[DDI-users] converting from DDI 2

[Wendy Thomas]

Hi Libbie!

There is a spreadsheet that maps 2.1 elements to the 3.0 version of DDI-L.
While there have been changes in later versions they have mostly been
additions and while individual objects may have been modified, the mapping
is similar overall. I don't see this spreadsheet on the DDI site and will
look up a copy and send it to the list. As you proceed with this work,
please get back to me with any specific questions. I'm happy to help. I'll
be off-line for a few weeks but will be back on 5 January.

BTW any time you encounter specific broken links on the DDI page please
inform the Web Development Team. The current members are


On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Libbie Stephenson <
libbiesarchive at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> this is a really low-level inquiry.  We have been using DDI 2 for some
> time because most of our files are legacy files with just one simple
> dataset and codebook.  We've been using Colectica for Excel recently.  Now
> we want to begin to work with DDI life cycle.
>
> We have spent a lot of time with the legacy to life-cycle chart and now
> our eyes are crossed. We have reviewed the working papers and we know what
> kind of information we want to record.
>
> What we really want is to be able to have a list of the tags we currently
> use and have something that will show us exactly where they are used in
> live-cycle.  We are using Colectica Designer to move the DDI legacy XML
> over.  We have spent a lot of time with the items on this page:
> http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/ and with a conversion tool but
> none of them provide what we want to see.
>
> Also, the DDI site has numerous broken links or pages simply will not
> load.
>
> Can anyone suggest a way that we can more easily see the ways that our
> current use of DDI legacy would map into DDI life-cycle?
>
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