[DDI-users] Review of Q1 Development Draft of DDI Lifecycle-MD

Mary Vardigan vardigan at umich.edu
Thu May 21 12:23:21 EDT 2015


Dear DDI Community,

Some of you who are reviewing the development draft have requested
additional time to complete a thorough review. Accordingly, we have
extended the review period till June 15, 2015. Thank you again for your
involvement.

Mary

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Mary Vardigan <vardigan at umich.edu> wrote:

> Dear DDI Community,
>
> The DDI Alliance is pleased to announce a preliminary Quarter 1
> Development Draft of
> <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#14c9529356f6113a__msocom_1> the first
> components of DDI Lifecycle-MD, the new DDI specification that is
> model-driven (MD), sometimes called DDI4. The comment period for the Q1
> Draft is now open. Information on the review process is available from the DDI4
> - Comment and Review page
> <https://ddi-alliance.atlassian.net/wiki/display/DDI4/DDI+4+-+Comment+and+Review>.
> That page contains a link to comment instructions and to the release
> package itself -- see the box labeled Current Review in the middle of the
> page.
>
>
>
> DDI is transitioning to a model-driven specification to support new
> content and domains, to provide needed flexibility in rendering and
> packaging, and to ensure a sustainable development process for DDI going
> forward. The model will enable use-case driven "functional views" of the
> full model so that prospective DDI users can receive only the subset of DDI
> classes they need for a specific task or function (e.g., create a simple
> codebook). The transition also includes moving to a fully automated
> production framework to create the specification, bindings, and
> documentation. More information about the DDI work products
> <http://www.ddialliance.org/work-products-of-ddi-alliance> and how they
> all fit together is available.
>
>
>
> This release represents the first of several quarterly releases, each of
> which will build on previous releases. The Q1 Draft includes the class
> descriptions and diagrams for several of the basic parts of the model. We
> are currently working out minor issues with results of the XML and RDF/OWL
> implementations. These will be released separately when available.
>
>
> We are eager to obtain feedback from the DDI community in order to improve
> what we have and to validate our approach. The comment period is open until
> May 22, 2015, and we hope to hear from you.
>
>
> Mary
>
> --
> Mary Vardigan
> Director, DDI Alliance
> Assistant Director, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social
> Research (ICPSR)
> P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106
> Phone: 734-615-7908
> Fax: 734-647-8200
>



-- 
Mary Vardigan
Assistant Director, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social
Research (ICPSR)
P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Phone: 734-615-7908
Fax: 734-647-8200
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