[DDI-users] Access to DDI

[wackerow at zuma-mannheim.de]

Regarding SPSSOMS2DDI, a new version will be available in the next weeks.
It will transform all available metadata in SPSS system files to the DDI 
format. Summary statistics and frequencies are optionable available.

The new version is based on SPSS version 13. The restrictions in the XML 
output management system of SPSS 12 do not exist anymore in SPSS 13, thus 
SPSSOMS2DDI can generate variable-level DDI information for all available 
metadata in a SPSS file.

The new version of SPSSOMS2DDI will be announced in this list.

Achim

Quoting \"R.T.A.M. Grim\" <Rob.Grim at uvt.nl>:

> Hi Michelle,
> 
> As often there is more than one way to get from A to B.
> Here is one of many:
> - read the access file into SPSS (with ODBC);
> - use SPSS-OMS to save data in a XML format;
> - use Joachim Wackerow\'s (ZUMA
> http://www.gesis.org/en/software/ddi/tools/spssoms2ddi/),
>   XSL transformation file for conversion to DDI, or use NESSTAR
> directly.
> 
> Notes: 1. SPSS-OMS is an XML Output Management System, which converts
> SPSS-data to XML;
>           2. Not all DDI-elements are captured with Joachim\'s script
> above.
> 
> Does this help?
> 
> Rob
> Rob Grim
> Tilburg University
> Institute for Labour Studies
> P.O. Box 90153
> 5000 LE Tilburg
> Tel: + 31 (0)13-466 8077
> Mailto: rob.grim at uvt.nl
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>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: ddi-users-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu
> [mailto:ddi-users-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu]On Behalf Of A. Michelle
> Edwards
>   Sent: donderdag 19 mei 2005 20:42
>   To: Data Documentation Initiative Users Group
>   Subject: [DDI-users] Access to DDI
> 
> 
>   Good afternoon all!
> 
>   Hope everyone\'s enjoying the beginning of what we hope to be a great
> summer!
> 
>   I recall that there are a number of DDI users out there using Access
> or
> some other form of database to build their DDI documents.  Sorry I
> can\'t
> remember names or the like but I do recall a couple of presentations I
> attended last year at IASSIST to this effect.  I\'m wondering how you
> would
> go about translating the contents of the Access database to an XML
> document.
> Is there a script out there that someone has written?  or is there some
> functionality in Access that allows one to accomplish this.
> 
>   Any suggestions or assistance would be greatly appreciated.  We have
> a
> local research group who currently hold their metadata in an Access
> database
> and are looking to make the move to Nesstar.  I had suggested going
> from
> Access to XML and then importing into Nesstar - but am unsure myself how
> the
> move from Access to XML would work.
> 
>   Thanks and look forward to hearing from you,
>   Michelle
> 
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