Archive:Tutorial:Dedicated section versus Statistics Explained

This tutorial provides an answer to questions often raised by Eurostat author/production units on the distinction between dedicated sections and Statistics Explained:

• which information should be disseminated via a dedicated section on the Eurostat portal and which via Statistics Explained?
• what are the differences and similarities between these two dissemination channels?
• how should they be interlinked?

The answers, elaborated below, can be summarised as follows:

• a dedicated sections is a mini-portal for a statistical theme or topic, oonsisting of a set of links to content stored elsewhere ;
• Statistics Explained is an online publication platform for all published content (sometimes but not necessarily published on paper too)can but need not be a

Dedicated sections

• quite specific and ad hoc (temporar), list of dedicated sections changes often
• no content except brief introductions
• linking to content elsewhere

• data in database, 'most popular' or main tables
• metadata (esms file, methodological manuals, ...)
• Statistics Explained: deep link!
• data and metadata in database, PDF, Statistics Explained, ...)

Differences and similarities

• very specific and ad hoc list of dedicated section, can and does change fairly frequently versus

Cross-linking

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