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Summary Description
Overview | Platforms | Type of users | Usage of the web-form | Availability
Overview
W3stat is a web questionnaire available in Germany for the collection of
Intrastat data since 1999. This system is provided by the Federal Statistical
Office (Statistisches Bundesamt).
W3stat offers providers of statistical
information (PSIs) the following options for transmitting their returns to the
Federal Statistical Office:
- on-line declarations with direct browser-level input of data onto forms,
- transmission of externally prepared declaration files in all permissible
formats,
- transmission of data generated using a new W3stat data-capture system.
- W3stat is being introduced in two phases:
- initially, only the on-line declarations facility and the option of
transmitting externally processed data will be available,
- in the second phase, these capabilities will be supplemented by a
comprehensive data-capture and transmission system whose functions are
comparable with those of the CBS-IRIS interactive data-capture system used in
Germany. This software is currently at the development stage and is scheduled
for completion by mid-2000. The aim is for all components to come fully on
stream as from the reporting year 2001. The data-capture software for W3stat
will be completely Java-based and will also enable declarations to be prepared
off-line.
Platforms
The minimum system requirements for the user to work with the system are:
- 32-bit PC,
- Windows 95 (or above) or Windows NT,
- Internet access,
- Netscape Navigator version 4 (or above) or Internet Explorer version 3 (or
above),
- Java components installed,
- screen resolution of 800 x 600 (recommended minimum).
The
implementation of W3stat, only uses standard Internet technology. The aim is to
ensure that the system is cost-efficient and future-proof, while minimising the
technical requirements at the user's end.
Type of users
The on-line form is for SMEs providing statistical information in Intrastat
or third declaring parties declaring few lines only. File transfer is foreseen
for bigger declarations. The web-form is available in German.
Usage of the web-form
1000 providers of statistical information are using W3stat at 30.06.2000
(figure coming from the 2000 EDI questionnaire).
Availability
Except the telecommunication costs, W3stat is free of charge for the provider
of statistical information who must be registered with the German Federal
Statistical Office.
Source document containing the complete
description
"Web-forms for Intrastat"
Other documents reporting usage of this tool
Doc. CoRD028: "Electronic collection of raw data"
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