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<p class="MsoPlainText">Of possible interest to list members.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The presentations of the session on “The Role of Structured Metadata in Cross-national Surveys” describe projects and approaches in using DDI for structured metadata in cross-national surveys. The session comprehends the following presentations:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Use of DDI Structured Metadata in the Production of Public-use Data Files. Peter Granda (ICPSR -
<span class="st">Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research</span>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Re-using the Structured Metadata of the European Values Study (EVS). Wolfgang Zenk-Möltgen, Evelyn Brislinger (both
<span style="color:black">GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences</span>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Web-based Documentation of Longitudinal Studies. Marcel Hebing, Jan Goebel, Jürgen Schupp (all
<span style="color:black">SOEP - German Socio-Economic Panel, DIW Berlin</span>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>The International Standard for Coding of Education (ISCED) and DDI Lifecycle. Hilde Orten (<span style="color:black">NSD - Norwegian Social Science Data Services</span>), Joachim Wackerow (<span style="color:black">GESIS - Leibniz
Institute for the Social Sciences</span>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Using DDI Lifecycle and XLIFF for cross-national surveys. Ingo Barkow (<span style="color:black">DIPF - German institute for international educational research</span>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The session is part of the RC33 conference and is scheduled for July 12, 2012 at 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The RC33 Eighth International Conference on Social Science Methodology will take place on July 9-13, 2012 at the University of Sydney. The conference is hosted by the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated
(ASPRI).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The provisional schedule is available at <a href="http://conference.acspri.org.au/index.php/rc33/2012/schedConf/schedule">
http://conference.acspri.org.au/index.php/rc33/2012/schedConf/schedule</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Search for “The Role of Structured Metadata in Cross-national Surveys”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Joachim Wackerow<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Department: Monitoring Society and Social Change<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Unit: Social Science Metadata Standards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Visiting address: B2 1, 68159 Mannheim, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Postal address: P.O. Box 122155, 68072 Mannheim, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Phone: +49 (0)621 1246 262<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Fax: +49 (0)621 1246 100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">E-mail: joachim.wackerow@gesis.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">www.gesis.org/en/institute/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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