UNESCO develops, maintains and disseminates, free-of-charge, two interrelated software packages for database management (CDS/ISIS) and data mining/statistical analysis (IDAMS).
CDS/ISIS is a generalised Information Storage and Retrieval system. The Windows version may run on a single computer or in a local area network. The JavaISIS client/server components allow remote database management over the Internet and are available for Windows, Linux and Macintosh. Furthermore, GenISIS allows the user to produce HTML Web forms for CDS/ISIS database searching. The ISIS_DLL provides an API for developing CDS/ISIS based applications.
IDAMS is a software package for processing and analysing numerical data. It provides a great number of data manipulation and validation facilities and a wide range of classical and advanced statistical techniques. Interactive components allow for construction of multidimensional tables, graphical exploration of data and time series analysis. WinIDAMS software (IDAMS for 32-bit Windows operating system) as well as its documentation are available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
IDIS is a tool for direct data exchange between CDS/ISIS and IDAMS.
Knowledge and training in the use of information processing tools is as important as the tools themselves. At present, UNESCO offers various forms of traditional training in the use of CDS/ISIS and IDAMS. A computerised tutorial "How to work with WinIDAMS", available both on stand-alone PC configurations and in virtual courses through the Internet is available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
IDAMS is a software package for processing and analysing numerical data. It provides a great number of data manipulation and validation facilities and a wide range of classical and advanced statistical techniques. Interactive components allow for construction of multidimensional tables, graphical exploration of data and time series analysis. WinIDAMS software (IDAMS for 32-bit Windows operating system) as well as its documentation are available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
IDIS is a tool for direct data exchange between CDS/ISIS and IDAMS.
Knowledge and training in the use of information processing tools is as important as the tools themselves. At present, UNESCO offers various forms of traditional training in the use of CDS/ISIS and IDAMS. A computerised tutorial "How to work with WinIDAMS", available both on stand-alone PC configurations and in virtual courses through the Internet is available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
24-06-2011 (Dar es Salaam)
26-05-2011 (Rabat)
29-07-2010 (Montevideo)
Programme Specialist
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/en/information-processing-tools