[DDI-users] DDI-users Digest, Vol 64, Issue 4
Pascal Heus
pascal.heus at gmail.com
Wed Jan 26 12:25:33 EST 2011
For our Java development (reading/writing/processing DDI documents), we
use Apache XmlBean:
http://xmlbeans.apache.org/
For storing XML in a database, we recommend the BaseX open source package:
http://basex.org/
Hope this helps.
Pascal
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> 1. Is there any development kit to parse DDI (My Coyne)
> 2. Re: Is there any development kit to parse DDI (Wendy Thomas)
> 3. Re: Is there any development kit to parse DDI (Hoyle, Larry)
> 4. Re: Is there any development kit to parse DDI (Jeremy Iverson)
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> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:19:20 -0500
> From: My Coyne <mcoyne at boninc.com>
> Subject: [DDI-users] Is there any development kit to parse DDI
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> Hi DDI community:
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> 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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> From: Wendy Thomas <wlt at pop.umn.edu>
> Subject: Re: [DDI-users] Is there any development kit to parse DDI
> To: mcoyne at boninc.com, Data Documentation Initiative Users Group
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> 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:
>
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>> 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.
>>
> Wendy L. Thomas Phone: +1 612.624.4389
> Data Access Core Director Fax: +1 612.626.8375
> Minnesota Population Center Email: wlt at pop.umn.edu
> University of Minnesota
> 50 Willey Hall
> 225 19th Avenue South
> Minneapolis, MN 55455
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:56:07 +0000
> From: "Hoyle, Larry" <larryhoyle at ku.edu>
> Subject: Re: [DDI-users] Is there any development kit to parse DDI
> To: Data Documentation Initiative Users Group
> <ddi-users at icpsr.umich.edu>
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> 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
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> http://www.ipsr.ku.edu
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>> -----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.
>>>
>> Wendy L. Thomas Phone: +1 612.624.4389
>> Data Access Core Director Fax: +1 612.626.8375
>> Minnesota Population Center Email: wlt at pop.umn.edu
>> University of Minnesota
>> 50 Willey Hall
>> 225 19th Avenue South
>> Minneapolis, MN 55455
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:13:47 -0600
> From: Jeremy Iverson <jeremy at colectica.com>
> Subject: Re: [DDI-users] Is there any development kit to parse DDI
> To: ddi-users at icpsr.umich.edu
> Message-ID: <4D3F2EFB.1010703 at colectica.com>
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> My,
>
> (a) Colectica Reader is a free application that performs both XML schema
> validation and second level DDI validation. You can download it from:
>
> http://www.colectica.com/software/reader
>
> Details of the validation features are at:
>
> http://www.colectica.com/ddi/tools/validation
>
> We are happy to add more tests if you have ideas.
>
> (b) We also offer Colectica SDK, a .NET class library for working with
> DDI 3. This does not cover 100% of the standard but does drastically
> speed up the process of programmatic metadata creation and processing.
>
> http://www.colectica.com/software/sdk
>
> Please get in touch if you would like a web cast demo or any additional
> information.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeremy
>
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