[DDI-users] Issue 585

[Wendy Thomas]

Yes, I am setting up a choice of content which prespecifies the CV urn etc.
There will be an optional effectiveDate attribute with the following
documentation.
"If it is important to specify the date that this code is effective in
order to accurately capture a name or similar change, specify that here."

Note that these will be late bound entries and that codes that are not in
active use will be retained in the list. The effectiveDate will help in
determining name changes over time. Needless to say we will have to monitor
ISO change postings. This may be one where we have a dedicated individual
or organization keep this up...someone who normally follows this
information. As it is in English and French, statistical organizations in
France and Canada come to mind. Right now I follow this for IPUMS
International, but I would definately want to get updates to this set of
CVs off of my work list.

Wendy

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Hoyle, Larry <larryhoyle at ku.edu> wrote:

>  If the controlled vocabulary is annotated with dates, should the Country
> element have some way to include the date of the country name referenced?
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> *From:* ddi-users-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu [mailto:
> ddi-users-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu] *On Behalf Of *Wendy Thomas
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 19, 2013 1:22 PM
> *To:* DDI Structural Reform Working Group.; Data Documentation Initiative
> Users Group; Alistair Hamilton
> *Subject:* [DDI-users] Issue 585****
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>
> This is in regard to externalizing the enumerated set of country codes
> currently in DDI. Our intent is to externalize this list in a way that
> enforces use of ISO 3166 (2ch, 3ch, numeric) both current and former valid
> codes. ****
>
>  ****
>
> NOTE REGARDING USAGE ETC.****
>
> In working out this issue I have discovered a) this is used ONLY by the
> field Country in the ContactInformation of an Organization or Individual,
> and b) there is no means of creating a simple country coverage list in
> Spatial Coverage. ****
>
> For the purposes of DDI 3.2 we seem to be talking overkill for a seldom
> used field. However, publishing the union set of ISO 2,3 char and numeric
> country codes seems a logical thing to do. It would provide an external
> authority list for individual GeographicLocation at the country level that
> was both stable and inclusive of earlier codes which have changed over
> time. (see Issue 585 for particulars)****
>
>  ****
>
> It also brings to mind Arofan's comment that one can't do a "simple"
> SpatialCoverage...I assume that would be a list of country codes as is
> possible in 2.5 without doing the full GeographicLocationScheme. ****
>
> If we are going to do the work for the external controlled vocabulary we
> should probably add the following to GeographicCoverageType right after
> Description:****
>
> <xs:element ref="Country" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
>     <xs:annotation>
>         <xs:documentation>The identifier for the country level spatial
> coverage. If only a portion of a country is covered indicate the parent
> country. May be repeated to include multiple countries. The element uses a
> predefined external controlled vocabulary that allows for use of the ISO
> 3166-1 options of 2 character, 3 character, or numeric country codes. The
> DDI controlled vocabulary retains former country codes annotating them with
> valid dates and information on specific changes.</xs:documentation>
>     </xs:annotation>
> </xs:element>
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> Any thoughts on this?
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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
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