NDN Pilot Phase
The National Data Network (NDN) is being developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on behalf of a consortium of agencies to provide trusted infrastructure for the sharing of data and associated tools and services, relevant to policy and research across sectors and jurisdictions. The pilot phase of the NDN commenced in July 2007 with the first pilot already underway: the Children and Youth Statistical Portal.
Meetings with senior agency representatives were undertaken in March 07 to follow up from the Federal Agency letter distributed by the ABS in December 2006. Agency representatives expressed a commitment to contribute to the development of the C&YSP by providing metadata for publicly available information resources during the course of the pilot phase. The ABS will provide an initial set of metadata based on the contents of the Children and Youth Information Development Plan (ABS cat. no. 4907.0) for the portal release.
Pilot Projects will be identified from existing communities of interest which require greater visibility/accessibility of relevant information resources and:
a. Custodians are amenable to achieving greater visibility/ accessibility
b. issues, over and above those that the NDN technology can address, can be progressed in a reasonable timeframe
c. a number of researchers and or policy analysts are ready to be involved
d. resources are available to engage the Custodians involved and work through the issues to achieve progress
e. there is commitment on the part of the NDN Interim Governing Board to lend their support.
As the phase progresses, this range will increase as the number of source organisations and what they offer via the NDN is augmented.
For further information about the progress of the NDN please contact the NDN Business Office or subscribe to our newsletter for regular updates.
27-07-2007
Children and Youth Statistical Portal
An Information Pack for the Children and Youth Statistical Portal has been developed. This pack provides documentation to enable organisations to assist preparation of catalogue entries for information resources, and to record Discussion Forum issues.
This file contains the revised release date of 8 October 07 for the NDN Software (v1.3), and the Children and Youth Statistical Portal functionality.
15-09-06
Release of Address Coder
The National Data Network has released the AddressCoder@ABS software. The address coder will be able to code to 2006 Statistical Local Areas (SLAs), 2006 Census Collection Districts and draft Mesh Blocks.
The Address Coder service is free to everyone registered to use the Rich Client. Details on how to register and receive the software for the Rich Client and the Address Coder is available from the Software and Support page.
4-08-06
Release of upgrade functions for NDN
Rich Client
New features in the Rich Client will include:
- search results will be displayed hierarchically (ie. as a search tree) for easier navigation,
- search results can be saved for later retrieval,
- a selected maximum number of search results will be returned per page,
- advanced searching capability uses exact words and phrases matching with the option to also exclude words and phrases,
- advanced search can also be limited by excluding or including organisations and resource types;
- search results are displayed in order of relevance;
- additional metadata is accessible for search results, and
- new Member Profile Management will enable users to change their own passwords and email address.
Public Search Facility (available from the National Data Network website)
- search results are displayed in order of relevance;
- wildcards can be used in search terms,
- advanced searching capability uses exact words and phrases matching with the option to also exclude words and phrases and
- additional metadata is accessible for search results.
Node software
Software to control access to restricted data will be made available. This will enable nodes to load the metadata for those products which will require restricted access to the data.
The node upgrade will allow agencies to share restricted resources with members signed to other Nodes. Currently restricted resources are made available to members signed to that node or sponsored by the organisation.
The new software will be released at midday on Friday 11th August via the NDN website. Users should note that the NDN will be unavailable on Wednesday 9th August for loading and testing of the software but should be available by Thursday the 10th August.
Rich client users will be notified by email of the changes and how to obtain the new release.
2-08-06
Tasmanian Department of Education
The National Data Network welcomes the Department of Education (Tasmania). The Department is making some reports available through the National Data Network. Included are information on drug related incidents, disciplinary sanctions and exemptions, literacy and numeracy in primary schools, performance indicators post-compulsory education, participation and VET participation.
21-07-06
Over 100 resources on the National Data Network
Statistical data available from the Public Search Facility now numbers over 100 as the participating agencies make more data available through the National Data Network. Recent additions are joint publications from the Telethon Institute of Child Health Research and the Curtin University of Technology from the Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey. |
