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<p class="MsoNormal">Work is under way on two RDF vocabularies, the DDI-RDF Discovery vocabulary for publishing metadata about datasets into the Web of Linked Data, and XKOS, an RDF vocabulary for describing statistical classifications, which is an extension
of the popular SKOS vocabulary. The public review of both vocabularies is planned for 2013.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There is now information available on both RDF vocabularies at the DDI Alliance website.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please have a look at:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Overview: http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/RDF<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">DDI-RDF Discovery: http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/RDF/Discovery<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">XKOS: http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/RDF/XKOS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Working group: <a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/alliance/working-groups#RDF">
http://www.ddialliance.org/alliance/working-groups#RDF</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There were two conferences in May where both, the DDI-RDF Discovery and the XKOS vocabularies were presented.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Linked Data on the Web (LDOW2013) at the World Wide Web Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 14.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://events.linkeddata.org/ldow2013/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">DDI-RDF Discovery Vocabulary: A Metadata Vocabulary for Documenting Research and Survey Data. Thomas Bosch, Richard Cyganiak, Arofan Gregory, Joachim Wackerow<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paper: http://events.linkeddata.org/ldow2013/papers/ldow2013-paper-12.pdf<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/boschthomas/201305-ldow-2013-www-2013<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">METIS 2013 - Work Session on Statistical Metadata, a conference of the official statistics. Venue at UNECE, Geneva, Switzerland, May 6-8.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/2013.05.metis.html<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">eXtended Knowledge Organization System (XKOS). Dan Gillman, Franck Cotton, and Yves Jaques<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paper: http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/stats/documents/ece/ces/ge.40/2013/WP10.pdf<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Slides: http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/stats/documents/2006/WP10_slides.ppt<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note that both vocabularies are still in the works but are in a mature stage. Any comments at the related discussion forum are welcome (see the Overview link, mentioned above).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Achim<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">Team: 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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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