IBUC 2006 Abstract

Data Contact Center. Back Office Data Handling
Paul van Venrooij; Statistics Netherlands, The Netherlands

The MesDesk software handles all kinds of electronic data transport for primary and secondary data streams from
the Dutch businesses and governments to the Central Bureau of Statistics Netherlands. MesDesk” that was custom
build in Blaise
MesDesk handles primary data send from government to government. MesDesk collects files sent by the

Government Transaction Gate to the Central Bureau of Statistics. GTG is the communication platform between
governments.

The MesDesk system, at this moment, handles 480 000 files a year which transport about 300 million records a
year. In 2006 the MesDesk system must be able to handle 800 000 files a year with plus minus one billion records
a year.

The MesDesk system can handle the following file types: BlaiseIS, XML, XBRL, EDIFACT, ASCII, Compressed
files, Microsoft Office files, and Blaise files.
The MesDesk tool is the electronic post office that collects all kinds of data files and delivers these to the statistical
units of the Central Bureau of Statistics.

Contact: jvln@cbs.nl