[DDI-users] DDI Tools, User Aids, FAQs

Andrew Arnott AndrewArnott at byu.edu
Tue Apr 27 11:54:23 EDT 2004


I would REALLY like to see the DDI spec have a RELAXED schema.  That is,
allow us to add our own namespaces and tags to it, while still using
your official DTD/schema.  For instance, I would like to do this:

<ddi:varGrp ...>
	...
	<myExt:skipPattern .../>
</ddi:varGrp>



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[mailto:ddi-users-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Jacobs
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Subject: [DDI-users] DDI Tools, User Aids, FAQs


To:      All DDI users and *potential* users!
From:    The DDI Usability and Outreach Working Group
Subject: DDI Tools, User Aids, FAQs

Friends,

Whether you use DDI already or are thinking about using it in the
future, this message is for you.

If you have...
 - questions about how to use DDI or where to start;
 - roadblocks you've encountered to using DDI;
 - identified (commercial or non-commercial) tools that help you;
 - presentations, papers, articles, that you have written yourself 
   or know about that you have found helpful in understanding or using
   DDI;
 - tools that you have developed locally to create, transform, or use
   DDI;

Please send them or information about them to me!

I'm writing for the DDI Usability and Outreach Working Group which is 
one of the working groups of the DDI Alliance.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/org/
  
We've identified as our first item of business to do an inventory of
user
aids that already exist and of problems, questions, and needs that
have already been identified.   

We hope our work will expand on work already done at ICPSR, e.g.,
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/users/index.html

You can help by sending me whatever information you can (citations, 
URLs, full text, scripts, programs, etc.). 

Here are some more examples of what we're looking for:

 1) Formal presentations, papers, power-points, handouts,
bibliographies,
    web pages, glossaries, etc. that you have created or know about.
    (ICPSR has already listed a number of items here:
    http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/papers/index.html )

 2) Questions for FAQ.  Do you have questions about what DDI is, or how

    to use or implement DDI?  These might be very specific ("Which
    field do I use for x?") or very general. Please share with us
    the kinds of questions that you have been asked and that you
    think would be useful for incorporating into a "Frequently Asked
    Questions" web site. ICPSR's FAQ:
    http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/codebook/faq.html

 3) We'd like  to inventory software tools that you already use when
    working with DDI or tools that you wish you had.  Please emphasize
    DDI-specific tools, but also include generic tools that you
    have found useful when working with, converting, or creating DDI
    (e.g., XML editors, perl modules, java libraries). ICPSR's page of
    tools: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/users/tools.html

  4) Projects that use DDI.  Do you have anything to add to the list
     ICPSR has compiled 
     http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/codebook/projects.html ?
 
  5) If you have any other suggestions that do not fit in the above
     areas, please feel free to add them!

Please don't hesitate to send anything that might help!  That question
that you might think is 'too obvious,' that perl script you wrote that
you thought was a one-time throw-away script, that commercial software
that you think everyone knows about... Send it all.  We would much
rather sift through duplicates than miss a gem!

Thank you in advance for your time in helping with this!  If you have
any questions, or would rather talk or fax, please do not hesitate
to get in touch with me.

Thanks again!

jim jacobs

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University of California, San Diego               FAX: (858) 534-7548
9500 Gilman Drive   Library 0175-R                jajacobs at ucsd.edu
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175                     


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