUROSTAT)	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
No of comparable metadata aspects Total No of compared aspects Comparability rate	2008	3 4 75%

Time Comparability Indicators	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
Length of comparable time series Years	2000-2008	8	10 years or more

Accessibility and Clarity Indicators	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
No of publications disseminated (different formats) (1) Minimum number of “clicks” needed to access the data tables of the operation	2008 2009	2 2

Other indicators	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
Monetary cost (euros)	2008	199.654	12.213.360

(1) This indicator includes the following formats:

• KaleGis graphics on website
• DVD

Objetivo

The quality datasheet seeks to establish a list of quantitative indicators that reflects the quality of a specific statistics operation, for each of the quality dimensions or factors established by EUROSTAT. This quality datasheet has been prepared based on the standard quality indicators recommended by the European authority and on others based on the procedures of the EUSTAT statistics operations.

Whenever possible, a reference value whose mission is to facilitate the interpretation of the “goodness” of the given indicator will be added alongside the real value of each indicator. And in general, it shall be expressed by a minimum or maximum reference value of the indicator.

Indicator Descriptions

• Relevance Indicators
  • Number of external requests
    The real value reflects the number of external information requests received about the statistical operation, according to the annual figures from the “Dissemination Report” produced by EUSTAT. The value of this indicator for all the statistical operations is included as the reference value.

• Accuracy and reliability indicators
  • External updates
    The real value of this indicator reflects the number of portals that are updated by the operations of the institute that are different from those of the province in the reference period. The reference value reflects the number of portals operational in that period.

• Opportunity and punctuality indicators
  • Schedule compliance
    The real value of this indicator will be given by the number of period where the established economic cycle timeline has been fulfilled. If the operation is structural, the value 1 will be entered if the envisaged publication date has been met and 0 if it has not. The total number of annual reference periods is included as the reference value.
  • Average annual time-lag
    It is the time between the reference period of the data and their availability. The real value entered is an average value of the time-lags recorded throughout all the periods of the year. If the operation is structural, the annual time-lag will be considered. The time- lag that is established in the objectives of the statistics operation in the Annual Statistics Programme is included as the reference value.

• Geographical comparability indicators (INE/EUROSTAT)
  • Geographical comparability rate
    This indicator is proposed as the percentage of aspects of the metadata that are comparable with each of the reference institutions and entities (in this case, comparisons with INE and/or EUROSTAT frequent). The compared aspects are reference period, codes and nomenclatures, definitions and other conceptual aspects (spatial resolutions), with the latter not be comparable.

• Indicators of comparability over time
  • Length of comparable time series
    The real value reflects the number of periods registered in the data series that are free of “gaps” either caused by the specific features of a certain period or by substantial methodological changes The greater the indicator, the comparable over time the series is considered to be. The "10 years or more” value, the category suggested by EUROSTAT for this type of indicator, is recommended as the reference value.

• Accessibility and Clarity indicators
  • Number of publications disseminated
    The real value of this indicator contains the number of different formats in which the information on the statistics operation is published. These formats are described in the Technical Project of the statistics operation.
  • Minimum number of “clicks” needed to access the data tables of the operation
    The real value shows the minimum number of “clicks” needed to access the data tables of the operation

• Other indicators
  • Monetary cost
    The real value reflects the transition cost of the operation and it uses the EUSTAT total transition costs as the reference value.