These two equally important components deal with a large number of different databases containing individual and aggregate data. IST.net application is an interpreter. It, literally, reads data from the IST metadata that represents a description of each application, and based on the read data it generates and in real time executes each stage of statistical research or any other project, from data entry to the dissemination of the data.

The most important components of the IST.net application are: updating of the IST metadata, generated input data ('data entry' 'interpreter'), generator for 'web' applications, data editing and data correction, automatic correction, advanced search of individual and aggregated data from the database, generating reports and the ability to manage procedures in database containing individual and aggregate data.
Components of the IST.net application don’t depend on each other very much, i.e. they are "loosely" coupled. This principle allows easy upgrading of the IST.net program and easy adapting to any new needs.

The workload in SORS is large and increasingly expanding, stringent deadlines are kept and that must be maintained, especially now, in the period of EU accession. Modern statistics has to cover all of that, regardless of the number of people and available finances. Regardless of the complexity of investigations and the large number of data processed daily, the most important goal is always fast and reliable data.
In the SORS there are currently 232 active applications in the IST and over 40 more generated for the web.
14 developers are developing their applications using the IST.