Supporting the Compilation of Quality Reports

Abstract

During the last years, the quality unit of Destatis made valuable experiences at national and international level with the compilation of quality reports concerning the following questions: Which concepts of the quality reports are typically posing problems for the subject matter units? How can existing guidelines be improved (in wording and form) in order to better support the compilation of quality reports? Based on the experiences made by Destatis, the aim of the paper is to present which additional support could be provided to the compilers of quality reports – besides the already existing ESS or national guidelines for quality reports: a) A checklist for quality reports based on the guidelines for quality reporting and b) extensions and further specifications on the content of the guidelines for quality reporting and c) provision of standard texts for designated concepts.

Keywords

• Quality report
• ESQRS
• ESMS
• metadata
• guidelines
• checklist
• standard text