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DDI Lite in Relation to Other Metadata Standards

The DDI Lite elements and their relationships to the other standards are shown in the table below:

DDI Lite Recommended Elements ICPSR Study Description Nesstar Default Template Dublin Core MARC21 CESSDA Template SPSS/SAS Data Def. Statements
docDscr (Section 1.0)
citation/titlStmt/titl X X X
citation/titlStmt/IDNo X X
citation/prodStmt/producer X X
citation/prodStmt/copyright X X
citation/prodStmt/prodDate X
citation/prodStmt/software X
citation/verStmt/version X X X
citation/verStmt/notes X
notes X
stdyDscr (Section 2.0)
citation/titlStmt/titl X X X X X
citation/titlStmt/IDNo X X X X
citation/rspStmt/AuthEnty X X X X X
citation/rspStmt/othId X X
citation/prodStmt/producer X X X X
citation/prodStmt/copyright X X
citation/prodStmt/prodDate X X
citation/prodStmt/fundAg X X X X
citation/distStmt/distrbtr X X X
citation/distStmt/distDate X X
citation/serStmt/serName X X X
citation/verStmt/version X X X X
citation/verStmt/notes X X
citation/biblCit X X
stdyInfo/subject/keyword X X X X X
stdyInfo/abstract X X X X
stdyInfo/sumDscr/timePrd X X X X
stdyInfo/sumDscr/collDate X X
stdyInfo/sumDscr/nation X X X
stdyInfo/sumDscr/geogCover X X X X X
stdyInfo/sumDscr/anlyUnit X X
stdyInfo/sumDscr/universe X X X X
stdyInfo/sumDscr/dataKind X X X
stdyInfo/notes
method/dataColl/timeMeth X X
method/dataColl/dataCollector X
method/dataColl/sampProc X X X X
method/dataColl/collMode X X X X
method/dataColl/sources
method/dataColl/weight X X
method/dataColl/cleanOps X
method/notes X
dataAccs/setAvail/collSize X X X
dataAccs/setAvail/fileQnty X X
dataAccs/useStmt/restrctn X X
notes
fileDscr (Section 3.0)
fileTxt/fileName X X
fileTxt/dimensns/caseQnty X X
fileTxt/dimensns/varQnty X X
fileTxt/dimensns/logRecL X
fileTxt/dimensns/recPrCas X
fileTxt/fileType X
fileTxt/notes
dataDscr (Section 4.0)
varGrp/labl X
var/location X X
var/labl X X
var/qstn/qstnLit X X
var/invalrng/range X X
var/invalrng/item X X
var/invalrng/notes
var/universe X X
var/sumStat X
var/txt X X
var/catgryGrp/labl
var/catgryGrp/catStat
var/catgry/catValue X X
var/catgry/labl X X
var/catgry/txt X
var/catgry/catStat X
var/concept X
var/derivation/drvdesc
var/varFormat X
var/notes
otherMat (Section 5.0)
labl X
txt X
notes
table
citation

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