[DDI-users] DDI-XML generating "wizard"?

[Wendy Thomas]

Stefan,

This has always been a BIG item on our wish list. I think the closest 
thing for DDI 1 was the NESSTAR publisher, but that really isn't a 
web-based entry form. Others, like UKDA may have a limited form for their 
basic contents...I seem to recall a rumor but may be hallucinating.

So the bad news is that I can't provide you with a usable answer right 
now, but can assure you that with the Tools Group and with DDI 3.0 in its 
final months prior to publication, there is hope.

As for the site you mentioned. I've notified the tech person to see what 
the problem is. I'll send a note to the list when its up again. I think it 
may be a DNS issue, but I'm not sure.

Wendy



On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Stefan Kramer wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Does anyone know of a tool that consists of a web form, or a series of web
> forms (a la software "wizard"), that would allow a user -- such as a
> faculty member submitting a dataset to a repository, or a graduate
> assistant preparing a number of datasets for ingesting into a repository
> -- who has no knowledge of, or probable technical interest in, the DDI to
> fill in the metadata about their dataset(s); and when the form is
> submitted, it would generate the DDI XML, which someone else in their
> organization might then process further, or which the user might then,
> without having to be concerned about its internal structure, upload into a
> repository?
>
> Of the tools listed at http://www.ddialliance.org/related/tools.html,
> ODODO sounds promising in that it supposedly allows "users to ... export
> XML files according to the DDI specification," but it's been unavailable
> for several weeks now; I just sent an inquiry about future availability.
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers.
>
> --
>  Stefan Kramer
>  Social Science Data Librarian
>  Social Science Library & Information Services
>  Yale University
>  140 Prospect Street
>  P.O. Box 208263
>  New Haven, CT 06520-8263, USA
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