[DDI-users] Data Element Discussion - Mantis Issue 543 and related

[Wendy Thomas]

Dear Dan G. Al, Heather, Arofan, Jeremy, Dan, Tim, Heather, and Sophia,

As a follow-up to the earlier documents trying to frame the issues
around DataElement I have read through the new edition of
ISO/IEC11179-3:2012(E) and provided a proposal for reworking
DataElement. While I don't think this is its final form, I thought
that having something concrete to react to would be useful. Please see
the new documents attached to Mantis Issue 543.

DataElementProposal_20130312.docx discribes the reasoning behind the
outline of the proposed structure
DataElementProposal.txt is a draft of an XML schema representation
(note I realize there are some style issue in this rendering..its
primarily to provide a draft to work with)

The workplan is as follows:

Provide feedback via email over the next week.
Identify at the end of that time if we need a conference call. If so
set one up for the following week.

Please note that many of us are involved in NADDI the first week of
April. As we have other issue areas that many of you are also
interested in I am hoping to get this one moving along. The intent is
not to cut short discussion, but to allow us to focus on a topic at a
time. I appreciate your attention to this. Hope to hear responses over
the next week.

Primary questions to answer include:

Does this address the issues identified in the document provided earlier?
Is it compliant with ISO/IEC 11179-3:2012(E)?
Does it meet the needs of DDI?
Is it overkill?

I expect a lively discussion :-)

Wendy



On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Wendy Thomas <wlt at umn.edu> wrote:
> Dan G., Al, Heather, Arofan, Achim, Jeremy and Dan,
>
> I have tried to frame the issues regarding the introduction of a
> DataElement in DDI based on earlier discussions and a review of
> ISO/IEC 11179-3. You will find a document on Mantis Issue 543 entitled
> Purpose of DataElement in DDI.docx. Please review this document and
> make comments back to the list. There are a number of issues in 3.2PR
> that need in-depth discussion. DataElement is the first of these. Our
> intent is to begin an on-line discussion among interested parties,
> attempt to find an area of concensus and then set up conference calls
> to finalize the details. Please note that this email has been copied
> to the DDI-SRG list and DDI-Users list in order to inform others of
> this discussion and to identify persons who should be involved further
> in the discussion.
>
> To DDI-SRG and DDI-User list members: If you have a vested interest in
> how this new section of DDI is addressed in 3.2 PR, please let me know
> and I will add you to the contact list. Note that we are dealing with
> fine tuning what was proposed in DDI 3.2PR and therefore you will need
> to have a familiarity with ISO/IEC 11179-3 and/or the maintenance of
> DataElements for these discussions to be of benefit to you and to DDI.
> Having said that, I wish you to know that I am very happy to address
> any specific questions or related issues you may have with this
> discussion of DataElements.
>
> Regards
> Wendy
>
> --
> Wendy L. Thomas                              Phone: +1 612.624.4389
> Data Access Core Director                 Fax:   +1 612.626.8375
> Minnesota Population Center             Email: wlt at umn.edu
> University of Minnesota
> 50 Willey Hall
> 225 19th Avenue South
> Minneapolis, MN 55455



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Wendy L. Thomas                              Phone: +1 612.624.4389
Data Access Core Director                 Fax:   +1 612.626.8375
Minnesota Population Center             Email: wlt at umn.edu
University of Minnesota
50 Willey Hall
225 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455