(Feedback from Australia)

As presented to the UNECE "Modernstats World" workshop in April 2018, ABS has simplified our information model compared to GSIM 1.1 in regard to Process Management to support efficient integration with our Business Process Management System (BPMS) that holds actionable process definitions in BPEL.  

Based on CPSA LIM, GSIM 1.5 adds a lot to this region of the model compared with GSIM 1.1.

While the ABS implementation is broadly "mappable" (at least conceptually) to the additional details added to GSIM V1.5, the simplified and efficient "handshake" between our logical information model and information held in the BPMS will continue to apply in terms of implementation.

Some other statistical agencies have also implemented BPMS solutions.  

It may be worth a note, both in terms of change management and in terms of this region of GSIM more generally, that

  • the objective is to realise an efficient "hand shake" between
    • data and metadata definition
    • business process definition

and;        

  • the way business process definitions are being managed and applied within an agency may influence how much of the modelling in GSIM 1.5 it is valuable to apply directly within the agency.
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