[DDI-users] Stat/Transfer does DDI - setting the agency ID

[Stefan Kramer]

I expect others from the DDI Alliance will weigh in here, but a problem I see with "example.org" as the placeholder is that it may suggest (to the Stat/Transfer user, or sysadmin configuring Stat/Transfer site-wide) that that string should simply be replaced with another Internet domain name, like "cornell.edu" or "dda.dk" or what have you, when it's really supposed to be a DDI agency ID, which is different - as in the example of "gesis.org" (domain name) vs. "de.gesis" (DDI agency ID).  I wonder whether there would be a case for making the placeholder registry.ddialliance.org or somethink else controlled by the DDI Alliance that could then make something useful happen if the placeholder wasn't changed?  Again, I believe this doesn't only affect Stat/Transfer, but also Algenta's Colectica suite of products suppoting DDI 3.

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Stefan Kramer
stefan.kramer at cornell.edu



From: ddi-users-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu [ddi-users-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu] On Behalf Of Steven Dubnoff [sdubnoff at circlesys.com]
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Subject: Re: [DDI-users] Stat/Transfer does DDI - setting the agency ID



 Set it something else that's made up and looks better than "example.org" but isn't registered?  
 
Any thoughts and ideas welcome.
 
(This isn't, strictly speaking, a Stat/Transfer question - if, for example, Colectica Express or Designer were widely used at a university, the issue would be the same, I think.)


Hello All:

I am the developer of Stat/Transfer's DDI support and I welcome comments and suggestions on our implementation.  For one, if someone has a better idea for a default than "example.org", do let us know.

Best,

Steve