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:

• dedicated sections are essentially mini-portals for a statistical theme or topic, often quite specific; they consist of a set of links to content stored elsewhere (data and metadata in database, PDF, Statistics Explained, ...);
• 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

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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