About the documentation
MetaPlus documentation
MetaPlus is a part of Statistics Sweden's metadata system where mainly variables are listed and described in a structured manner.
The variables' value sets and their connections to object class and population are also indicated in MetaPlus.
The figure below is a simplified illustration of how the different terms in MetaPlus relate to each other. Please note that it is not a
formally correct model of the system but is merely intended to provide an overview of the most important terms.
MetaPlus is constructed as a hierarchical structure of registers, which in this context are defined as a data set that is used to
produce statistics.
Because the structure is hierarchical, the properties are passed downwards in the structure from the previous level.