[DDI-users] Two DDI Workshops: Training and Longitudinal Data, October, Dagstuhl, Germany

[Joachim Wackerow]

Training Workshop: Using DDI 3 to Support Production, Management, 
Dissemination, and Preservation Systems for Data in the Social Sciences 
and Economics

The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) has produced an international 
XML standard for the use of lifecycle information about social, 
behavioral, and economics science data that informs the broad set of 
disciplines addressed in the social sciences. DDI facilitates the 
automation of documentation and production systems for the delivery of 
this data. This workshop is geared toward the staff of data producing 
agencies and archives. 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

October 25-29, 2010 at Schloss Dagstuhl, Wadern, Germany

Details at:
http://www.gesis.org/en/research/events/workshops/ddi-workshop/

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Expert Workshop: DDI, Managing Metadata for Longitudinal Data - Best 
Practices

This symposium-style workshop will bring together representatives from 
major longitudinal data collection efforts to share expertise and to 
explore the use of the DDI metadata standard as a means of managing and 
structuring longitudinal study documentation. Participants will work 
collaboratively to create best practices for documenting longitudinal 
data in its various forms, including panel data and repeated cross-sections.

Longitudinal survey data carry special challenges related to documenting 
and managing data over time, over geography, and across multiple 
languages. This complexity is often a barrier to building efficient 
systems for data access and analysis. The Data Documentation Initiative 
(DDI), a metadata standard that addresses the full life cycle of social 
science research data, is designed to provide an efficient structure for 
the documentation of complex longitudinal data. In this workshop, 
participants involved in longitudinal data projects around the world 
will work together on issues involved in documenting longitudinal data.

October 18-22, 2010 at Schloss Dagstuhl, Wadern, Germany

Details at:
http://www.dagstuhl.de/10422


Joachim Wackerow

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GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Department: Monitoring Society and Social Change
Unit: Social Science Metadata Standards
Visiting address: B2 1, 68159 Mannheim, Germany
Postal address: P.O. Box 122155, 68072 Mannheim, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)621 1246 262
Fax: +49 (0)621 1246 100
E-mail: joachim.wackerow at gesis.org
www.gesis.org/en/institute/