[DDI-users] RE: Section 3 - File Description Interpretation

[Karen Harker]

While I have not yet implemented DDI, I can offer another perspective. 
Library catalogers have been creating metadata for centuries and the
standard today is to describe the work "in-hand". This approach would
agree with Sanda's recommendation.

BTW, this leads to a question I had about the DDI community...are there
any librarians and particularly library catalogers on this list? Are you
charged with "cataloging" datasets? It just seems to be a logical use of
human resources to hire someone who has been trained to analyze and
describe "things" using standards.

Thanks.


>>> edwardsm at uoguelph.ca 4/26/2004 11:56:18 AM >>>
Thanks Sanda...

Is this how everyone else who has been working with the codebooks has
been
interpreting this section as well?  I'm just trying to get a consensus
and a
better understanding..

Michelle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sanda Ionescu" <sandai at icpsr.umich.edu>
To: <ddi-users at icpsr.umich.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 12:48 PM
Subject: [DDI-users] RE: Section 3 - File Description Interpretation


>
> >Hi, Michelle.
>
> Since the codebook you're creating is supposed to accompany the data
file
> that you are distributing to your own users,
> I say in section 3 you should describe the data file in the format
that
you
> are providing (i.e. SAS dataset file, in your example).
>
> Sanda.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Michelle Edwards [mailto:edwardsm at uoguelph.ca] 
> >Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 10:20 AM
> >To: ddi-users at icpsr.umich.edu 
> >Subject: [DDI-users] Section 3 - File Description Interpretation
> >
> >
> >
> >Good morning all!
> >
> >
> >
> >I was hoping someone could clarify the interpretation of Section 3
of the
> >DDI DTD.  Should this section be describing the original datafile
that we
> >receive as data providers?  OR the datafile that we create?  Let me
explain
> >a bit more...
> >
> >
> >
> >If I go to ICPSR and download a study - I will receive a datafile in
a
CSV
> >format for example.  To make it accessible to my users at my
institution
I
> >create a SAS dataset for our retrieval system.  When I create my
DDI
> >codebook - should I be referring to the CSV file or the SAS dataset
file
for
> >Section 3?
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanks and have a great day!
> >
> >MIchelle
> >
> >___________________________________
> >A. Michelle Edwards, Ph.D.
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