[DDI-users] RC33 Session: The Role of Structured Metadata in Cross-national Surveys

[Wackerow, Joachim]

Of possible interest to list members.

The presentations of the session on "The Role of Structured Metadata in Cross-national Surveys" describe projects and approaches in using DDI for structured metadata in cross-national surveys. The session comprehends the following presentations:


·        Use of DDI Structured Metadata in the Production of Public-use Data Files. Peter Granda (ICPSR - Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)

·        Re-using the Structured Metadata of the European Values Study (EVS). Wolfgang Zenk-Möltgen, Evelyn Brislinger (both GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)

·        Web-based Documentation of Longitudinal Studies. Marcel Hebing, Jan Goebel, Jürgen Schupp (all SOEP - German Socio-Economic Panel, DIW Berlin)

·        The International Standard for Coding of Education (ISCED) and DDI Lifecycle. Hilde Orten (NSD - Norwegian Social Science Data Services), Joachim Wackerow (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)

·        Using DDI Lifecycle and XLIFF for cross-national surveys. Ingo Barkow (DIPF - German institute for international educational research)

The session is part of the RC33 conference and is scheduled for July 12, 2012 at 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM.

The RC33 Eighth International Conference on Social Science Methodology will take place on July 9-13, 2012 at the University of Sydney. The conference is hosted by the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated (ASPRI).

The provisional schedule is available at http://conference.acspri.org.au/index.php/rc33/2012/schedConf/schedule.
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Kind regards,
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
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E-mail: joachim.wackerow at gesis.org
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