Jaotusbaasi

Jaotusbaasi is a term used in Estonian data management and statistics to denote a dataset that serves as the base for distributing quantities across categories, groups, or regions. The word combines jaotus (distribution) and baas (base). In practice, a jaotusbaas provides the reference values, weights, or rules that determine how an overall total should be split. It can be used in budgeting, tax and social benefit calculations, or resource planning, where final allocations are computed by applying predefined shares or weights to the totals.

Typical structure: a jaotusbaas may be a relational table or dataset with fields such as key identifiers, category or region, period, weight or share, and sometimes a baseline value. Distributions are performed by multiplying the total by the share or by applying a more complex rule-based mapping, ensuring reproducibility and auditability.

Implementation considerations include data quality, versioning, provenance, and governance, since changes to the jaotusbaas directly affect all allocations derived from it. In practice, different organizations may tailor the concept to their domain, resulting in variations in schema and terminology.

See also: allocation, distribution, base data, weighting, dataset.