[DDI-users] REMINDER: WORKSHOP: Using DDI 3 to Support Preservation, Management, Access, and Dissemination Systems for Social Science Data

[Joachim Wackerow]

There are still a few places available in the workshop "Using DDI 3 to 
Support Preservation, Management, Access, and Dissemination Systems for 
Social Science Data", to be held at Dagstuhl, Wadern, Germany, on 
October 26-30.

For more information on the workshop and registration, see: 
http://www.gesis.org/en/research/events/workshops/ddi/

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Joachim Wackerow wrote:
> 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
>