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DDI 3 Workshop to be Held in October in Germany
Using DDI 3 to Support Preservation, Management, Access, and
Dissemination Systems for Social Science Data
October 26-30, 2009
GESIS Workshop at the Leibniz Center for Informatics
Schloss Dagstuhl, Wadern, Germany
Course Instructors:
Arofan Gregory (Open Data Foundation, Tucson, Arizona, USA)
Wendy L. Thomas (Minnesota Population Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
USA)
Joachim Wackerow (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences,
Mannheim, Germany)
The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) has produced an international
XML standard for the use of lifecycle information about social science
research data. Version 3.0 was published in April 2008. DDI facilitates
the automation of documentation and production systems for the delivery
of social science data. This workshop is geared toward the staff of
archives and data producing agencies. The five-day structure of this
workshop provides the participants with an opportunity for in-depth
assistance on the specialized features of DDI that are important to
their organization's activities.
New features in DDI 3 support
- metadata capture from planning and production to dissemination and analysis
- reuse of metadata to drive subsequent production or analysis processes
- ISO 11179 compliant data registries such as question, variable, and concept banks
- grouping of study series for longitudinal and comparative research
- capturing comparative information for the creation of harmonized data
- improved capture of archival information for data organization and management
The workshop provides the opportunity to get an in-depth look at this
major new release of DDI. The workshop is organized in cooperation with
the DDI Alliance. Further information on DDI can be found below.
Intended audience: anyone interested in DDI, no prior knowledge of DDI
or XML is required.
view further information on the workshop
30 JUN 2009
Space Still Available in DDI Summer Program course
It is not too late to register for the ICPSR Summer Program course on
DDI:
Documenting Data Using DDI 3.0: Supporting Research, Collection Management, and Access
Instructor(s):
- Wendy Thomas, Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
- Arofan Gregory, Open Data Foundation
The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) has produced an international
XML standard for metadata describing social science research data.
Version 3.0, which provides coverage of the research data life cycle,
was published in April 2008.
DDI supports the work of researchers and data service providers by
providing a structure that facilitates:
- Metadata capture from planning and production to dissemination and analysis;
- Reuse of metadata to drive subsequent production or analysis processes;
- ISO11179-compliant data registries such as question, variable, and concept banks;
- Grouping of study series for longitudinal and comparative research;
- Capturing comparative information for the creation of harmonized data;
- Improved capture of archival information for data organization and management.
The DDI 3.0 metadata structure is capturing the attention of major
archives, data producers, and funding agencies as a standard that will
aid in the collection, preservation, and dissemination of social science
data throughout its life cycle. This course will show you how DDI can be
used to support the research process, making the data you collect easier
to manage, share, and analyze.
Who should attend: Anyone managing numeric social science data
collections or a social science research project involving the
collection of numeric data.
Location: Ithaca, NY.
Dates: July 13-16
Co-sponsor: Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research; Mann
Library
Fee: ICPSR Member: $550 Non-member: $550
This course is limited to 25 participants.
23 JUN 2009
First European DDI Users Meeting to Be Held in Bonn
The International Data Service Center (IDSC) of IZA
and GESIS are hosting the first annual European DDI User Group Meeting, or EDDI. This meeting is being arranged by Nikos Askitas (IZA)
and Joachim Wackerow (GESIS). EDDI 2009 will take place December 4, 2009, at the IDSC of IZA in Bonn, Germany. The day before on December 3, the DDI Alliance will sponsor a half-day DDI course on "Putting DDI to Work for You!"
A flyer (PDF 270K) offers more information on these events.
New Member Joins DDI Alliance
The DDI Alliance is pleased to welcome a new member -- Survey Research
Operations (SRO), a unit of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Sue Ellen Hansen, Director of the Technical Systems Group at SRO, will serve as the representative to the DDI Expert Committee.
2009-JAN-22
As more and more DDI instances are created, we need a mechanism to identify the creators and maintainers of these instances uniquely. To address this, the DDI Alliance and partners are working to establish a global online registry of agencies and organizations. This is an ambitious project that may take some time to implement. In the meantime, we are providing an unofficial pre-registration form to enable organizations to request and reserve unique identifiers in the future registry.
On the registry page, you can find the preregistration form itself along some explanatory information about the process and a list of those organizations that have already preregistered. We encourage everyone using DDI (whether DDI 2 or 3) to preregister to reserve an identifier. This will help us as we begin to exchange DDI documents on a global scale.
2008-SEP-22
