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<table class="confluenceTable"><tbody><tr><td class="confluenceTd">The Common Metadata Framework is published online, and is divided into four parts, each of which concentrates on different practical and theoretical aspects of statistical metadata systems, and provides vital knowledge for anyone working with statistical metadata:<ul><li><a class="confluence-link" href="/stat/platform/display/metis/Part+A+-+Statistical+Metadata+in+a+Corporate+Context" data-linked-resource-id="8683564" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="Part A - Statistical Metadata in a Corporate Context" data-base-url="http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform">Part A - Statistical Metadata in a Corporate Context</a> Describes the issues surrounding management and governance of statistical metadata system projects.</li><li><a class="confluence-link" href="/stat/platform/display/metis/Part+B+-+Metadata+Concepts%2C+Standards%2C+Models+and+Registries" data-linked-resource-id="9110092" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="Part B - Metadata Concepts, Standards, Models and Registries" data-base-url="http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform">Part B - Metadata Concepts, Standards, Models and Registries</a> Clarifies the importance of well-defined, standard terminology. Provides information about relevant concepts, international standards and models.</li><li><a class="confluence-link" href="/stat/platform/display/metis/Part+C+-+Metadata+and+the+Statistical+Business+Process" data-linked-resource-id="8683580" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="Part C - Metadata and the Statistical Business Process" data-base-url="http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform">Part C - Metadata and the Statistical Business Process</a> Information, best practices and other material, to assist metadata developers in statistical organizations to design and develop a statistical information system that is relevant to business requirements.</li><li><a class="confluence-link" href="/stat/platform/display/metis/Part+D+-+Implementation" data-linked-resource-id="8683600" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="Part D - Implementation" data-base-url="http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform">Part D - Implementation</a> Focuses on the experiences of national and international statistical organizations that have recently implemented or re-engineered their statistical metadata systems.</li></ul></td><td class="confluenceTd"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" src="/stat/platform/download/attachments/80052844/cmf_vsmall.jpg?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1369202239560" data-image-src="/stat/platform/download/attachments/80052844/cmf_vsmall.jpg?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1369202239560" data-linked-resource-id="80150739" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="cmf_vsmall.jpg" data-base-url="http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform" data-linked-resource-container-id="80052844" title="null > cmf_vsmall.jpg"> <a class="confluence-link unresolved" data-filename="Brochure A5-Common Metadata Framework.pdf" data-linked-resource-default-alias="Brochure A5-Common Metadata Framework.pdf" href="#">Common Metadata Framework Brochure (500KB PDF)</a></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>Background</h3>The development of a framework for statistical metadata was initiated by national delegates to the February 2004 meeting of the Joint UNECE-Eurostat-OECD Work Session on Statistical Metadata (METIS). Participants concluded that various models, definitions and concepts of statistical metadata had been proposed over the years, and that statistical organizations were missing a common framework to help them build their metadata systems.This valuable resource is being developed through the collective input on national and international statistical organizations, coordinated by the METIS Steering Group and the UNECE secretariat. As an online publication, it is evolving in line with developments in the field of statistical metadata.The maintenance strategy for the Common Metadata Framework is set out in <a class="confluence-link" href="/stat/platform/display/metis/Maintaining+the+Common+Metadata+Framework" data-linked-resource-id="58493170" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="Maintaining the Common Metadata Framework" data-base-url="http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform">this strategy paper</a>, approved by the METIS Steering Group in February 2011. The Steering Group also approved <a class="confluence-link unresolved" data-filename="Promoting the Common Metadata Framework.doc" data-linked-resource-default-alias="Promoting the Common Metadata Framework.doc" href="#">a strategy for promoting the Common Metadata Framework</a> in April 2011Feedback and suggestions for improvement are encouraged, and can be sent to the UNECE secretariat (<a href="mailto:support.stat@unece.org">support.stat@unece.org</a>).For further information about METIS, its work sessions and workshops please see <a href="http://www.unece.org/stats/archive/04.01d.e.htm">www.unece.org/stats/archive/04.01d.e.htm</a>.  <img class="editor-inline-macro" src="/stat/platform/plugins/servlet/confluence/placeholder/macro?definition=e3ZpZXd0cmFja2VyOmhpZGU9dHJ1ZX0&amp;locale=en_GB&amp;version=2" data-macro-name="viewtracker" data-macro-parameters="hide=true"><table class="wysiwyg-macro" data-macro-name="show-if" data-macro-parameters="atlassian-macro-output-type=BLOCK|currentSpace=|group=confluence-administrators" style="background-image: url(/stat/platform/plugins/servlet/confluence/placeholder/macro-heading?definition=e3Nob3ctaWY6Y3VycmVudFNwYWNlPXxhdGxhc3NpYW4tbWFjcm8tb3V0cHV0LXR5cGU9QkxPQ0t8Z3JvdXA9Y29uZmx1ZW5jZS1hZG1pbmlzdHJhdG9yc30&amp;locale=en_GB&amp;version=2); background-repeat: no-repeat;" data-macro-body-type="RICH_TEXT"><tr><td class="wysiwyg-macro-body"><img class="editor-inline-macro" src="/stat/platform/plugins/servlet/confluence/placeholder/macro?definition=e3ZpZXd0cmFja2VyLXJlcG9ydDpyZW5kZXJ1c2VybmFtZXM9ZmFsc2V8ZGF0ZWZvcm1hdD1kZC1NTU0teXl5eX0&amp;locale=en_GB&amp;version=2" data-macro-name="viewtracker-report" data-macro-parameters="dateformat=dd-MMM-yyyy|renderusernames=false"></td></tr></table>