[DDI-users] [Fwd: Q about metadata standards in social science]

[William Block]

DDI User's Group,

A query about metadata standards that I received via another e-list.   
You will note that the author of the query, Karen Brooks, is aware of  
DDI, and I thought I would forward to this list, in case some of you  
want to answer or get in touch with her (if you do respond to the  
list, be sure to cc: Karen in your reply).

Bill

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Matt Weatherford <mbw at u.washington.edu>
> Date: April 23, 2009 3:37:10 PM EDT (CA)
> To: apc-comp at pop.psu.edu
> Subject: [APC-COMP] [Fwd: Q about metadata standards in social  
> science]
>
>
> Does anyone have insight or info to share regarding metadata  
> standards?
>
> Please see the original question below.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	[Csde_help] Q about metadata standards in social science
> Date: 	Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:19:14 -0700 (PDT)
> From: 	Karen M Brooks <brooksk at u.washington.edu>
> To: 	csde_help at u.washington.edu
>
>
>
> Hi CSDE folks:
>
> These may be questions for the Information Core, but I'm sending it  
> to csde_help in case other people have insights to share.
>
> Have PAA, ASA, or other groups of demographers, sociologists, and/or  
> social scientists developed or adopted any metadata schema standards  
> such as NISO (http://www.niso.org/standards/), or DCMI (http://ils.unc.edu/spaces/sam/index.php/Main_Page)? 
>   (See also LOC info: http://www.loc.gov/standards/.)
>
> Are there any standardized controlled vocabulary lists (for social  
> scientists) to use within such metadata fields as "keywords",  
> "location", "rights management"
>
> I'm particularly interested in adding metadata to digital image  
> files, but any kind of schema or vocab list could be useful, IF IT  
> MAY BECOME A STANDARD for people like us at CSDE.
>
> Note:  There is a Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) metadata  
> schema used for describing quantitative demographic data sets.  (See http://www.ddialliance.org/)
>
> -Karen
> ____________________________________________________________
> Karen M. Brooks
>
>
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---
William C. Block, Director
Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research
http://www.ciser.cornell.edu

Executive Director
Social Science History Association
http://ssha.org




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