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The Data Documentation Initiative is an international effort to establish a standard for technical documentation describing social science data. A membership-based Alliance is developing the DDI specification, which is written in XML.

The DDI has received external support from the National Science Foundation (NSF award SES0136447) and Health Canada.

If you are interested in joining the effort or need advice on implementing the DDI specification in a project, please contact us.

What's New with the DDI?

• New Member Joins Alliance

• DDI Alliance Welcomes New Members

• Call for Papers for 1st Annual European DDI Users Group Meeting

• Two DDI 3 Workshops to be Held in October in Germany

  • Oct. 26-30 - Focus on DDI 3 Training
  • Nov. 2-6 - Focus on DDI 3 Use Cases

• First European DDI Users Meeting to Be Held in Bonn

• DDI Agency Registry Available

Quick Links

• DDI Publications

• DDI 3.0 Technical Specifications

• DDI Help Center

 
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