Outcomes of the test phase
Stephan Hofmann
Manuela Pfeiffer
Bund/Länder-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wasser
WG DIS 13./14.10.2015 in Brussels
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Outcomes of the test phase –
Reporting Guidance
Reporting Guidance 6.0.1
well done:
- improvements in terms of linguistic and consistency in Guidance Paper
- higher level of maturity in comparison with „final reporting tools“ for
previous reporting exercises
- This allowed to adjust national rules for data transfers or transformation
in terms of updated codes from our „old“ datamodel into a new
datamodel and update of national papers (guidance documents,
background documents)
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Outcomes of the test phase –
Reporting Guidance
things which don't worked well - from User perspective or causing
problems in terms of communication with other colleages, especially data
providers on regional level (German Länder) :
- Revision of Version 6.0 without Change Log over weeks (redundant
feedbacks to WFD Helpdesk, uncertainties about volume of changes)
- Delays in timetable without prior announcements have consequences for
national and regional meetings, contracts etc.
- Lack of „up to date“ timetable is critical at this stage (timetable should be
updated in case of delays)
- Different dates/time stamps/versions in terms of latest draft lead to
confusion
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Screenshot: 08/10/2015
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Outcomes of the test phase –
Schemas
well done:
- Very good from technical perpective: flat schemas simplify analysis
but
this leads sometimes to an extreme normalisation in terms of translating
schemas into Access-Database, therefore mapping data into AccessDatabase is very extensive/time consuming (as already mentioned by AT
and Nery the number of tables exploded)
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Outcomes of the test phase –
Schemas
„Room for improvement“:
- Actual use of sequences in schemata forces specific order which is by
now not in line with content order or logical order.
- Constraints (for example „Conditional check“ and „Cross-schema
check“ are not part of schema elements but „documentation elements“.
Due to this information is not structured in a homogenous way
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Outcomes of the test phase –
Schemas
„well-meant“ but not helpful modifications after publishing „final draft
version“:
- names of Schema Elements should not change on last meters if changes
are solely „cosmetic“, like deleting one „s“ to have singular form instead
of plural
- In conjunction with this it should be considered that late changes cause
much more effort in comparison with changes at an earlier point of time,
especially when data are collected from different data providers or in a
federal structure
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Outcomes of the test phase –
Schemas
- DE or BfG finished work on updated WasserBLIcK-data model and
Länder start to work with it
- in Germany there are more than only 16 different data providers and a
lot of them use support from consultants to set up data export routines
into WasserBLIcK-data model etc.
- Therefore further modifications should be limited to really important
and essential ones like changes in terms of „obligation“
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Outcomes of the test phase –
Tools
Tools
well done:
- Overview illustration with order; UML-model
- Every request/feedback to WFD Helpdesk was answered
things which don't worked well:
- Tools for XML quality checks should have been published earlier
- Inbetween WFD Helpdesk-Log was not updated in sufficient frequency
- No key words for WFD Helpdesk-Log entries (ticket numbers are not as
helpful as key words), due to this it‘s not easy to find feedback form
other MS or COM to same issue
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Thanks!
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