[DDI-users] DDI Training Workshop at Dagstuhl organized by GESIS

[Chifundo Kanjala]

Dear Joachim
Thanks for inviting me to the DDI training workshop 2013 at Dagstuhl. I am
looking forward to attending it.

In preparation for visa application, could you please send me an original
invitation letter, via post to the UK address given below? I would like to
use it to apply for a visa. They need an original invitation letter
specifying the name of the training workshop, the duration and the place,
the hosting and inviting institutions and the logos/ letterheads of Gesis
and the Dagstuhl institutions.

 I am currently in the UK so you can post the letter to the UK address
given below. However, in the letter, put my Tanzanian address because I
will apply for the visa in Tanzania.  institution.

Address to post to in the UK:
RoomCW0534
Commonwealth Hall, University Of London
1-11 Cartwright Gardens
LONDON, WC1H 9EB
United Kingdom


My Tanzanian address to put in the invitation letter:
Institute of Medical research
Isamilo Road
Box 1462
Mwanza
United Republic of Tanzania

Could you please also let me know of any other arrangements I need to make
in order to attend the workshop.

Regards

Chifundo



On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Wackerow, Joachim <
Joachim.Wackerow at gesis.org> wrote:

>  There are still spaces in this workshop.****
>
> It is a good opportunity to learn DDI and the new features of DDI
> Lifecycle 3.2, and to work on use cases of the participants.****
>
> ** **
>
> Please have a look at the workshop page for further details, practical
> information<http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-workshops/ddi-2013/information/>,
> and registration:****
>
> http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-workshops/ddi-2013/****
>
> ** **
>
> Joachim Wackerow****
>
> ** **
>
> --****
>
> GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences****
>
> Department: Monitoring Society and Social Change****
>
> Team: Social Science Metadata Standards****
>
> Visiting address: B2 1, 68159 Mannheim, Germany****
>
> Postal address: P.O. Box 122155, 68072 Mannheim, Germany****
>
> Phone: +49 (0)621 1246 262****
>
> Fax: +49 (0)621 1246 100****
>
> E-mail: joachim.wackerow at gesis.org****
>
> www.gesis.org****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* ddi-users-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu [mailto:
> ddi-users-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu] *On Behalf Of *Wackerow, Joachim
> *Sent:* Mittwoch, 17. Juli 2013 15:18
>
> *To:* Data Documentation Initiative Users Group (ddi-users at icpsr.umich.edu
> )
> *Subject:* [DDI-users] DDI Training Workshop at Dagstuhl organized by
> GESIS****
>
>  ** **
>
> [ Apologies for any cross posting ]****
>
> *Facilitating Process and Metadata-Driven Automation in the Social,
> Economic, and Behavioural Sciences with the Data Documentation Initiative
> (DDI)*
>
> October 21-25, 2013****
>
> Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Center for Informatics, Wadern, Germany****
>
> *Course Instructors:*
>
> Arofan Gregory (ODaF - Open Data Foundation, Tucson, Arizona, USA)****
>
> Wendy L. Thomas (MPC - Minnesota Population Center, Minneapolis,
> Minnesota, USA)****
>
> Joachim Wackerow (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences,
> Mannheim, Germany)****
>
> *Description of the workshop*
>
> This training workshop will provide an *introduction* to using the Data
> Documentation Initiative (DDI) <http://www.ddialliance.org/what> standard
> to enable many of the processes common to the social, behavioural, and
> economic sciences, from the conceptualization of surveys through data
> collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination. The focus of the
> workshop will be on the “Lifecycle” branch of DDI, version 3.2<http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-Lifecycle/3.2/>,
> which provides a detailed model of the metadata needed to support both
> human-driven and automated processing. The workshop will be organized in a
> *task-oriented manner*, with participants actively documenting *real-world
> use cases* in order to learn how best to employ the DDI model and
> associated technology. The use cases produced will be published as the
> final output of the workshop, as a resource to the broader DDI community.
> Participants are encouraged to bring their own organizational use cases.**
> **
>
> The workshop is aimed at data producers, managers, and users who are not
> already experts in the DDI, or who wish to become more familiar with the
> latest version of the standard (version 3.2). There will also be
> information provided about the envisioned shift in future versions of DDI
> Lifecycle to a model-based approach – the style of modeling and some of the
> standard implementation syntaxes (RDF and XML) will be covered. The
> workshop will include hands-on exercises and work within break-out groups
> on specific use cases, but will be accessible to participants with all
> levels of technical expertise.****
>
> Please have a look at the workshop page for further details, practical
> information<http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-workshops/ddi-2013/information/>,
> and registration:****
>
> http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-workshops/ddi-2013/****
>
> ** **
>
> Best regards,****
>
> Joachim Wackerow****
>
> ** **
>
> --****
>
> GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences****
>
> Department: Monitoring Society and Social Change****
>
> Team: Social Science Metadata Standards****
>
> Visiting address: B2 1, 68159 Mannheim, Germany****
>
> Postal address: P.O. Box 122155, 68072 Mannheim, Germany****
>
> Phone: +49 (0)621 1246 262****
>
> Fax: +49 (0)621 1246 100****
>
> E-mail: joachim.wackerow at gesis.org****
>
> www.gesis.org****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
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