[DDI-users] WORKSHOP: Using DDI 3 to Support Preservation, Management, Access, and Dissemination Systems for Social Science Data
John.Dunne at cso.ie
John.Dunne at cso.ie
Tue Jul 7 05:19:43 EDT 2009
Hi Joachim,
I am very interested in attending this workshop, however I was unable to
get access to the referenced website.
It may be experiencing some problems at the moment.
John
John Dunne
e-Government and Business Coordination Division
Central Statistics Office, Skehard Road, Cork, Ireland
mailto:john.dunne at cso.ie
Tel: +353 21 453 5499
Joachim Wackerow
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Initiative Users Group
WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
Using DDI 3 to Support Preservation, Management, Access, and
Dissemination Systems for Social Science Data
October 26-30, 2009
GESIS Workshop at the Leibniz Center for Informatics
Schloss Dagstuhl, Wadern, Germany
Course Instructors:
Arofan Gregory (Open Data Foundation, Tucson, Arizona, USA)
Wendy L. Thomas (Minnesota Population Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
Joachim Wackerow (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences,
Mannheim, Germany)
The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) has produced an international
XML standard for the use of lifecycle information about social science
research data. Version 3.0 was published in April 2008. DDI facilitates
the automation of documentation and production systems for the delivery
of social science data. This workshop is geared toward the staff of
archives and data producing agencies. The five-day structure of this
workshop provides the participants with an opportunity for in-depth
assistance on the specialized features of DDI that are important to
their organization's activities.
New features in DDI 3 support:
- metadata capture from planning and production to dissemination and
analysis
- reuse of metadata to drive subsequent production or analysis processes
- ISO 11179 compliant data registries such as question, variable, and
concept banks
- grouping of study series for longitudinal and comparative research
- capturing comparative information for the creation of harmonized data
- improved capture of archival information for data organization and
management
The workshop provides the opportunity to get an in-depth look at this
major new release of DDI. The workshop is organized in cooperation with
the DDI Alliance. Further information on DDI can be found below.
Intended audience: anyone interested in DDI, no prior knowledge of DDI
or XML is required.
Further information on the workshop is available at:
http://www.gesis.org/en/research/events/workshops/ddi/
Kind regards, Achim Wackerow
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Visiting address: B2 1, 68159 Mannheim, Germany
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Fax: +49 (0)621 1246 100
E-mail: joachim.wackerow at gesis.org
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Information about DDI 3
The new paradigm of DDI 3 embraces the full life cycle of the data from
conception, through development of the data collection instrument,
collection and cleaning of data, production of data products,
distribution, preservation, and reuse or analysis of the data.
The structure of the new DDI 3 is designed to facilitate sharing concept
schemes, question schemes, category and coding schemes, and variables
schemes within organizations or throughout the social science research
community.
With a goal of capturing and preserving metadata on the full and
continuing life-cycle of data from conception to preservation,
distribution, application, and reuse, DDI 3 is providing the structural
support needed to facilitate comparative survey work in a way that was
previously unavailable in an open, non-proprietary system.
Important innovations in DDI 3 include:
- An underlying data model that permits the expression of the model in
alternative technologies
- Coverage of more of the data life cycle, with an emphasis on data
collection
- Modular design
- Enhanced support for multiple languages
- Support for variable comparison and harmonization
- Structured mechanisms for identification and versioning that enable
the creation of registries like question banks
- Core HTML for formatting of unstructured text
- Elimination of redundancies through a new grouping model and an
extensive set of reusable elements
- Capability to create "DDI profiles" for specific uses
- Mechanism to carry data inline
- Alignment with other metadata standards, including Dublin Core
(cross-domain information resource description), SDMX (time-series
data), ISO 11179 (metadata registry), and FGDC and ISO 19115 (geographic
standards)
- Extensibility
Links:
DDI 3: http://www.ddialliance.org/ddi3/
DDI Alliance: http://www.ddialliance.org/org/
DDI: http://www.ddialliance.org/
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