EDIT

1. Software name:

EDIT

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2. Contact details:

Name:Georges Pongas
email:Georges.Pongas@ec.europa.eu
organisation:Eurostat

3. Main purpose of the software:

Data editing/validation, outlier detection, deterministic imputation
5.3 Review, validate and edit
5.4 Impute
5.5 Derive new variables & statistical units
6.2 Validate outputs

4. Level of importance:

Strategic

5. Input format(s) (e.g. csv, xml,...):

csv, sdmx-ml, gesmes, flat file, from relational systems (table import)

6. Output format(s) (e.g. csv, xml,...):

EXcel, flat file, csv

7. Programming language(s):

Java

8. Code availability:

Open sourceEUPL

9. Charges:

Free of charge

10. Development status:

Production/stable

11. Operating system(s):

Windows, Unix

12. User/natural language:

EDIT Scripting language

13. Demo/trial version available?:

Yes

14. Do you provide training and/or consultancy for this software for other organisations?:

Yes

15. Do you provide support for this software for other organisations?:

Yes

16. Does detailed documentation exist for developers?:

Yes

17. Does detailed documentation exist for users of the software?:

Yes

18. In which language(s) is the documentation available?:

English

19. Please provide a link to any documentation available online:

You can download the following documents from the EDIT group in CIRCABC: https://circabc.europa.eu/webdav/CircaBC/ESTAT/EDITT/Information/index.html
PowerPoint Presentation https://circabc.europa.eu/webdav/CircaBC/ESTAT/EDITT/Information/index.html
EDIT User Manual https://circabc.europa.eu/d/a/workspace/SpacesStore/9fafbae7-6d7b-45be-bb98-8b9a148d1b22/EBB2011%20(FP)%20Users%20Manual%2001.30.pdf
EDIT Scripting Language. https://circabc.europa.eu/d/a/workspace/SpacesStore/ce5a3eae-d758-4f2f-a561-179586fb101b/BB2011%20(FP)%20EBB%20Scripting%20Language%2001.80.pdf
How to get an ECAS password https://circabc.europa.eu/d/a/workspace/SpacesStore/49489ce4-27a2-428f-ace7-641deab82125/ECAS_Access.pdf

20. Other documentation (please upload attachments or give details):

EDIT is a generic editing system developed by Eurostat for use by the European Statistical System (see Eurostat EDIT 2012 presentation).
It allows importing data, perform a set of data editing (including some outlier detection and deterministic imputation) operations and export resulting data and reports (see EDIT User Manual).
It works with aggregate and micro-data and does intra- and inter-record checks and various data set operations (copy, merge, append, etc.).
It can use other data sets as a reference (see EDIT Scripting Language).

21. Please list other statistical organisations that are known to use this software:

Some National Statistical Institutes in the European Statitical System

22. Other information:

EDIT can be found at https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/eurostat/edit.
To obtain access to EDIT you need to have ECAS (European Commission Authentication System) account.
If you don't have one please register using the Sign Up form for external users

Once you have an ECAS account, please contact Eurostat by sending an email to ESTAT-VALIDATION@ec.europa.eu and provide the following information:

your ECAS userID
for the existing domain - its name
or for a new domain its one word name (e.g., ISPH) and a few word description, e.g.,International Survey of Payroll and Hours.

We will create an EDIT account and a private workspace for your domain or we will add a new person to an existing domain.

Note:
1. Detailed eveloper documetation is for API definition only.
2. Support for other organisation is limited.

23. Is the software compliant with the HLG vision?*:

partially

24. In which areas is the software compliant with the HLG compliance criteria?:

capable of being used in 'plug and play' architecture