[DDI-users] Issue 585

Wendy Thomas wlt at umn.edu
Tue May 21 11:59:42 EDT 2013


I have just uploaded structure information for the schema in Issue 585. See
FINAL_585.txt in Mantis

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. ****
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>  ****
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> NOTE REGARDING USAGE ETC.****
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> 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)****
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> 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
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