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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Apologies for any cross posting<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD">CALL FOR PARTICIPATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#365F91">2<sup>nd</sup> Workshop on Semantic Statistics for Social, Behavioural, and Economic Sciences:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#365F91">Leveraging the DDI Model for the Linked Data Web<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">October 15-19, 2012<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Leibniz Center for Informatics, Schloss Dagstuhl, Wadern, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD">Workshop Organizers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Richard Cyganiak <a href="http://linkeddata.deri.ie/">
<span style="color:blue">(DERI - Digital Enterprise Research Institute</span></a>, Galway, Ireland)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Arofan Gregory (<a href="http://www.opendatafoundation.org/"><span style="color:blue">ODaF - Open Data Foundation</span></a> , Tucson, Arizona, USA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Wendy L. Thomas (<a href="http://www.pop.umn.edu/"><span style="color:blue">MPC - Minnesota Population Center</span></a>, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Joachim Wackerow (<a href="http://www.gesis.org/en/"><span style="color:blue">GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences</span></a>, Mannheim, Germany)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD">Overview<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">This workshop will examine the metadata model of the
<a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/"><span style="color:blue">Data Documentation Initiative (DDI)</span></a> used in the Social, Behavioural, and Economic (SBE) sciences, and design an implementation of that model using the Semantic Web standards (RDF, OWL,
etc.). Invited participants will represent the user community (data librarians, archivists, researchers, and data producers), DDI experts, and experts in the Semantic Web technologies and standards.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD">Goals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">The previous year's workshop resulted in the creation of a draft RDF vocabulary for the discovery of microdata (unit-record data), based on the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) model. One
goal will be to build on this model, finalizing it and possibly expanding it to cover a broader set of use cases. A second DDI-based vocabulary was drafted, focusing on an extension of SKOS to describe official classifications used by government agencies and
statistical producers - this also should be finalized as a critical set of metadata. DDI further provides mechanisms for addressing some problematic issues within the Web of Linked Data such as provenance, ownership, and versioning, and these themes could
be explored. The existing outline and draft of a best practice paper on the publication of microdata and the related metadata into the Linked Data Web will be discussed and may be put forward as a standard for use with data in this domain for dissemination
of the Web. Core knowledge on the DDI model and Semantic Web Technologies will be provided for those who need it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD">Description<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">The movement towards more open access to data is being fueled by government initiatives as well as the research community. Statistical data and metadata is already being standardized within
the Linked Data Web with the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-data-cube/"><span style="color:blue">RDF Data Cube vocabulary</span></a> (W3C Working Draft), based on the
<a href="http://sdmx.org/"><span style="color:blue">SDMX</span></a> model. There is no equivalent for the discovery and possible use of microdata. In addition, microdata are often confidential, and this aspect of the problem is one which will be a point of
discussion in the workshop - how best to advertise the existence of data which cannot be openly exposed? Other aspects of the problem such as quality and documentation issues and provenance need similarly to be addressed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">The Semantic Web and DDI experts approach these issues from different perspectives. By sharing our perspectives, and learning from each other’s experience the goal of the workshop is to develop
a best practice for the publication of microdata and related metadata into the Linked Data Web, which might be put forward as a standard for use with data in this domain for dissemination on the Web.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">This workshop will examine the metadata model of the
<a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/"><span style="color:blue">Data Documentation Initiative (DDI)</span></a> used in the Social, Behavioural, and Economic (SBE) sciences, and design an implementation of that model using the Semantic Web standards (RDF, OWL,
etc.). Invited participants will represent the user community (data librarians, archivists, researchers, and data producers), DDI experts, and experts in the Semantic Web technologies and standards.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">The demand for discovery of both aggregate statistics and the underlying data is strong, and growing through open government initiatives and the efforts of many data producers, data archives,
and research centers. Further, Linked Data technologies are becoming increasingly popular within universities, as the basis for tools which can be used to assist research and teaching. Working together to lay out best practices on the publication of microdata
