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<DIV>Hi Wendy,</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks a lot for the reply.</DIV>
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<DIV>Link to the porta is <A href="http://www.ifsmetadata.info/">http://www.ifsmetadata.info</A>. You need to register (just few fields) which will be approved by the administrator and then you can view the portal. This process will not take much time.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Database is structured in relational database (MYSQL). </DIV>
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<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV>Bilal</DIV>
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<DIV>Link to the porta is <A href="http://www.ifsmetadata.info">http://www.ifsmetadata.info</A>. You need to register (just few fields) which will be approved by the administrator and then you can view the portal. This process will not take much.<BR><BR>>>> <ddi-users-request@icpsr.umich.edu> 22/03/2012 16:00 >>><BR>Send DDI-users mailing list submissions to<BR>ddi-users@icpsr.umich.edu<BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR><A href="http://lists.icpsr.umich.edu/mailman/listinfo/ddi-users">http://lists.icpsr.umich.edu/mailman/listinfo/ddi-users</A><BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>ddi-users-request@icpsr.umich.edu<BR><BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>ddi-users-owner@icpsr.umich.edu<BR><BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of DDI-users digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR> 1. Fwd: DDI help (Bilal.Khurshid@lshtm.ac.uk)<BR> 2. Help needed (Bilal.Khurshid@lshtm.ac.uk)<BR> 3. Re: Fwd: DDI help (Wendy Thomas)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:17:31 +0000<BR>From: <Bilal.Khurshid@lshtm.ac.uk><BR>Subject: [DDI-users] Fwd: DDI help<BR>To: <ddi-users@icpsr.umich.edu><BR>Message-ID: <4F6B185B020000420001375A@smtp-a.lshtm.ac.uk><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR><BR>Hi everyone,<BR>I am working on large dataset of medical research which was collected in the form of survey. I developed a web based system which contains the meta-data and it allows users to search variables and put them in cart and ask the admin for data (order the data). <BR>After finishing project i have been asked to check if we can make it compatible with DDI2. I have gone through case studies at the website and got an overview of specification as well. I wonder if anyone can guide me with what steps should be taken to make it complaint.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Bilal<BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL: <A href="http://lists.icpsr.umich.edu/pipermail/ddi-users/attachments/20120322/17c0a82a/attachment-0001.html">http://lists.icpsr.umich.edu/pipermail/ddi-users/attachments/20120322/17c0a82a/attachment-0001.html</A> <BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 2<BR>Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:42:19 +0000<BR>From: <Bilal.Khurshid@lshtm.ac.uk><BR>Subject: [DDI-users] Help needed<BR>To: <ddi-users@icpsr.umich.edu><BR>Message-ID: <4F6B1E2B020000420001375F@smtp-a.lshtm.ac.uk><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR><BR>Hello,<BR><BR>I am working on large dataset of medical research which was collected in the form of survey. I developed a web based system which contains the meta-data and is stored in MySQL database. Application allows users to search variables and put them in cart and ask the admin for data (order the data). <BR><BR>After finishing project i have been asked to check if we can make it compatible with DDI2. I have gone through case studies at the website and got an overview of specification as well. I wonder if anyone can guide me with what steps should be taken to make it complaint.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Bilal<BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL: <A href="http://lists.icpsr.umich.edu/pipermail/ddi-users/attachments/20120322/f5420d8c/attachment-0001.html">http://lists.icpsr.umich.edu/pipermail/ddi-users/attachments/20120322/f5420d8c/attachment-0001.html</A> <BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 3<BR>Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:53:00 -0500<BR>From: Wendy Thomas <wlt@umn.edu><BR>Subject: Re: [DDI-users] Fwd: DDI help<BR>To: Data Documentation Initiative Users Group<BR><ddi-users@icpsr.umich.edu><BR>Message-ID:<BR><CAOrpSNobHuqyYU=8SZAz_a-dE5=RP=b1gAX2y5x=vkFZVYTKrA@mail.gmail.com><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8<BR><BR>Hi Bilal,<BR><BR>I'm sure we can provide some direction. How is your metadata currently<BR>structured? In a database or your own design? DDI Codebook (DDI2) is<BR>structured very much like a traditional codebook with variable<BR>specific information contained within the variable structure. There is<BR>also extensive information collected on the study as a whole. As your<BR>metadata currently seems to be structured it may be easiest to map<BR>your contents to the DDI structure, output the majority of the by<BR>writing a translation program and then adding those sections for which<BR>you have metadata but possibly not in as structured a storage mode<BR>(such as pdf, word, or other document sources).<BR><BR>Can you provide a link to your site so we can see what type of<BR>metadata you have available? Looking forward to hearing more<BR><BR>Wendy Thomas<BR><BR><BR>On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:17 AM, <Bilal.Khurshid@lshtm.ac.uk> wrote:<BR>> Hi everyone,<BR>> I am working on large dataset of medical research which was collected in the<BR>> form of survey. I developed a web based system which contains the meta-data<BR>> and it allows users to search variables and put them in cart and ask the<BR>> admin for data (order the data).<BR>> After finishing project i have been asked to check if we can make it<BR>> compatible with DDI2. I have gone through case studies at the website and<BR>> got an overview of specification as well. I wonder if anyone can guide me<BR>> with what steps should be taken to make it complaint.<BR>><BR>> Regards,<BR>> Bilal<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> DDI-users mailing list<BR>> DDI-users@icpsr.umich.edu<BR>> <A href="http://lists.icpsr.umich.edu/mailman/listinfo/ddi-users">http://lists.icpsr.umich.edu/mailman/listinfo/ddi-users</A><BR>><BR><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Wendy L. Thomas?????????????????????????? ???Phone: +1 612.624.4389<BR>Data Access Core Director??????????????? ?Fax:?? +1 612.626.8375<BR>Minnesota Population Center???????????? 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