[DDI-users] Is there any development kit to parse DDI

[Hoyle, Larry]

Colectica Reader is available for free and will do secondary validation - such as checking  references among DDI elements - a very useful tool.

Larry Hoyle
Senior Scientist
Institute for Policy & Social Research, University of Kansas
1541 Lilac Lane, Blake 607
Lawrence, KS  66045-3129

http://www.ipsr.ku.edu


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddi-users-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu [mailto:ddi-users-
> bounces at icpsr.umich.edu] On Behalf Of Wendy Thomas
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 12:31 PM
> To: mcoyne at boninc.com; Data Documentation Initiative Users Group
> Subject: Re: [DDI-users] Is there any development kit to parse DDI
> 
> There are some tools under development as well as one (commercial) that is
> available now that supports some, but not features of DDI 3.
> 
> We use Colectica in our training classes and you can look at
> http://www.ddialliance.org/resources/tools under Software to see what else
> is available.
> 
> You can validate an XML instance to the DDI schema with most XML editiing
> software. As long as you have associated the DDI schemas in the header you
> should be able to use the validation features of the software. If you need
> assistance with this, please contact me directly.
> 
> Wendy
> 
> 
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, My Coyne wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > 	  BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; }
> > Hi DDI community:
> >
> > 	I wonder if there is
> > (a) Tool to validate XML that is built on DDI XSD?
> >
> > 	(b) SDK (software development kit) for software developers to parse
> > and create an XML file built on DDI?
> >
> > 	Thank you.
> >
> 
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