and related metadata into the Linked Data Web will benefit both communities and assist researchers in gaining access to digital resources.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Richard Cyganiak is working at the
<a href="http://linkeddata.deri.ie/"><span style="color:blue">Linked Data Research Centre (LiDRC)</span></a> of DERI. Arofan Gregory (XML standards expert), Wendy L. Thomas (chair of TIC), and Joachim Wackerow (vice-chair of TIC) are active in the
<a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/alliance/working-groups#tic"><span style="color:blue">Technical Implementation Committee (TIC)</span></a> of the DDI Alliance. The workshop is organized in cooperation with the
<a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/alliance"><span style="color:blue">DDI Alliance</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD">Venue<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">The workshop will take place at the
<a href="http://www.dagstuhl.de/"><span style="color:blue">Leibniz Center for Informatics, Schloss Dagstuhl</span></a>, Wadern, Germany. The non-profit center is a member of the
<a href="http://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/"><span style="color:blue">Leibniz Association</span></a> and is funded jointly by the German federal government and a number of state governments.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">The venue provides an intense working atmosphere in a relaxing environment. It is located in a remote region in Saarland near the small town
<a href="http://www.wadern.de/"><span style="color:blue">Wadern</span></a>. Dagstuhl offers several seminar rooms and a cafeteria in addition to leisure rooms open during the evening, including a wine bar, billiard room, music room, reading room, table tennis,
sauna, etc., all of which provide opportunities for intense discussion and communication. Accommodation costs at Dagstuhl including full board is 70 Euro/day/person (subsidized rate).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD">Sponsors<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">This workshop is organized and sponsored by
<a href="http://www.gesis.org/en/"><span style="color:blue">GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD">Registration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">The workshop is open to anyone interested in the topic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Maximum number of participants (including instructors): 25<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Language: English<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Further information on the workshop, including
<a href="http://www.gesis.org/fileadmin/upload/dienstleistung/veranstaltungen_fortbildungen/workshops/Dagstuhl.pdf">
<span style="color:blue">venue details</span></a> and a registration form, is available on the website of the workshop:
<a href="http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-workshops/ddi/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-workshops/ddi/</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD">Links<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD">DDI Lifecycle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Specification:
<a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-Lifecycle/3.1/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-Lifecycle/3.1/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD">Overview articles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Miller, Kenneth, and Mary Vardigan. "How Initiative Benefits the Research Community - the Data Documentation Initiative." First International Conference on e-Social Science, Manchester, UK,
June 2005, <a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/sites/default/files/miller.pdf"><span style="color:blue">http://www.ddialliance.org/sites/default/files/miller.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Vardigan, Mary, Pascal Heus, Wendy Thomas. "Data Documentation Initiative: Toward a Standard for the Social Sciences." The International Journal of Digital Curation 3, 1 (2008).
<a href="http://www.ijdc.net/ijdc/article/view/66/66"><span style="color:blue">http://www.ijdc.net/ijdc/article/view/66/66</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD">Dagstuhl<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Arrival: <a href="http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/about-dagstuhl/arrival/">
<span style="color:blue">http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/about-dagstuhl/arrival/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Pictures: <a href="http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/about-dagstuhl/press/downloads/">
<span style="color:blue">http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/about-dagstuhl/press/downloads/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Joachim Wackerow<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">--<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">Department: Monitoring Society and Social Change</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">Unit: Social Science Metadata Standards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">Visiting address: B2 1, 68159 Mannheim, Germany</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">Postal address: P.O. Box 122155, 68072 Mannheim, Germany</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">Phone: +49 (0)621 1246 262</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">Fax: +49 (0)621 1246 100</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">E-mail:
</span><a href="mailto:joachim.wackerow@gesis.org"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:blue">joachim.wackerow@gesis.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><a href="http://www.gesis.org/en/institute/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:blue">www.gesis.org/en/institute/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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