[DDI-users] Automatic generation of variable-levelmetadatafromSAS/SPSS files

[Hoyle, Larry]

I've been experimenting with the SAS XMLMAP facility that should be
productional in version 9 to read DDI files and generate the SAS code to
read the data file described.

I've attached a PDF of a draft of a paper I proposed for SUGI. I'd be
gald to share the SAS code if anyone is interested.


Larry Hoyle
Policy Research Institute
University of Kansas


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ddi-users-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu] On Behalf Of Michelle Edwards
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:31 AM
To: Data Documentation Initiative Users Group
Subject: Re: [DDI-users] Automatic generation of
variable-levelmetadatafromSAS/SPSS files


Hi all...

I just noticed that I received my own message this morning but did
receive a copy of the one I sent last night...

Karen...

We have also been playing around with the ODS XML engine in SAS to
create the tags directly from SAS.  It requires coding but is all
contained in the SAS program.  We are also playing around with the
Nesstar software.

Michelle


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michelle Edwards" <edwardsm at uoguelph.ca>
To: "Data Documentation Initiative Users Group"
<ddi-users at icpsr.umich.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [DDI-users] Automatic generation of variable-levelmetadata
fromSAS/SPSS files


> Yes it does work with SAS files as well - but there is some tweaking 
> required.
>
> Michelle
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "I-Lin Kuo" <ikuo at icpsr.umich.edu>
> To: "Data Documentation Initiative Users Group"
<ddi-users at icpsr.umich.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 9:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [DDI-users] Automatic generation of 
> variable-levelmetadata
from
> SAS/SPSS files
>
>
> > The Nesstar publisher is a commercial tool designed to work with 
> > DDI. It
> is
> > capable of generating DDI directly from SPSS data definition or 
> > portable files. I believe it works with SAS portable files as well, 
> > but may or
may
> > not work with SAS data definition statements. Nesstar also works 
> > with
> STATA
> > .dta files. See http://www.nesstar.com/products/publisher/
> >
> > If you will be at the IASSIST 2004 Conference in Madison, WI, Sanda
> Ionescu
> > and I will be conducting Workshop 4, which will cover some of these 
> > techniques which don't use Nesstar publisher. See 
> > http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/iassist2004/workshops.html (enrollment is
> limited
> > to 40).
> >
> >
> > At 03:59 PM 5/3/04 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Has there been any attempt to process data directly from SAS or 
> > >SPSS files into variable-level metadata? Is this just not feasible?

> > >Or has
it
> > >just not been done?
> > >
> > >Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >Karen R. Harker, MLS
> > >UT Southwestern Medical Library
> > >5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
> > >Dallas, TX  75390-9049
> > >214-648-8946
> > >http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/library/
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