Object Management Group Issues Request for Proposals for Statistical Metadata Interoperability
May 15 2024 - 9:00AM
Today, Object Management Group® (OMG®) issued the Statistical
Metadata Interoperability Request for Proposal (RFP) to develop a
specification for documenting statistical datasets using
machine-readable metadata.
Many organizations worldwide (in government and public policy,
healthcare, finance, and other domains) consume, produce, or
publish enormous amounts of valuable statistical data. Several
commonly used specifications for documenting datasets are used, but
not specifically for those with a strong statistical aspect.
“Many institutions produce statistical datasets, but because of
their different sources, conventions, levels of description and
styles, it is hard to discover what datasets exist and to
understand their suitability for a given task,” said Dan Gillman,
US Bureau of Labor Statistics “The vision of this RFP is to create
a robust, international standard that enables the greater
ease-of-use of statistics by government policymakers and program
administrators, private sector decision-makers, university and
nonprofit researchers, journalism and the media, and the
public.”
The requirements address the primary aspects of discovery,
cataloging, and finding datasets regardless of their location;
understanding, making sure users can understand the datasets;
transparency, the provision of sufficient metadata and other
documentation; and interoperability, the ability to use the data
based on the metadata.
You can download the Statistical Metadata Interoperability RFP
from the OMG website. The Letter of Intent deadline is October 14,
2024. The Initial Submission deadline is November 11, 2024.
Companies must be Domain or Contributing members of OMG by the
initial submission deadline to submit their proposal.
About OMGThe Object Management Group® (OMG®) is an
international, open membership, not-for-profit technology standards
consortium with representation from government, industry, and
academia. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards
for a wide range of technologies and an even more comprehensive
range of industries. OMG's modeling standards enable robust visual
design, execution, and maintenance of software, systems, and other
processes. Visit www.omg.org for more information.
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Karen Quatromoni
Object Management Group SDO
978-855-0412
Karen@omg.org