<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear Joachim<br></div>Thanks for inviting me to the DDI training workshop 2013 at Dagstuhl. I am looking forward to attending it.<br><br>In preparation for visa application, could you please send me an original invitation letter, via post to the UK address given below? I would like to use it to apply for a visa. They need an original invitation letter specifying the name of the training workshop, the duration and the place, the hosting and inviting institutions and the logos/ letterheads of Gesis and the Dagstuhl institutions.<br>
<br> I am currently in the UK so you can post the letter to the UK address given below. However, in the letter, put my Tanzanian address because I will apply for the visa in Tanzania. institution.<br><br></div>Address to post to in the UK:<br>
RoomCW0534<br>Commonwealth Hall, University Of London<br>1-11 Cartwright Gardens<br>LONDON, WC1H 9EB<br>United Kingdom<br><br><br></div>My Tanzanian address to put in the invitation letter:<br>Institute of Medical research<br>
Isamilo Road<br></div>Box 1462<br>Mwanza<br></div>United Republic of Tanzania<br><br></div>Could you please also let me know of any other arrangements I need to make in order to attend the workshop.<br><br></div>Regards<br>
<br></div>Chifundo<br><div><div><div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Wackerow, Joachim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Joachim.Wackerow@gesis.org" target="_blank">Joachim.Wackerow@gesis.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">There are still spaces in this workshop.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">It is a good opportunity to learn DDI and the new features of DDI Lifecycle 3.2, and to work on use cases of the participants.<u></u><u></u></span></p><div class="im">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Please have a look at the workshop page for further details,
<a href="http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-workshops/ddi-2013/information/" target="_blank">practical information</a>, and registration:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-workshops/ddi-2013/" target="_blank">http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-workshops/ddi-2013/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Joachim Wackerow<u></u><u></u></span></p><div class="im">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1f497d">GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1f497d">Department: Monitoring Society and Social Change<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1f497d">Team: Social Science Metadata Standards<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1f497d">Visiting address: B2 1, 68159 Mannheim, Germany<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1f497d">Postal address: P.O. Box 122155, 68072 Mannheim, Germany<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1f497d">Phone: <a href="tel:%2B49%20%280%29621%201246%20262" value="+496211246262" target="_blank">+49 (0)621 1246 262</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1f497d">E-mail: <a href="mailto:joachim.wackerow@gesis.org" target="_blank">joachim.wackerow@gesis.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:ddi-users-bounces@icpsr.umich.edu" target="_blank">ddi-users-bounces@icpsr.umich.edu</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ddi-users-bounces@icpsr.umich.edu" target="_blank">ddi-users-bounces@icpsr.umich.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Wackerow, Joachim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Mittwoch, 17. Juli 2013 15:18</span></p><div class="im"><br>
<b>To:</b> Data Documentation Initiative Users Group (<a href="mailto:ddi-users@icpsr.umich.edu" target="_blank">ddi-users@icpsr.umich.edu</a>)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DDI-users] DDI Training Workshop at Dagstuhl organized by GESIS<u></u><u></u></div><p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#365f91">Facilitating Process and Metadata-Driven Automation in the Social, Economic, and Behavioural Sciences with the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI)<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">October 21-25, 2013<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Center for Informatics, Wadern, Germany<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4f81bd">Course Instructors:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Arofan Gregory (ODaF - Open Data Foundation, Tucson, Arizona, USA)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Wendy L. Thomas (MPC - Minnesota Population Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Joachim Wackerow (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4f81bd">Description of the workshop<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">This training workshop will provide an
<b>introduction</b> to using the <a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/what" target="_blank">Data Documentation Initiative (DDI)</a> standard to enable many of the processes common to the social, behavioural, and economic sciences, from the conceptualization of surveys through
data collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination. The focus of the workshop will be on the “Lifecycle” branch of DDI,
<a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-Lifecycle/3.2/" target="_blank">version 3.2</a>, which provides a detailed model of the metadata needed to support both human-driven and automated processing. The workshop will be organized in a
<b>task-oriented manner</b>, with participants actively documenting <b>real-world use cases</b> in order to learn how best to employ the DDI model and associated technology. The use cases produced will be published as the final output of the workshop, as a
resource to the broader DDI community. Participants are encouraged to bring their own organizational use cases.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">The workshop is aimed at data producers, managers, and users who are not already experts in the DDI, or who wish to become more familiar with the latest version of the standard (version 3.2).
There will also be information provided about the envisioned shift in future versions of DDI Lifecycle to a model-based approach – the style of modeling and some of the standard implementation syntaxes (RDF and XML) will be covered. The workshop will include
hands-on exercises and work within break-out groups on specific use cases, but will be accessible to participants with all levels of technical expertise.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Please have a look at the workshop page for further details,
<a href="http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-workshops/ddi-2013/information/" target="_blank">practical information</a>, and registration:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-workshops/ddi-2013/" target="_blank">http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-workshops/ddi-2013/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Joachim Wackerow<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Department: Monitoring Society and Social Change<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Team: Social Science Metadata Standards<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Visiting address: B2 1, 68159 Mannheim, Germany<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Postal address: P.O. Box 122155, 68072 Mannheim, Germany<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Phone: <a href="tel:%2B49%20%280%29621%201246%20262" value="+496211246262" target="_blank">+49 (0)621 1246 262</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Fax: <a href="tel:%2B49%20%280%29621%201246%20100" value="+496211246100" target="_blank">+49 (0)621 1246 100</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">E-mail: <a href="mailto:joachim.wackerow@gesis.org" target="_blank">
joachim.wackerow@gesis.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><a href="http://www.gesis.org" target="_blank">www.gesis.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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