[DDI-users] Update on DDI 4 project management and consultants

Jared Lyle lyle at umich.edu
Thu Mar 15 11:00:00 EDT 2018


 Dear DDI community,

In December, I wrote to update you on DDI work product development,
including plans to release a prototype of the DDI 4 specification in
mid-2018.  (The full message is posted on the Alliance web site:
http://www.ddialliance.org/announcement/update-on-
ddi-work-product-development.)

I'm writing now to update you about two new hires we've made to help with
the DDI 4 prototype release.  Both are one-year, term-limited positions,
and were approved by the DDI Executive Board.

1) DDI 4 project manager (Kelly Chatain) --  This position collaborates
with the several DDI 4 working groups, including the modeling team and the
Technical Committee, to insure a coordinated and timely prototype release.
Kelly is an active DDI community member and is knowledgeable about the
technical side of DDI development work.  She has moderated several Dagstuhl
"Moving Forward" workshops, is chair of the Web Site working group, and is
involved in the Marketing and Partnerships working group. Kelly is posting
DDI 4 project management activities and updates here:
https://ddi-alliance.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DDI4/
pages/491651/Project+Management.

2) RDF consultant (Eric Prud'hommeaux) -- DDI 4 has the goal of being
expressed in multiple bindings, including but not limited to XML Schema and
RDFS/OWL. The Alliance requested assistance to provide the basic work on
the creation of the RDFS/OWL binding of the UML model. Eric Prud'hommeaux,
an engineer at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), has been selected as
the expert consultant to develop concepts, select appropriate techniques,
and give general advice regarding questions in the area of Semantic Web
technologies.  RDFS/OWL activities are being documented here:
https://ddi-alliance.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DDI4/
pages/246874113/RDFS+OWL+Team

Additionally, in November, the Executive Board recommended that the
previous DDI 4 Advisory Group
<https://ddi-alliance.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DDI4/pages/491684/Advisory+-+Project+Management+Group>
be updated so it moves primarily into a project management role.  This
included updating the group membership to:

   - Project manager (Kelly Chatain)
   - Executive Board chair (Steve McEachern)
   - Scientific Board chair (Joachim Wackerow)
   - Technical Board chair (Wendy Thomas)
   - Executive Director (Jared Lyle)

After the mid-2018 prototype release, the Advisory Group composition and
functions will be reevaluated.  I want to personally thank past Advisory
Group members Larry Hoyle, Dan Gillman, and Jon Johnson for actively
contributing to the Advisory Group these past two or more years.  And since
all continue to lead or significantly contribute to DDI 4 development, they
are still actively involved in the community.

Feel free to contact me with questions or comments.

Sincerely,
Jared


Jared Lyle
Director, DDI Alliance
ICPSR, University of Michigan
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