[DDI-users] Re: [DDI-SRG] [DDI-All] Improving the DDI Web Site

[Mark R. Diggory]

Hi Matt,

 From a user standpoint, I'd like to see the following.

 > 3) What site features don't work well for you? I.e., what do you think
 > most needs improvement? How would you like to see them improved?

1.) All schema/dtd present be gzip'd on the serverside and delivered 
using gzip compression if the tool can support it.

2.) Isolate a URL namespace for all current and future DDI xsd/dtd/etc 
technical implmentations that is separate from delivered html content.

3.) Avoid delivering technical implmentations in more than one format, 
for instance the following is confussing and creates a margin for error 
in maintainence.

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/Version2-0.dtd
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/users/dtd/codebook2-0.html
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/users/dtd/Version2-0.dtd.zip

All need to be maintained as separate copies of the 2.0 dtd. I recommend 
consolidating all this content into one file.

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/Version2-0.dtd since they are all just 
different "packagings" of the same technical implementation (2.0 dtd).

-Mark Diggory
Harvard MIT Data Center

Matthew Richardson wrote:
> We're getting ready to re-design the DDI Web site, and I would like to
> gather feedback from site users on how best to improve it. We're
> especially looking for feedback on how to build a better navigation
> system. Please take a moment to answer the questions below. Detailed
> answers will greatly help us improve the site. Thanks for your assistance.
> 
> 1) What parts of the site do you visit most often?
> 
> 
> 
> 2) What site features work best for your needs?
> 
> 
> 
> 3) What site features don't work well for you? I.e., what do you think
> most needs improvement? How would you like to see them improved?
> 
> 
> 
> 4) What's missing from the site? What do we not offer that you feel would
> be a valuable addition?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Matthew A. Richardson
> Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
> Phone: 734.615.7901
> Email: matvey at umich.edu
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